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impetuositate_fw-la se_fw-la ipsos_fw-la muftociens_fw-la offendunt_fw-la et_fw-la narrat_fw-la qualiter_fw-la pyramus_n cum_fw-la ipse_fw-la tisbe_n amicam_fw-la svam_fw-la in_o foco_fw-la inter_fw-la eosdem_fw-la deputa_fw-la to_o tempore_fw-la adventus_fw-la svi_fw-la promptam_fw-la non_fw-la invenit_fw-la animo_fw-la impetuoso_fw-la se_fw-la ipsum_fw-la pre_fw-la dolore_fw-la extracto_fw-la gladio_fw-la mortaliter_fw-la transfodit_fw-la que_fw-fr postea_fw-la infra_fw-la breve_fw-la beniens_fw-la cum_fw-la ipsum_fw-la sic_fw-la mortaum_v invenisset_fw-la /_o eciam_fw-la et_fw-fr illa_fw-la in_o sue_v ipsius_fw-la mortem_fw-la impetuose_fw-la festman_n eiusdem_fw-la gsadii_fw-la cuspide_fw-la svi_fw-la cordis_fw-la intima_fw-la per_fw-la medium_n penetravit_fw-la ¶_o i_o rede_v a_o tale_n and_o tell_v this_o the_o city_n which_o semiramis_n enclose_v have_v with_o wall_n about_o of_o worthy_a folk_n with_o many_o a_o rout_n be_v inhabyte_v here_o and_o there_o among_o the_o which_o 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it_o be_v when_o phoebus_n such_o a_o stelthe_n wrought_v whereof_o the_o maid_n in_o blame_n he_o bring_v that_o afterward_o he_o be_v so_o lore_n but_o for_o you_o sayden_n now_o to_o before_o how_o stealth_n of_o love_n go_v by_o night_n and_o do_v his_o thing_n out_o of_o sight_n thereof_o i_o lust_n also_o to_o here_o a_o tale_n lyche_a to_o the_o matere_a whereof_o i_o may_v ensample_n take_v ¶_o my_o good_a son_n for_o thy_o sake_n so_o as_o it_o befelle_n by_o day_n old_a and_o so_o as_o the_o poet_n it_o tell_v upon_o the_o nyghte_n mycherye_o now_o harken_v a_o tale_n of_o poesy_n ¶_o hic_fw-la ponit_fw-la exemplum_fw-la super_fw-la eodem_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-la nocte_fw-la contingit_fw-la et_fw-la narrat_fw-la qualiter_fw-la hercules_n cum_fw-la jole_n in_o quadam_fw-la spelunca_fw-la nobili_fw-la thophis_fw-la dicta_fw-la sub_fw-la monte_fw-fr tmolo_fw-la ubi_fw-la silua_fw-la batchi_fw-la est_fw-la â—ospicio_fw-la pernoctarunt_fw-la et_fw-la cum_fw-la ipsi_fw-la variis_fw-la lectis_fw-la seperatim_fw-la iacentes_fw-la dormierunt_fw-la contigit_fw-la lectum_fw-la herculis_fw-la vestimentis_fw-la jole_n â—ectum_fw-la que_fw-la jole_n pelle_fw-la le_fw-fr onis_fw-la qua_fw-la hercules_n induebatur_fw-la operari_fw-la super_fw-la quo_fw-la faunus_n a_o silua_fw-la descendens_fw-la speluncam_fw-la subintravit_fw-la temptans_fw-la si_fw-la forte_fw-fr cum_fw-la jole_n sue_v concupiscentie_n voluptatem_fw-la nesciente_fw-la hercule_fw-la furari_fw-la posset_n et_fw-la cum_fw-la ad_fw-la lectum_fw-la herculis_fw-la muliebri_fw-la palpata_fw-la veste_fw-la ex_fw-la casu_fw-la pervenisset_fw-la putans_fw-la jolen_n fuisse_fw-la cubiculum_fw-la nudo_fw-la corpore_fw-la ingreditur_fw-la quem_fw-la senciens_fw-fr hercules_n manibus_fw-la apprehensum_fw-la ipsum_fw-la ad_fw-la terram_fw-la ita_fw-la fortiter_fw-la allisit_fw-la ut_fw-la impotens_fw-la svi_fw-la corporis_fw-la effectê°_n usque_fw-la mane_n ibidem_fw-la requievit_fw-la vbi_fw-la saba_n cum_fw-la nym_n phis_fw-la siluestribus_fw-la superueniens_fw-la ipsum_fw-la sic_fw-la illusum_fw-la deridebat_fw-la ¶_o the_o myghty_a of_o all_o man_n when_o hercules_n with_o jolen_n which_o be_v the_o love_n of_o his_o courage_n to_o gether_o upon_o a_o pylgremage_n toward_o rome_n shulden_v go_v it_o fall_v they_o by_o the_o way_n so_o that_o they_o upon_o a_o day_n a_o cave_n within_o a_o roche_z find_fw-mi have_v