contemperation) (kon temperas hon)

[= F. contempération, Contek with bloody knyf and scharp manace. Chaucer, Knight's Tale, L. 1145. cherry, should exhibit a red and not a green. Of conteke and fool-hastifne e He hath a right gret besine e. Gower, Conf. Amant., I. 316. Ne in good nor goodnes taken delight, But kindle coales of conteck and yre. Spenser, Shep. Cal., September. 2. Ill treatment; contumely; abuse. Thei... token this kyngis seruauntis, and punish i den with conteke and killiden hem. Wyclif, Select Works (ed. Arnold), I. 49.