I. BALANCEMENT

a) Balancement simple :

For lyke as from the grete lyght of the sonne cometh and sheweth forth innumerable bemes|, so from the grete mercy of almyghty god gooth forth innumerable mercyes ?.

For grete men in power of this worlde| the more myghty and ryghtwyse they be| so moche the more they exercyse and vse vengeaunce| and punysshement 3.

Whiche thinges yf I coulde as well haue foresene,| as I haue with my more payne then pleasure proued #.

1. J’emprunte ces exemples aux ouvrages suivants : Fisher (John). Funeral Sermon of Henry VII (1509); Ibid. Waues to Perfect religion (1534-5) ; Ibid. À Spirituall Consolation to hys Sister Elizabeth (1534-5) ; Ibid. Treatyse concernynge..……. the seuen Penytencyall Psalmes (1509). More (Thomas). Life of John Picus of Mirandula (1510) ; Ibid. History of King Richard III (circa 1513) ; Ibid. De Quatuor Novissimis (1522) ; Ibid. A Dialoge concerning heresies (1598) ; Ibid. Confutation of Tyndales Answere (1539) ; Ibid. The Apologye (1533).

Elyot. Doctrinal of Princes (1534).