which_o be_v ryall_n and_o glorious_a and_o of_o entail_v curious_a by_o name_n and_o thophis_n it_o be_v hot_a the_o son_n shine_v though_o wonder_v hot_a as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o summer_n tie_v this_o hercules_n which_o by_o his_o side_n have_v jolen_n his_o love_n there_o when_o they_o at_o thilk_o cave_n be_v he_o seyd_v he_o think_v it_o for_o the_o best_a that_o she_o she_o for_o the_o bete_a rest_n all_o thilk_o day_n and_o thilk_o night_n and_o she_o that_o be_v a_o lusty_a wight_n it_o like_v she_o all_o that_o he_o say_v and_o thus_o they_o dwell_v yet_o and_o pleyde_v the_o long_a day_n and_o so_o befyll_v this_o cave_n be_v under_o the_o hill_n of_o tmolus_n which_o be_v
troth_n be_v note_v there_o may_v a_o prince_n well_o conceyve_v that_o he_o shall_v nought_o himself_o deceyve_v of_o that_o he_o her_v word_n pleyne_v for_o he_o there_o nought_o by_o reason_n pleyne_v that_o warn_v be_v o_z hem_z he_o woe_n and_o that_o be_v full_o prove_v so_o when_o rome_n be_v the_o world_n chief_a the_o sooth_n sayer_n though_o be_v lief_o which_o will_v not_o the_o troth_n spare_v but_o with_o his_o word_n plain_n and_o bare_a to_o themperour_n his_o sothe_n tell_v as_o in_o chronic_n it_o be_v withhold_v here_o afterward_o as_o thou_o shall_v here_o acordend_v unto_o this_o matere_a ☞_o hic_fw-la eciam_fw-la contra_fw-la vicium_fw-la adulationis_fw-la ponit_fw-la exemplum_fw-la et_fw-la narrat_fw-la ê™_n cum_fw-la nuper_fw-la romanorum_fw-la imperator_fw-la contra_fw-la svos_fw-la host_n victoriam_fw-la optmuisset_fw-la et_fw-la cum_fw-la palma_fw-la triumphi_fw-la in_o urbem_fw-la redire_fw-la debuisset_fw-la ne_fw-la ipsum_fw-la inanis_fw-la glory_n altitudo_fw-la superextolleret_fw-la licitum_fw-la suis_fw-la pro_fw-la illo_fw-la die_fw-la quod_fw-la unus_fw-la cuique_fw-la priora_fw-la que_fw-la sue_v condicionie_n agnosceret_fw-la in_fw-la aures_fw-la svas_fw-la apâ—cius_fw-la exclamaret_fw-la ut_fw-la sic_fw-la gaudium_fw-la cum_fw-la dolore_fw-la come_v pesceret_fw-la et_fw-la adulantum_fw-la voces_fw-la si_fw-la que_fw-la fuerant_fw-la pro_fw-la minimus_fw-la computaret_fw-la â§_o to_o se_fw-mi this_o old_a ensamplarye_n that_o whilom_o be_v no_o flaterye_n toward_o the_o he_o princis_fw-la well_o i_o find_v whereof_o so_o as_o it_o comthe_v to_o mind_n my_o son_n a_o tale_n unto_o thin_a ere_n while_o that_o the_o worthy_a prince_n be_v at_o rome_n i_o think_v for_o to_o telle_fw-fr for_o when_o the_o chance_n so_o byfelle_n that_o any_o emperor_n as_o though_o victory_n have_v upon_o his_o foo_n and_o so_o fort_n come_v to_o rome_n ageyne_v of_o treble_a honour_n he_o be_v certain_a whereof_o that_o he_o be_v magnify_v the_o first_o as_o it_o be_v specyfy_v be_v when_o he_o come_v thilk_o tide_n the_o chart_n in_o which_o he_o shall_v ride_v four_o white_a stead_n shall_v it_o draw_v of_o jupiter_n by_o thilk_o law_n the_o cote_n he_o shall_v be_v also_o his_o prisoner_n eke_o shulden_a go_v endlonge_o the_o chare_n on_o either_o honde_n and_o all_o the_o noblesse_n of_o the_o land_n tofore_o and_o after_o with_o he_o come_v rydend_v and_o broughten_v he_o to_o rome_n in_o token_n of_o his_o chyvalrye_n and_o for_o none_o other_o flaterye_n and_o that_o be_v show_v forth_o with_o all_o where_o he_o sit_v in_o his_o chare_n ryalle_v beside_o he_o be_v a_o rybaud_n set_v which_o have_v his_o word_n so_o beset_v to_o themperour_n in_o all_o his_o glory_n he_o say_v take_v in_o to_o memory_n for_o all_o this_o pomp_n and_o all_o this_o