1temperance, moderation, self-restraint (as one of the cardinal virtues):
(
c.1184; MS: s.xiiex
) E il l’ottreit e met en suffrance, Cum cil ke out en sei temprance (var.
(D: c.1300) out entempraunce
) E grant lealté
1244 (var.)
(
MS: c.1320-40
) quant nature declyne a noyresse auqe jaunette, donqe bone est la entempraunce
92v
entemprance (c.1300)