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good_a and_o kind_a for_o in_o ensample_n thus_o i_o find_v ¶_o nota_fw-la de_fw-fr fidelitate_fw-la coniugis_fw-la qualiter_fw-la alcesta_n uxor_fw-la adineti_n /_o ut_fw-la maritum_fw-la suum_fw-la vivificaret_fw-la seipsan_fw-la morti_fw-la spontance_n subegit_fw-la ¶_o when_o that_o the_o duke_n admetus_n lie_v sycke_n in_o his_o bed_n that_o every_o day_n man_n wayten_v when_o he_o shall_v they_o alcestis_n his_o wife_n go_v for_o to_o prey_v as_o she_o which_o wood_n thank_v deserve_v with_o sacrifice_n unto_o minerue_v to_o wit_v answer_n of_o the_o goddess_n how_o that_o her_o lord_n of_o his_o syckenesse_n whereof_o he_o be_v so_o woe_n beseyne_n recover_v may_v his_o heel_n ayene_n lo_o thus_o she_o cry_v and_o thus_o she_o pray_v till_o at_o last_o a_o voice_n she_o say_v that_o if_o she_o will_v for_o his_o sake_n the_o malady_n suffer_v and_o take_v and_o dye_v herself_o he_o shall_v live_v of_o this_o answer_n alee_v have_v yeve_v unto_o mynerue_v great_a thonk_n so_o that_o she_o dethe_v and_o his_o lyve_a she_z cheese_n with_o all_o her_o hole_n intent_n and_o thus_o accord_v home_o she_o go_v in_o to_o the_o chambre_n when_o she_o come_v her_o husband_n anon_o she_o name_v in_o both_o her_o arm_n and_o he_o kyst_a and_o speak_v unto_o he_o what_o her_o list_v and_o thereupon_o within_o a_o throw_v the_o good_a wife_n be_v overthrow_v and_o die_v and_o he_o be_v holle_fw-ge in_fw-ge hast_fw-ge so_o may_v a_o man_n by_o reason_n taste_v how_o next_o after_o the_o god_n above_o the_o troth_n of_o woman_n and_o the_o love_n in_o who_o that_o all_o grace_n be_v find_v be_v myghty_a upon_o this_o ground_n and_o most_o behovely_a manifold_a lo_o thus_o zorobabell_n have_v tell_v the_o tale_n of_o his_o opinion_n but_o for_o final_a conclusion_n what_o streng_a be_v of_o erthly_a thing_n the_o wine_n the_o woman_n or_o the_o king_n he_o say_v that_o truth_n above_o they_o all_o be_v myghty_a how_o ever_o it_o fall_v the_o truth_n how_o so_o it_o ever_o 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which_o most_o convenient_a iâ—_n for_o to_o set_v a_o king_n in_o even_o both_o in_o this_o world_n and_o eke_o in_o heaven_n 〈…〉_o ne_o tangat_fw-la regis_fw-la corda_fw-la 〈◊〉_d enim_fw-la spoliis_fw-la excoriatur_fw-la humus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d colit_fw-la largum_fw-la nolutans_fw-la per_fw-la saecula_fw-la regem_fw-la dona_n tamen_fw-la licius_fw-la sunt_fw-la moderanda_fw-la modis_fw-la ¶_o hic_fw-la iractat_fw-la de_fw-la regie_n magestatis_fw-la secunda_fw-la policia_fw-la 〈◊〉_d aristoteles_n largitatem_fw-la vocat_fw-la cvius_fw-la virtute_fw-la 〈◊〉_d â—â—lum_fw-la propulsata_fw-la anaricia_fw-la regis_fw-la nomen_fw-la maâ—â—â—â—cum_fw-la extollatur_fw-la sed_fw-la et_fw-la svi_fw-la subdicionum_fw-la diviâ—â—â—m_fw-la â—â—â—undantia_fw-la â—ocundiores_fw-la efficiuntur_fw-la ¶_o next_o after_o truth_n the_o second_o in_o polycye_n as_o it_o be_v