pride_n let_v no_o justice_n go_v a_o side_n but_o know_v thyself_o what_o so_o befalle_v for_o man_n seen_v often_o time_n fall_v thing_n which_o man_n wend_v syke_a stone_v though_o thou_o victory_n have_v on_o honde_a fortune_n may_v not_o stone_v alwey_a the_o wheel_v perchance_o anothere_o day_n may_v turn_v and_o thou_o over_o throw_v there_o last_v no_o thing_n but_o a_o throw_v with_o these_o word_n and_o with_o mo_z this_o ryhaulde_n which_o sit_v with_o he_o though_o to_o themperour_n his_o tale_n tell_v and_o overmore_o what_o ever_o he_o will_v or_o be_v it_o evil_n or_o be_v it_o good_a so_o plain_o as_o the_o troth_n stand_v he_o spare_v not_o but_o speak_v it_o out_o and_o so_o may_v every_o man_n about_o the_o day_n of_o that_o solempnyte_n his_o tale_n tell_v as_o well_o as_o he_o to_o themperour_n all_o open_o and_o all_o be_v this_o the_o cause_n why_o that_o while_o he_o stand_v in_o his_o noblesse_n he_o shall_v his_o vanity_n repress_v with_o such_o word_n as_o he_o hear_v ☞_o hic_fw-la ponit_fw-la exemplum_fw-la super_fw-la codem_fw-la /_o et_fw-fr narrat_fw-la /_o ê™_n eodem_fw-la die_fw-la quo_fw-la imperator_fw-la intonisatus_fw-la in_o palacio_fw-la svo_fw-la regio_fw-la ad_fw-la conninium_fw-la in_o maiori_fw-la leticia_fw-la fedisset_fw-la /_o ministri_fw-la svi_fw-la sculptores_fw-la procederant_fw-la alta_fw-la voce_fw-la dicentes_fw-la o_fw-la imperator_fw-la dic_fw-la nobis_fw-la cvius_fw-la form_n et_fw-la ubi_fw-la tumbam_fw-la sculpture_n tue_o faciemus_fw-la ut_fw-la sic_fw-la morte_fw-la remorsus_fw-la huius_fw-la vite_fw-la blandicias_fw-la obtemperaret_fw-la ¶_o lo_o now_o how_o thilk_o time_n ferde_v toward_o so_o high_a a_o worthy_a lord_n for_o this_o i_o find_v eke_o of_o record_n which_o the_o cronyke_n have_v auctorize_v what_o emperor_n be_v intronize_v the_o first_o day_n of_o his_o corone_n where_o he_o be_v in_o his_o royal_a throne_n and_o hold_v his_o fest_n in_o the_o paleis_fw-la sittende_v upon_o his_o high_a this_o withal_o the_o lust_n that_o may_v be_v gete_a when_o he_o be_v glade_a at_o his_o meet_a and_o every_o mynstrell_n have_v pleide_a and_o every_o dissour_n have_v say_v what_o most_o be_v pleasant_a to_o his_o ere_n than_o at_o last_o come_v in_o there_o his_o mason_n for_o they_o shall_v crave_v where_o that_o he_o will_v he_o begrave_n and_o of_o what_o stone_n his_o sepulture_n they_o shulden_v make_v &_o what_o sculpture_n he_o will_v ordeigne_v thereupon_o though_o be_v there_o flaterye_n none_o the_o worthy_a prince_n to_o beiape_v the_o king_n be_v otherwise_o shape_n with_o good_a counsel_n and_o otherwise_o they_o be_v they_o self_n than_o wise_a and_o understoden_a well_o and_o knewen_v when_o such_o soft_a wind_n blewen_v of_o flaterye_n in_o to_o her_o ear_n they_o setten_v nought_o her_o hertes_o there_o but_o when_o they_o hear_v word_n feign_v the_o pleyne_v troth_n it_o have_v disdeyn_v of_o they_o that_o weren_a so_o discrete_a though_o take_v the_o flaterer_n no_o heyete_a of_o he_o that_o be_v his_o prince_n tho_o and_o for_o to_o prove_v it_o be_v so_o a_o tale_n which_o befall_v in_o deed_n in_o a_o cronyke_a of_o rome_n i_o rede_v hic_fw-la inter_fw-la alia_fw-la gesta_fw-la cesaris_fw-la narrat_fw-la unum_fw-la exemplum_fw-la precipue_v contra_fw-la illos_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o aspectu_fw-la principis_fw-la aliis_fw-la sapienciores_fw-la apparere_fw-la vellent_fw-la quandoque_fw-la tamen_fw-la similate_v sapiencie_n talia_fw-la committunt_fw-la per_fw-la