[1] After this it chanced that king Iohn remembring himselfe of the destruction of the citie of Angiers, which (bicause he was descended from thence) he had before time greatlie loued, began now to repent him, in that he had destroied it, and therefore with all spéed he tooke order to haue it againe repaired,King Iohn repaireth the citie of An|giers. which was doone in most beautifull wife, to his great cost and expenses, which he might haue saued, had not his foolish rashnesse driuen him to attempt that, where|of vpon sober aduisement afterwards he was asha|med. But what will not an ordinarie man doo in the full tide of his furie; much more princes & great men, whose anger is resembled to the roring of a lion, e|uen vpon light occasions oftentimes, to satisfie their vnbrideled and brainesicke affections, which carrie them with a swift and full streame into such follies and dotages as are vndecent for their degrées. Her|to assenteth the poet, saieng,

— magni regésque ducésqueMal. Pal [...] suo cap.

Delirant saepe, & vitiorum peste laborant,

Stultiti [...]sque suis saepe vrbes exitio dant,

Imperiúmque sibi miserorum caede lucrantu [...].