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i_o can_v not_o say_v 〈…〉_o â—â—ter_o that_o i_o myssay_v 〈◊〉_d â—nd_n of_o this_o /_o how_o ever_o it_o stone_v 〈◊〉_d and_o will_v nought_o understonde_v 〈◊〉_d thereof_o have_v i_o nought_o to_o do_v 〈◊〉_d that_o make_v first_o the_o moan_n 〈◊〉_d â—â—ghe_a god_n of_o his_o goodness_n iâ—_n thereof_o cause_n he_o it_o redress_v but_o what_o that_o any_o man_n can_v accuse_v this_o may_v reason_v of_o truth_n excuse_v the_o vice_n of_o they_o that_o be_v ungood_o be_v 〈◊〉_d repreefe_n unto_o the_o good_a 〈◊〉_d every_o man_n his_o own_o werke_n shall_v bear_v /_o and_o thus_o as_o of_o the_o clerk_n the_o good_a man_n be_v to_o commend_v and_o all_o these_o other_o god_n amend_v for_o they_o be_v to_o the_o world_n eye_n the_o mirror_n of_o examplarye_a to_o reulen_a and_o take_v heed_n between_o the_o man_n /_o and_o the_o godhede_v vulgar_a be_v populus_fw-la regali_fw-la lege_fw-la subactus_fw-la dum_fw-la iacet_fw-la ut_fw-la mitis_fw-la digna_fw-la subibit_fw-la onus_fw-la si_fw-la caput_fw-la extollat_fw-la et_fw-la lex_fw-la sva_fw-la frena_fw-la relaxat_fw-la ut_fw-la sibi_fw-la nelle_fw-it iubet_fw-la tygridis_fw-la instar_fw-la habet_fw-la ignis_fw-la aâ—ua_fw-la dominans_fw-la duo_fw-la sunt_fw-la pielate_fw-la carentes_fw-la iâ—_n a_o tamen_fw-la plebis_fw-la est_fw-la violenta_fw-la magis_fw-la ¶_o de_n statu_fw-la plebis_fw-la /_o ut_fw-la dicunt_fw-la /_o secundum_fw-la accidentia_fw-la mutabifia_fw-mi now_o for_o to_o speak_v of_o the_o comune_a it_o be_v to_o drede_v of_o that_o fortune_n which_o have_v befalle_n in_o sundry_a londe_n but_o oft_o for_o defaute_n of_o bond_n all_o sudden_o /_o o_o it_o be_v wist_v a_o ton_n /_o when_o his_o lie_n aryst_n to_o breke_v /_o and_o run_v all_o about_o which_o else_o shall_v nought_o go_v out_o and_o eke_o full_a oft_o a_o lytell_a scar_n upon_o a_o bank_n /_o o_o man_n be_v ware_n let_v in_o the_o streme_a /_o which_o with_o great_a peyne_n if_o any_o man_n it_o shall_v restrain_v where_o law_n fayll_v /_o 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rerum_fw-la eventue_fw-la necessario_fw-la contingit_fw-la /_o sed_fw-la potius_fw-la dicendum_fw-la est_fw-la /_o quod_fw-la ea_fw-la que_fw-la nos_fw-la prosye_n ra_fw-mi et_fw-fr adversa_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la mundo_fw-la vocamus_fw-la /_o secundum_fw-la merita_fw-la et_fw-la demerita_fw-la hominum_fw-la /_o digno_fw-la dei_fw-la iudicio_fw-la proveniunt_fw-la ¶_o and_o netbele_v yet_o some_o man_n write_v and_o sayen_v fortune_n be_v to_o wit_v /_o and_o some_o man_n hold_v opinion_n that_o it_o be_v constellation_n /_o which_o cause_v all_o that_o a_o man_n do_v god_n wot_v of_o both_o which_o be_v sothe_o /_o the_o world_n /_o as_z of_o his_o proper_a kind_n be_v ever_o untrew_a /_o and_z as_o the_o blind_a improper_o he_o deme_v fame_n he_o blame_v /_o that_o be_v nought_o to_o blame_v and_o preyse_v /_o that_o be_v nought_o to_o preyse_v thus_o when_o he_o shall_v the_o thing_n peyse_v there_o be_v deceit_n in_o his_o balance_n and_o all_o be_v that_o the_o varyaunce_n of_o we_o 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adversus_fw-la obliquo_fw-la tramite_fw-la versus_fw-la immundus_n mundus_fw-la decipit_fw-la omne_fw-la genus_fw-la mundus_fw-la in_o eventu_fw-la versatur_fw-la ut_fw-la alea_fw-la caâ—u_fw-la quam_fw-la celer_fw-la in_o ludis_fw-la iactat_fw-la avara_fw-la manus_fw-la sicut_fw-la imago_fw-la viri_fw-la variantur_fw-la tempora_fw-la mundi_fw-la statque_fw-la nihil_fw-la firmum_fw-la praeter_fw-la amare_fw-la deum_fw-la ¶_o hic_fw-la in_o prologo_fw-la tractat_fw-la de_fw-la staiva_fw-la illa_fw-la /_o quamâ—ey_fw-ge