que_fw-la caeteris_fw-la stulciores_fw-la in_o sine_fw-la comprobantur_fw-la ¶_o cesar_n upon_o his_o royal_a throne_n where_o that_o he_o sit_v in_o his_o person_n and_o be_v hy_a in_o all_o his_o pris_fw-fr a_o man_n which_o will_v make_v he_o wise_n fall_v down_o knelende_fw-la in_o his_o presence_n and_o do_v he_o such_o a_o reverence_n as_o though_o the_o high_a god_n it_o be_v man_n have_fw-mi great_a marvel_n there_o of_o the_o worship_n which_o he_o deed_n this_o man_n aros_fw-la from_o thilk_o stead_n and_o forth_o with_o all_o the_o same_o tide_n he_o go_v he_o up_o and_o by_o his_o side_n he_o set_v he_o down_o as_o peer_n and_o peer_n and_o say_v if_o thou_o that_o fit_a here_o art_n god_n which_o all_o thing_n may_v then_o have_v i_o worshyp_v a_o right_a as_o to_o the_o god_n and_o other_o wise_n if_o thou_o be_v not_o of_o thilk_o assize_n but_o be_v a_o man_n such_o as_o be_o i_o than_o may_v i_o sit_v the_o fast_a by_o for_o we_o be_v both_o of_o o_o kind_n cesar_n answerde_n and_o say_v o_o blind_a thou_o be_v a_o foal_n it_o be_v well_o see_v upon_o thyself_o for_o if_o thou_o ween_v i_o be_v a_o god_n thou_o do_v amiss_o â—o_o sit_v where_o thou_o see_v god_n be_v and_o if_o i_o be_v a_o man_n also_o thou_o have_v a_o great_a folly_n do_v when_o thou_o to_o such_o one_o as_o shall_v dye_n the_o worship_n of_o thy_o god_n alweye_n have_v yeven_v so_o unworthy_o thus_o may_v i_o prove_v rede_o thou_o be_v not_o wise_a and_o they_o that_o hear_v how_o wise_o that_o the_o king_n answerde_n it_o be_v to_o hem_v a_o new_a lore_n whereof_o they_o dreden_fw-mi he_o the_o more_o and_o bring_v nothing_o to_o his_o ere_n but_o if_o it_o truth_n and_o reason_n be_v so_o be_v there_o many_o in_o such_o a_o wise_n that_o paynen_n word_n to_o be_v wise_a and_o all_o be_v veray_fw-fr flaterye_n to_o he_o which_o can_v it_o well_o aspye_v ¶_o nota_fw-la qualiter_fw-la isti_fw-la circa_fw-la principem_fw-la adulatores_fw-la â—â—â—nus_fw-la a_o curia_fw-la expelli_fw-la quam_fw-la ad_fw-la regie_n magestatis_fw-la muneâ—a_fw-la acceptari_fw-la policia_fw-la suadente_fw-la deberent_fw-la ¶_o the_o kind_n flaterour_n can_v not_o love_v but_o for_o to_o bring_v himself_o above_o for_o how_o that_o ever_o his_o master_n fare_v so_o that_o himself_o stone_v out_o of_o care_n he_o retch_v nought_o and_o thus_o full_a oft_o deceyve_v be_v with_o word_n soft_a the_o king_n that_o be_v innocent_a whereof_o as_o for_o chastement_n the_o wise_a philosophre_n say_v what_o king_n that_o so_o his_o treasure_n lay_v upon_o such_o folk_n he_o have_v the_o less_o and_o yet_o ne_fw-la do_v he_o no_o largess_n but_o harm_v with_o his_o own_o honde_n himself_o and_o eke_o his_o own_o land_n and_o
tell_v the_o troth_n of_o his_o fool_n foe_n eodem_fw-la ¶_o how_o roboas_n by_o enclyne_v to_o young_a counsel_n and_o refuse_v of_o old_a lose_v ten_o part_n of_o his_o kingdom_n foe_n eodem_fw-la ¶_o whether_o be_v better_o a_o wise_a prince_n with_o yvell_n counsel_n or_o a_o folisshe_n prince_n with_o good_a counseyle_n foe_n clxvi_o ¶_o of_o antonius_n which_o by_o example_n of_o scipio_n say_v he_o have_v leaver_n to_o save_v o_o 〈…〉_o his_o own_o people_n than_o slay_v a_o l._n of_o 〈◊〉_d â—emes_v foe_n eodem_fw-la ¶_o of_o â—he_n fyfte_a polycie_n belong_a to_o a_o prince_n call_v chastite_a foe_n eodem_fw-la ¶_o how_o a_o prince_n to_o rejoice_v his_o mind_n ought_v some_o time_n to_o behold_v beautyfull_a woman_n foe_fw-mi clxvii_o ¶_o how_o sardanapaulus_n become_v all_o womanliche_fw-it whereby_o