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cc que (lit le Sage: Mulier timens Deum ipsa landabitur.
Apres it retourne a declarer par exeniples Ia raison devant
mise.
T. Et se aucune chose (le mal liii avient, elle dolt
jugier que en cc est la tres bonne et tres grande loange
de femme sobre.
cordance with Solomon, who says: "A woman that feareth
the Lord, she shall he praised" LProv. 31: 3. Next he
clarifies the argument just stated with examples.
T. And if any evil should befall him, she should consider
that this is the moment when a serious-minded
wife may earn her highest praise.
G. Car par soustenir advcrsités pacientement et gra- G. For by sustaining adversity with patience and good
cieusement elle desert honneur et glore, jouxte cc que dit humor she merits honor and glory; as Solomon says: "A
le Sage: Mulier graciosa inveniet / (341b) gloriam. gracious woman retaineth honor" [Pro'. 11: 16]. /
T. Ft dolt cuidier que tine appellee Altiste 1 ne cust
onques acquise a soy si grande glore ne une autre
nornniee Penelope ne eust onques deservi tant ne si
grandez loenges se elles eussent vescu oveques hommes
beneurés on hien fortunes. Mes les adversitds de leur
mans Anucti et [Jxiles leur appelierent et preparerent
immortel et perpetuel memore.
G. Altiste fu femme de Annuti et Penelope femme de
Uxiles.
T. Car pource que cues furent loiales et justes a leur
homiiies en adversités, it out esté honorees des diex, non
pas sans cause.
G. Apres leur moi't, elies furent reputees pour sainctcs
et receues en la compaignie des diex.
T. Car en verité, cc est legiere chose de trouver
participans en prospenité, mes en adversité ne veulent
conimuniquer fenimes fors celles qui sunt tres bonnes.
C. Ft qui aiment leur mans de bonne amour. Car si
comme (lit Tulles, en adversités esprouve l jen son vray ami.
Et scion l'Escripture, len ne cognoist pas son ami en
prosperité; iiies celini qui est anenii se monstre enadversite:
Non agnoscetur in bonis amicus et non abscondetur
in malis inimicus. Apres it met une conclusion.
T. Ft pour toutes ces causes, ii appartient et est
chose avenante que femme honeure son mari mout plus
en tel cas et que cue ne ait pas en verconde se, en sa
saincte chasteté, ne s'ensuient richeces et autres biens,
scion cc que disoit Hercules.
G. Le texte fu nial translate ou est corrumpu en-
(341c) ciroit; car it est differentement es Iivres et sans
construction. Et en aucuns est nonimé Orpheus et est
vraysctiililable pie Orpheus fist un livre ouquel, en la
personne de Hercules, it disoit en sentence ciue femme
iie doit pas avoir verconde de servir son niari en adversité,
pose que par ceste vertu dIe ne vienne a aucune prosperité
des biens de fortune. Et ceste auctorité allegue ici Aristote.
Apres it recapitule.
T. Ft donques convient il que femme se garde en
tele maniere (IC lays et (Ic nicurs comme dit est grossenient,
3. Ott tiers ii monstre quo Ic niari doit mettre cure a
faire quo sa fcmine soit tres bonne.
T. Le rnari doit mettre cure a trouver lays et regles
m soient a sit femme en usage et de rnanieres semblables
en incurs.
(341b) T. She should realize that a certain woman
named Alcestis would never have attained such fame
nor would another called Penelope ever have deserved
such praise had they lived with fortunate or prosperous
husbands. But the adversities suffered by their husbands
Admetus and Ulysses prepared for them and assured
to them perpetual memory.
G. Alcestis was the wife of Admetus and Penelope was
the wife of Ulysses.
T. Because they were loyal and just to their men in
adversity, they have been honored by the gods, not
without reason.
C. After their death they were reputed to be saints and
were received into the company of the gods.
T. For in truth, it is easy to find partners in prosperity,
but only the best of women are willing to share
in adversity.
C. And those who love their husbands with true affection.
For as 'Fully [Cicero] says: In adversity one discovers
his true friend [Do Amicitia VII, 23]. And according
to Scripture one does not know his friend in time
of prosperity, but adversity reveals one's enemy. "A
friend is not known in prosperity and an enemy is not
hidden in adversity" [Ecclicus 12: 8]. Next he sets down
his conclusion.
T. For all these reasons it is proper and fitting that
the wife should honor her husband far more in such
situations, nor should she be ashamed if, as a result of
her exemplary conduct, wealth and other goods do not
ensue, as Hercules used to say.
C. The text was badly translated or is corrupt at
(341c) this point, for it reads differently in different manuscripts
and does not make sense. In certain texts Orpheus
is named instead of Hercules and it seems possible that
Orpheus wrote a book in which, in the person of Hercules,
he makes the statement that a wife should not be ashamed
to serve her husband in adversity, even though she may
not he rewarded for this virtue by prosperity and material
good fortune. And this is the authority cited here by
Aristotle. Now he recapitulates.
T. Therefore it behooves ;I to observe in this
manner the laws and customs as roughly set forth above.
3. In chapter three he points out that the husband must
take heed that his wife be very good.
T. The husband must undertake to establish rules
and regulations for his wife's guidance with respect to
the similarity of their tastes.