nabugodonosor_n viderat_fw-la in_o fommâ—_n /_o cuâ—a_o capuâ—_n aureum_fw-la /_o pectus_fw-la argenteum_fw-la /_o venteâ—_n enens_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ferrer_n /_o pedum_fw-la vero_fw-la quedam_fw-la paâ—â—_n ferica_fw-la â—châ—â—_n fictifis_fw-la videbatur_fw-la fub_z qua_fw-la memororu_fw-la diâ—_n 〈◊〉_d secundum_fw-la damefis_n expositionem_fw-la huâ—us_fw-la 〈◊〉_d variatio_fw-la figurabatur_fw-la ¶_o the_o high_a almyghty_a purucyaunce_n in_o who_o eterne_a remembrance_n 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she_o and_o tell_v i_o how_o show_v i_o thy_o sekenes_n every_o deal_n madam_n that_o can_v i_o do_v we_o will_v be_v so_o my_o life_n thereto_o wool_fw-mi last_o with_o that_o she_o look_v on_o i_o she_o cast_v and_o say_v in_o aunter_n if_o thou_o live_v â—y_a wylle_n be_v first_o /_o that_o thou_o be_v shryve_v and_o netheles_o how_o that_o it_o be_v i_o wot_v myself_o /_o but_z for_o all_o this_o unto_o my_o priest_n /_o which_o come_v anon_o i_o will_v thou_o tell_v it_o one_o and_o one_o both_o of_o thy_o think_v /_o and_o all_o thy_o werke_n o_o genius_n my_o own_o clerk_n come_v forth_o /_o &_o here_o this_o man_n shryft_n quod_fw-la venus_n tho_o and_o i_o uplyfte_v my_o heed_n with_o that_o /_o and_z begin_v behold_v the_o self_n priest_n /_o which_o as_o she_o will_v be_v ready_a there_o /_o and_z set_v he_o down_o to_o here_o my_o confessyon_n confessus_fw-la genio_fw-la si_fw-la sit_fw-la medicina_fw-la salutis_fw-la experiar_fw-la morbis_fw-la quos_fw-la tulit_fw-la ipsa_fw-la venus_n lesa_n quidem_fw-la ferro_fw-la medicantur_fw-la membra_fw-la saluti_fw-la raro_fw-la tamen_fw-la medicum_fw-la vulnus_fw-la amoris_fw-la habet_fw-la ¶_o hic_fw-la dicit_fw-la qualiter_fw-la genio_fw-la pro_fw-la confessore_fw-la sedenti_fw-la provolutus_fw-la amans_fw-la ad_fw-la confitendum_fw-la se_fw-la flexis_fw-la ge_fw-mi nibus_fw-la incuruatur_fw-la supplicans_fw-la tamen_fw-la /_o ut_fw-la ad_fw-la fui_fw-la sensus_fw-la informationem_fw-la confessor_n iffe_n in_o dicendis_fw-la opponere_fw-la sibi_fw-la benignus_fw-la dignaretur_fw-la ¶_o this_o worthy_a priest_n /_o this_o holy_a man_n to_o i_o spekend_v thus_o begin_v and_o say_v benedicite_fw-la my_o son_n of_o the_o felycite_a of_o love_v /_o and_o eke_o of_o all_o the_o woe_n thou_o shall_v be_v shryve_v of_o both_o two_o what_o thou_o oer_o this_o for_o love_n sake_n haste_v feel_v /_o let_v nothing_o be_v forsake_v tell_v pleyn_o /_o as_o it_o be_v befalle_fw-mi and_o with_o that_o word_n i_o begin_v 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know_v what_o they_o meve_v for_o what_o a_o man_n shall_v axe_n or_o seyne_n touchend_n of_o shryfte_n /_o it_o may_v be_v pleyne_v it_o need_v nought_o to_o make_v it_o quaint_a for_o troth_n his_o word_n wool_fw-mi not_o peinte_v that_o i_o wool_fw-mi axe_n of_o the_o for_o thy_o my_o son_n it_o shall_v be_v so_o pleyn_o that_o thou_o shall_v know_v &_o understonde_v the_o pointê_n of_o shrift_n how_o that_o they_o stone_v visus_n et_fw-la auditus_fw-la fragiles_fw-la sunt_fw-la ostia_fw-la mentis_fw-la quae_fw-la vitiosa_fw-la manus_fw-la claudere_fw-la nulla_fw-la potest_fw-la est_fw-la ibi_fw-la larga_fw-la via_fw-la graditur_fw-la qua_fw-la cordis_fw-la ad_fw-la â—ntrun_v hostess_fw-la et_fw-la ingredient_n fossa_fw-la