he_o be_v subdue_v and_o lose_v his_o realm_n foe_n eodem_fw-la ¶_o how_o king_n david_n for_o the_o love_n of_o woman_n leave_v not_o of_o the_o exercise_n of_o knighthode_n foe_fw-mi eodem_fw-la ¶_o how_o cirus_n the_o king_n of_o perseus_n coude_fw-fr not_o subdue_v the_o lyde_v till_o by_o disceyte_n be_v cause_v they_o to_o fall_v to_o lykinge_n of_o flesshe_o lust_n foe_n eodem_fw-la ¶_o how_o amoleche_n by_o counsel_n of_o balaam_n send_v feyre_n woman_n to_o the_o hebrew_n which_o be_v cause_n that_o the_o hebrew_n be_v overcome_v and_o discomfit_v foe_fw-mi clxviii_o ¶_o how_o solomon_n be_v overcome_v with_o carnal_a concupiscence_n and_o how_o by_o then_o ticiment_n of_o his_o concubine_n he_o do_v worshyppe_n false_a god_n foe_fw-mi eodem_fw-la ¶_o how_o achias_n the_o prophet_n show_v before_o unto_o jeroboas_n the_o son_n of_o nabal_n that_o after_o salomon_n death_n he_o shall_v reign_v over_o ten_o tribe_n of_o israel_n foe_n eodem_fw-la ¶_o how_o arrou_n the_o son_n of_o tarquin_n by_o a_o false_a imagination_n deceyve_v and_o subdue_v the_o gabiens_n foe_n clxix_o ¶_o how_o and_o under_o what_o manner_n arrou_n ravish_v lucrece_n foe_n eodem_fw-la ¶_o how_o the_o worthy_a knight_n virginius_n slough_n his_o own_o daughter_n because_o she_o shall_v not_o less_o her_o virginite_a foe_n clxxii_o ¶_o a_o right_a notable_a example_n bow_v the_o delight_n and_o lust_n in_o marriage_n ought_v to_o be_v moderate_a by_o the_o seven_o husbonde_n of_o sara_n the_o daughter_n of_o raguelis_fw-la which_o be_v slay_v the_o first_o night_n of_o their_o marriage_n by_o a_o fiend_n call_v asmodius_n and_o how_o thoby_n be_v preseruedde_v by_o the_o counseile_n of_o the_o angel_n raphael_n foe_n eodem_fw-la â§_o the_o contentis_fw-la of_o the_o eight_o book_n ¶_o how_o some_o in_o love_n cause_n do_v against_o nature_n as_o in_o their_o kindred_n and_o syâ—rede_n both_o contrary_a to_o the_o law_n of_o reason_n and_o of_o the_o church_n foe_fw-mi clxxiii_o ¶_o how_o caius_n calygula_n lie_v by_o his_o own_o three_o sister_n and_o afterward_o exile_v they_o and_o how_o amon_n also_o ageynste_v kind_a ravish_v his_o own_o sister_n 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and_o eke_o his_o land_n defend_v with_o his_o own_o honde_n and_o sleen_n if_o be_v may_v no_o bet_n after_o the_o law_n which_o be_v set_v ¶_o now_o father_n than_o i_o you_o beseech_v of_o they_o that_o deed_o werre_v seche_v in_o world_n cause_n and_o sheden_fw-mi blood_n if_o such_o a_o homicide_n be_v good_a confessor_n ¶_o my_o son_n upon_o thy_o question_n the_o troth_n of_o my_o opinion_n all_o be_v ferforth_o as_o my_o wit_n arech_v and_o as_o the_o plain_a law_n teach_v i_o will_v the_o tell_v in_o evydence_n to_o rule_v with_o thy_o conscience_n quod_fw-la â—reat_fw-la ipse_fw-la deê°_n necat_fw-la hoc_fw-la homicida_fw-la creatum_fw-la vltor_n et_fw-la humano_fw-la sanguine_fw-la spargit_fw-la humum_fw-la ut_fw-la pecoris_fw-la sic_fw-la est_fw-la hoins_fw-fr cruor_fw-la heu_fw-la modo_fw-la fusus_fw-la victa_fw-la iacet_fw-la pietas_fw-la et_fw-la furor_fw-la urget_fw-la opus_fw-la angelus_n in_fw-la terra_fw-la pax_fw-la dixit_fw-la et_fw-la ultima_fw-la christi_fw-la verba_fw-la sonent_fw-la pacem_fw-la quam_fw-la modo_fw-la guerra_fw-mi fugat_fw-la ¶_o hic_fw-la sequitur_fw-la contra_fw-la motoresguerre_fw-fr que_fw-fr non_fw-fr solum_fw-la homicidii_fw-la sed_fw-la universi_fw-la mundi_fw-la desolationis_fw-la mater_fw-la existit_fw-la ¶_o the_o high_a god_n of_o his_o justice_n the_o