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VOL. 47, PT. 5, 19571 ORESMES VERSION AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION 839
G. Et est ce que l'cn appelle en latin timor fihialis, limor
castus. Creinte filial est chaste. lit par tele paoUr doubtent
Dieu les angclz et les sains, Si comme dit l'Escripture
Timebunt angeli.
T. Mes une autre espece de creinte est oveques haine
et inimisté, Si comme les serfs ont oveques leur seigneurs
et les citoiens as tyrans injurieus et iniqtieS.
G. II entent des sers qui stint en servitude par violence
et contre leur volenté et ]cur nature. Et ceste paour ou
creinte est appellee servile: Timor servilis. Et ainsi les
dyables creingnent Nostre Seigneur: Deniones credunt et
tremunt. lit donques le mari doit faire a son povoir que
sa femme Ic doubte scion Ia premiere espece de creinte ou
de paour. Apres it met tin autre enseignement, qui est
aussi conmie conclusion des dessus mis.
T. Item, de toutes ces choses it doit eslire les melleurs
et faire (jUC sa femme soit concordabie et ioiaie et
propre a lui.
G. Concordabic en volenté loiale en operation, propre
sans cc qu'elle aime autre charnelnient.
T. Afin ciu'eiie ne use pas moms de bonne operation
mi present et lui non present, mes face tousjours aussi
comme // (345a) se it estoit present. Et qu'ii et elle
soient aussi comme curateurs et gardes des choses communes
de l'ostel. Et quant i'liotume est absent que sa
femme sente et apperceve que nul tie est meileur 1 a cue
ne plus moderé ne plus propre nine son man.
G. Nut meileur en lui faisant bien, tie plus moderé en
la traictant benignement, ne plus propre sans traire soy
vers autre. Et donques Ic mari la doit gouverner telement
et faire tant a son povoir queue ait ceste opinion.
T. Et qu'il monstre ceste chose an commencement
en resgardant tousjours au bien commun de l'ostel,
combien (ltl'elle soit novice et peu sachante en teles
choses.
C. Scion tine exposition, it veuit dire que Ic mari dolt
enseigner la femme au commencement Ct scion une autre
exposition, it veult dire quc la femme doit monstrer soy
estre tele comnie dit est.-`
T. Item, se le homme a domination mesmement a
Soy....
G. Ce est a dire, quil soit scigneur de soy en repriniant
ses concupiscences et ses ires et en regulant ses faiz par
raison.
T. II sera bon recteur ou gouverneur de toute la vie
domestique et enseignera a la femnie user de teles
choses.
C. Car quant Ic seigneur de i'ostel, qui est niaistre,
gouverneur et example a tous, est bon scion soy, chescun,
et femme et enfans et servans en doit miex valoir. Mes
scion une autre exposition, qui ne semble pas si propre
parce que ii (lit Si ipse sibi inaxime dotninetur, it entent
que Ic mari soit bien seigneur de sa fenime. Or avons
donqucs en cest chapitre .vi. enseignemens pour faire la
feninie bonne.3
C. This is what is expressed by the Latin timor flliali.r,
tinior cast us: filial fear is chaste. And with this kind of
awe the angels and saints fear God; as the Scripture says:
"The angels shall be afraid" [Job 41: 16].
T. But another kind of awe is accompanied by hatred
and hostility, such as slaves feel for their masters and
citizens towards despotic and evil tyrants.
C. By slaves he means those who are such by violence
and against their will and contrary to their nature. And
this kind of fear or awe is called servile: timor servilis.
lit manner the devils fear our Lord: "The demons
believe and tremble" [James 2: 19]. Therefore, the husband
must try that his wife should fear him with the firstmentioned
kind of awe or fear. Next he states another
precept, which is in the nature of a conclusion to the
previous ones.
T. Thus the husband should choose the best of all
these possible alternatives and see to it that his wife
should be in harmony with him, loyal and devoted to
him alone.
C. Harmonious in her will, loyal in action, and devoted
to the exclusion of any other carnal love.
T. So that whether he is present or absent, she will
act equally well, behaving herself exactly /,/ (345a) as
though lie were present. And they should both be caretakers
and watch over their common interests in the
household. And when the husband is away, she should
feel and perceive that no other man is kinder to her or
more considerate or more completely hers than her own
husband.
G. No one better in goodness to her or more considerate
in treating her kindly or more completely her own without
turning to other women. Thus the husband should govern
his wife in such manner and seek in every possible way
that she hold this opinion of him.
T. Let him show this concern from the very beginning,
looking always to the common welfare of the
household even though she be a novice and know little
of such matters.
G. According to one exposition, he means that the husband
should teach the wife at the beginning, and another
expositor says he means that the wife should show herself
to be concerned as indicated above.
T. And if the husband is indeed master of himself.
C. That is, if he masters his lusts and his angry passions
and governs his acts by reason.
T. He will be a good teacher or governor of the
domestic life and will guide his wife to use the same
measures.
C. Because when the master of the household, who is
the director, governor, and the example for all within the
estate, is himself a good man, then each member—wife,
children, and servants—must be more worthy likewise. But
according to another reading, which does not seem to me
so correct because it says: If the husband learns first of all
to control himself, he means that the husband should be a
good master to his wife. We now have in this chapter six
precepts dealing with the training of the good wife.