talenta_fw-la rapit_fw-la haec_fw-la mibi_fw-la confessor_n genius_fw-la primordia_fw-la profert_fw-la dum_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o extremis_fw-la vita_fw-la remorsa_fw-mi malis_fw-la nunc_fw-la tamen_fw-la ut_fw-la poterit_fw-la faeminina_fw-la loquela_fw-la fateri_fw-la verba_fw-la per_fw-la os_fw-la timide_fw-la conscia_fw-la mentis_fw-la agam_fw-la ¶_o hic_fw-la confessio_fw-la amantis_fw-la cvi_fw-la de_fw-la dvobus_fw-la precipue_v quinque_fw-la sensibus_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la visu_fw-la et_fw-la auditu_fw-la confessor_n pre_fw-la caeteris_fw-la opponit_fw-la ¶_o bytwene_o the_o life_n and_o dethe_v i_o hear_v this_o preste_n tale_n ere_fw-we i_o answerde_n and_o than_o i_o pray_v he_o for_o to_o say_v his_o will_n and_o i_o it_o will_v obey_v after_o the_o form_n of_o his_o apprise_n though_o speak_v he_o to_o i_o in_o such_o wise_n and_o bad_a i_o that_o i_o shall_v i_o shryve_v as_o touchende_v of_o my_o wytte_n fyve_o and_o shape_n /_o that_z they_o be_v amend_v of_o that_o i_o have_v they_o my_o spend_v for_o though_o be_v proper_o the_o gate_n through_o which_o /_o as_z to_o the_o heart_n algate_n come_v all_o thing_n unto_o the_o feyre_n which_o may_v the_o man_n soul_n empeyre_n and_o now_o be_v this_o matter_n bring_v in_o my_o son_n i_o think_v first_o begin_v to_o wit_n /_o how_o that_o thin_a eye_n have_v stone_v the_o which_o be_v as_o i_o understonde_v the_o most_o princypall_a of_o all_o through_o who_o that_o peril_n may_v befalle_v and_o for_o to_o speak_v in_o love_n kind_n full_a many_o such_o a_o man_n may_v find_v which_o ever_o cast_v about_o their_o eye_n to_o look_v /_o if_o that_o they_o may_v aspye_v full_a oft_o thing_n /_o which_o they_o ne_o touch_v but_o only_o that_o their_o herte_n souch_v in_o byndringe_n of_o a_o neither_o wight_n and_o thus_o full_a many_o a_o worthy_a knight_n and_o many_o a_o lusty_a lady_n both_o have_v be_v full_a oft_o since_o wroth_a so_o that_o a_o eye_n be_v as_o a_o thief_n to_o love_n and_o do_v full_a great_a meschiefe_n and_o also_o for_o his_o own_o part_n full_n oft_o thilk_o fiery_a dart_n of_o love_n which_o that_o ever_o bren_v through_o he_o in_o to_o the_o heart_n ren_v and_o thus_o a_o man_n eye_n first_o himself_o greve_v olde_n be_v and_o many_o a_o time_n that_o he_o know_v unto_o his_o own_o harm_n it_o grow_v my_o soon_o harken_v now_o for_o thy_o a_o tale_n to_o be_v ware_n thereby_o thy_o eye_n for_o to_o keep_v and_o ward_v so_o that_o it_o pass_v nought_o his_o ward_n 〈◊〉_d sâ—â—t_a confessor_n exemplum_fw-la de_fw-la visu_fw-la ab_fw-la 〈…〉_o dicens_fw-la qualiter_fw-la actaeon_n god_n 〈…〉_o the_o barum_fw-la nepos_fw-la dum_fw-la in_o quadam_fw-la foâ—â—â—â—_n 〈…〉_o causa_fw-la spaciarit_fw-la accidit_fw-la ut_fw-la ipse_fw-la 〈◊〉_d fontem_fw-la nemorosa_fw-la arborum_fw-la puschrituâ—â—mentunsupernemens_fw-la vidit_fw-la ibi_fw-la dianan_n 〈…〉_o nudan_n in_o flumine_fw-la bafneantem_fw-la quâ—_n 〈…〉_o â—ituens_fw-la â—â—uses_n svos_fw-la a_o muliabri_fw-la nudi_fw-la 〈…〉_o evertâ—â—e_o volebat_fw-la /_o unde_fw-la indigna_fw-es 〈…〉_o ceâ—â—â—_n figuram_fw-la transformavit_fw-la ¶_o â—â—â—de_v tell_v in_o his_o book_n â—â—â—ample_n touchend_v of_o misloke_n and_o say_v how_o whilom_o there_o be_v 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