ilk_fw-mi foul_a horrible_a vice_n of_o homicide_n he_o have_v forbede_o by_o moses_n as_o it_o be_v bede_fw-mi when_o goddess_n son_n be_v also_o bear_v he_o send_v his_o angel_n down_o therefore_o who_o the_o shepeherdes_n herden_n sing_v pees_z to_o the_o man_n of_o welwylling_n in_o earth_n among_o we_o here_o so_o for_o to_o speak_v in_o this_o matere_a after_o the_o law_n of_o charite_n there_o shall_v no_o deadly_a be_v be_v and_o eke_o nature_n it_o have_v defend_v and_o in_o her_o law_n pee_z commend_v which_o be_v the_o chief_a of_o man_n wealth_n of_o man_n life_n of_o man_n health_n but_o deadly_o be_v have_v his_o covyne_n of_o pestilence_n and_o of_o famine_n of_o poverte_a and_o of_o all_o woe_n whereof_o this_o world_n we_o blamen_n so_o which_o now_o the_o be_v have_v underfote_n till_o god_n himself_o thereof_o do_v boat_n for_o all_o thing_n which_o god_n have_v wrought_v in_o earth_n be_v it_o bring_v to_o nought_o the_o church_n be_v burn_v the_o press_v be_v slay_v the_o wife_n the_o maid_n be_v eke_o forlayne_n the_o law_n be_v lore_n and_o god_n unserued_a i_o not_o what_o meed_n he_o have_v discern_v that_o such_o werre_n lede_v inn_n if_o that_o he_o do_v it_o for_o to_o win_v first_o to_o account_v his_o great_a cost_n forth_o with_o the_o folk_n that_o he_o have_v lose_v as_o to_o the_o world_n reckon_v there_o shall_v he_o find_v no_o wynning_a and_o if_o be_v do_v it_o to_o purchase_v the_o
/_o belmolum_fw-la inierunt_fw-la et_fw-la cum_fw-la achilles_n dictum_fw-la regem_fw-la in_o bello_fw-la ê“stratum_fw-la occidere_fw-la voluisset_fw-la thelaphê°_n pielate_fw-la tuâ—_n ipsum_fw-la clipeo_fw-la cooperiens_fw-la veniam_fw-la pro_fw-la rege_fw-la a_o patre_fw-la postulavit_fw-la pro_fw-la quo_fw-la facto_fw-la ipse_fw-la rex_fw-la adhuc_fw-la vinens_fw-la thephalum_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la heredem_fw-la libera_fw-la vo_z luntate_fw-la constituit_fw-la ¶_o he_o may_v not_o faylen_v of_o his_o meed_n that_o have_v mercy_n for_o this_o i_o rede_v in_o a_o cronycke_n i_o find_v thus_o when_o achilles_n with_o telaphus_n his_o son_n towards_o troy_n be_v it_o fall_v they_o ere_fw-we they_o come_v there_o ayene_n theucer_n the_o king_n of_o mese_n to_o make_v war_n and_o for_o to_o sese_fw-la his_o land_n as_o they_o that_o wolden_a reign_n and_o theucer_n put_v out_o of_o his_o reign_n and_o thus_o the_o march_n they_o assaylle_n but_o theucer_n yafe_v to_o they_o 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the_o king_n upon_o his_o regalye_n as_o he_o which_o have_v to_o justify_v the_o world_n good_a from_o covetyse_n so_o sit_v it_o well_o in_o all_o wise_a a_o king_n between_o the_o more_o and_o less_o to_o set_v his_o herte_n upon_o largess_n toward_o himself_o and_o eke_o also_o toward_o his_o people_n and_o if_o not_o so_o that_o be_v to_o sayne_v if_o that_o he_o be_v toward_o himself_o large_a and_o free_a and_o of_o his_o people_n take_v and_o pylle_v largesse_n by_o no_o weigh_n of_o skylle_n it_o may_v be_v say_v but_o avarice_n which_o in_o a_o king_n be_v a_o great_a vice_n ¶_o nota_fw-la super_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la aristot_n ad_fw-la alexandrum_fw-la exemplificavit_fw-la de_fw-la exactionibus_fw-la regis_fw-la chaldeorun_n ¶_o a_o king_n behove_v eke_o to_o flee_v the_o vice_n of_o prodigalite_fw-la that_o he_o measure_v in_o his_o expense_n so_o keep_v that_o of_o indigence_n he_o may_v be_v saufe_fw-fr for_o who_o that_o need_v in_o all_o his_o werke_n the_o be_v