For gentleness is but the renomée 2102 Of thine ancéstors, for their high bounté, 2103 Which is a strangë thing to thy persón: Thy gentleness cometh from God alone. Then comes our very 2104 gentleness of grace; It was no thing bequeath’d us with our place. Think how noble, as saith Valerius, Was thilkë 2105 Tullius Hostilius, That out of povert’ rose to high nobless. Read in Senec, and read eke in Boece, There shall ye see express, that it no drede 2106 is, That he is gentle that doth gentle deedës. And therefore, levë 2107 husband, I conclude, Albeit that mine ancestors were rude,