he_o spede_v as_o aristotle_n upon_o caldee_n ensample_n of_o great_a auctorite_n unto_o king_n alysaunder_v teach_v of_o thilk_o folk_n that_o be_v unsaught_v toward_o her_o king_n for_o his_o pyllage_n whereof_o he_o bid_v in_o his_o courage_n that_o he_o unto_o three_o point_n intend_v where_o that_o he_o will_v his_o good_a dispende_v first_o shall_v be_v look_v how_o that_o it_o stand_v that_o all_o be_v of_o his_o own_o good_a the_o yeve_n which_o he_o will_v yeve_v so_o may_v he_o well_o the_o better_a live_v and_o eke_o he_o must_v take_v bede_fw-mi if_o there_o be_v cause_n of_o any_o need_n which_o ought_v for_o to_o be_v defend_v ere_o that_o his_o good_n be_v dispend_v he_o may_v eke_o as_o it_o be_v befall_v among_o other_o thing_n all_o see_v the_o decertes_fw-la of_o his_o man_n and_o after_o that_o they_o be_v of_o ken_n and_o of_o astate_n and_o of_o meryte_n he_o shall_v hem_v largelych_a acquyte_v or_o for_o the_o war_n or_o for_o the_o pease_n that_o none_o honour_v fall_v in_o discrease_n which_o may_v tear_v in_o to_o diffame_v but_o that_o he_o keep_v his_o good_a name_n so_o that_o he_o be_v not_o hold_v unkind_a for_o in_o cronike_n a_o tale_n i_o find_v which_o speak_v somdele_n of_o this_o matere_a herafterwarde_o as_o thou_o shall_v here_o hic_fw-la secundum_fw-la gesta_fw-la julii_fw-la exemplum_fw-la ponit_fw-la qualiter_fw-la rex_fw-la svorum_fw-la militum_fw-la quos_fw-la ê“bos_fw-la agnoverit_fw-la indigentiam_fw-la largitatis_fw-la sue_v beneficiis_fw-la relevare_fw-la tenetur_fw-la ¶_o in_o rome_n to_o pursue_v his_o right_a there_o be_v a_o worthy_a pour_v knight_n which_o come_v alone_o for_o to_o seyne_v his_o cause_n when_o the_o court_n be_v pleyne_v where_o julius_n be_v in_o presence_n and_o for_o he_o lack_v of_o dispense_v there_o be_v with_o he_o none_o advocate_n to_o make_v plea_n for_o his_o astate_n but_o though_o he_o lack_v for_o to_o plede_v he_o lack_v nothing_o of_o manheed_n he_o wist_v well_o his_o purse_n be_v pover_fw-mi but_o yet_o be_v think_v his_o right_a recover_v and_o open_o poverte_a aley_v to_o the_o emperor_n and_o thus_o he_o say_v o_o julius_n lord_n of_o the_o law_n behold_v my_o counseyll_n be_v withdraw_v for_o lack_v of_o gold_n to_o thy_o office_n after_o the_o law_n of_o justice_n help_v that_o i_o have_v counseyll_o here_o upon_o the_o truth_n of_o my_o matere_n and_o julius_n with_o that_o anon_o assign_v he_o a_o worthy_a one_o but_o he_o himself_o not_o word_n ne_o speak_v this_o knight_n be_v wroth_a &_o fond_a a_o lake_n in_o the_o emperor_n and_o say_v thus_o o_o thou_o unkind_a julius_n when_o thou_o in_o thy_o batayle_n be_v up_o in_o aufrike_n and_o i_o be_v there_o my_o may_v for_o thy_o rescous_a i_o do_v and_o put_v no_o man_n in_o my_o stead_n thou_o will_v what_o wound_n there_o i_o have_v but_o here_o i_o find_v the_o so_o bad_a that_o the_o ne_fw-fr list_v to_o speak_v o_o word_n thy_o own_o mouth_n or_o of_o thy_o board_n to_o yeve_v a_o floreyn_n i_o to_o help_v how_o shall_v i_o than_o i_o be_v yelp_v from_fw-mi this_o day_n forth_o of_o thy_o largess_n when_o such_o a_o great_a unkyndenesse_n be_v find_v in_o such_o a_o lord_n as_o thou_o this_o julius_n know_v well_o mow_v that_o all_o be_v sooth_n which_o he_o he_o tell_v and_o for_o he_o will_v not_o be_v hold_v unkind_a he_o take_v his_o cause_n on_o honde_n and_o as_o it_o be_v of_o god_n sonde_v he_o have_v he_o good_a enough_o to_o spend_v for_o ever_o unto_o his_o lyves_n end_n and_o thus_o shall_v every_o worthy_a king_n take_v of_o his_o knight_n knowlege_a when_o that_o he_o sygh_fw-mi they_o have_fw-mi need_n for_o every_o service_n ax_v meed_n but_o other_o which_o have_v not_o deserve_v through_o virtue_n but_o of_o iape_n serve_v a_o king_n shall_v not_o deserve_v grace_n though_o he_o be_v large_a in_o such_o a_o place_n ¶_o hic_fw-la ponit_fw-la exemplum_fw-la de_fw-la rege_fw-la antigono_n /_o qualiter_fw-la dona_fw-la regius_fw-la secundum_fw-la maius_fw-la et_fw-la miwâ—_n /_o equa_fw-la discrecione_fw-la moderanda_fw-la sunt_fw-la ¶_o it_o sytte_a well_o every_o king_n to_o have_v discretion_n when_o man_n he_o crave_v so_o that_o be_v may_v his_o gift_n wit_v whereof_o i_o find_v a_o tale_n write_v how_o cinichus_n a_o power_n knight_n a_o somme_fw-fr which_o be_v over_o might_n pray_v of_o his_o king_n antigonus_n the_o king_n answer_v to_o he_o thus_o and_o say_v how_o such_o a_o yefte_n pass_v his_o power_n estate_n and_o than_o he_o lass_v and_o ask_v but_o a_o little_a penny_n if_o that_o the_o king_n will_v yevehym_v any_o the_o king_n answer_v it_o be_v to_o smalle_v for_o he_o which_o be_v a_o lord_n ryalle_v to_o yeve_v a_o man_n so_o lytell_a thing_n it_o be_v unworship_n in_o a_o king_n by_o this_o ensample_n a_o king_n may_v lere_n that_o for_o to_o yeve_v be_v in_o manere_fw-la for_o if_o a_o king_n his_o treasour_n lass_v with_o out_o honour_n and_o thankless_a pass_v when_o he_o himself_o will_v so_o beguile_v i_o not_o who_o shall_v complain_v his_o while_n ne_o who_o by_o right_n he_o shall_v releve_n but_o netheles_o this_o i_o believe_v though_o help_v with_o his_o own_o land_n belong_v every_o man_n his_o honde_n to_o set_v upon_o necessite_n and_o eke_o his_o king_n rialte_n mote_n every_o lyege_n man_n comfort_n with_o good_a and_o body_n to_o support_v when_o they_o see_v cause_n reasonable_a for_o who_o that_o be_v not_o entendable_a to_o hold_v up_o right_a his_o king_n name_n he_o aught_o for_o to_o be_v to_o blame_v ¶_o nota_fw-la hic_fw-la secundum_fw-la aristotelem_fw-la qualiter_fw-la princiâ—um_fw-la prodigalitas_fw-la paupertatem_fw-la inducit_fw-la communem_fw-la â§_o of_o policy_n and_o over_o more_o to_o speak_v in_o this_o mater_fw-la more_o so_o as_o the_o philosophre_n tell_v a_o king_n after_o the_o reule_fw-fr be_v hold_v to_o modify_v and_o to_o address_v his_o yefte_n upon_o such_o largess_n that_o he_o measure_n nought_o exceed_v ☞_o sal._n sic_fw-la aliis_fw-la 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his_o daughter_n which_o be_v fair_a &_o good_a and_o at_o the_o board_n bifore_fw-la he_o stand_v as_o it_o be_v thilk_o time_n usage_n he_o bid_v to_o go_v on_o his_o message_n and_o fond_a for_o to_o make_v he_o glade_n and_o she_o do_v as_o her_o fader_fw-mi bid_v and_o go_v to_o he_o the_o soft_a paa_n and_o ask_v whence_o and_o what_o he_o be_v and_o praith_n he_o shall_v his_o thought_n i_o leave_v he_o say_v madam_n by_o your_o leave_n my_o name_n be_v hot_a appolynus_n and_o of_o my_o riches_n it_o be_v thus_o upon_o the_o see_v i_o have_v it_o lore_n the_o contre_fw-fr where_o as_o i_o be_v bear_v where_o that_o my_o land_n be_v and_o my_o rend_v i_o leave_v at_o tyre_n when_o that_o i_o go_v the_o worship_n there_o of_o which_o i_o ought_v unto_o the_o god_n i_o there_o betought_v and_o thus_o togider_v as_o they_o two_o speak_v the_o teeris_n run_v down_o by_o his_o cheek_n the_o king_n which_o thereof_o take_v good_a keep_v have_v great_a pite_n to_o see_v he_o weep_v 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