bysshop_n eke_o and_o he_o with_o power_n go_v to_o seek_v ayene_n the_o scot_n for_o to_o fond_a the_o be_v which_o he_o take_v on_o honde_n ¶_o 〈…〉_o â—egia_fw-la constantin_n infantem_fw-la masculit_fw-la 〈…〉_o â—â—tismo_fw-la mauritium_n vocant_fw-la rege_fw-la abâ—â—_n 〈…〉_o eft_o say_fw-la inâ—â—da_fw-la mater_fw-la regis_fw-la doâ—â—â—â—_n 〈…〉_o super_fw-la â—sio_fw-la foâ—to_fw-it condolens_fw-la mendacibus_fw-la reâ—â—_n ceâ—tificaâ—â—t_fw-la 〈◊〉_d â—â—or_a suâ—_n demoniaci_fw-la &_o non_fw-la humaâ—â—_n generâ—â—â—uoâ—â—a_fw-la monsiruosum_fw-la fantasma_n foco_fw-la geniture_n adâ—â—â—â—_n produâ—it_n huiusmodique_fw-la detracto_fw-la ribus_fw-la adversus_fw-la constantiam_fw-la procuravit_fw-la que_fw-la ipsa_fw-la in_o navem_fw-la qua_fw-la prius_fw-la venerat_fw-la /_o iterum_fw-la ad_fw-la exisium_n uno_fw-la cum_fw-la svo_fw-la partu_fw-la remissa_fw-la desolabatur_fw-la ¶_o the_o time_n set_v of_o kind_n be_v come_v this_o lady_n have_v her_o chambre_n nome_fw-mi and_o 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she_o and_o at_o last_o she_o look_v and_o her_o eye_n cast_v upon_o her_o child_n and_o say_v this_o of_o i_o no_o manner_n charge_v it_o be_v what_o sorrow_n i_o suffer_v but_o of_o the_o i_o thynk_v it_o be_v great_a pity_n for_o if_o i_o starve_v thou_o must_v dye_n so_o may_v i_o needs_o by_o that_o weigh_v for_o motherhee_v and_o for_o tenderness_n with_o all_o my_o hole_n besyne_v ordain_v i_o for_o thilk_o office_n as_o she_o which_o shall_v be_v thy_o noryce_n thus_o be_v she_o strengthen_v for_o to_o stone_v and_o though_o she_o take_v her_o child_n in_o honde_n and_o yafe_v it_o souke_v and_o ever_o among_o she_o weep_v and_o otherwhile_o song_n lo_o rock_n with_o her_o child_n aslepe_o and_o thus_o her_o own_o child_n to_o keep_v she_o have_v under_o the_o god_n cure_n 〈…〉_o constancy_n post_fw-la biennium_fw-la in_o 〈…〉_o supâ—â—â—â—ris_fw-la inter_fw-la sarazenoâ—_n 〈…〉_o maniâ—us_fw-la den_n ipsam_fw-la conâ—â—â—â—_n 〈…〉_o â—â—â—eraâ—â—t_o ¶_o and_o so_o fall_v upon_o aventure_n 〈◊〉_d thyâ—ke_a year_n have_v make_v his_o end_n 〈…〉_o so_o as_o it_o most_o wend_v 〈…〉_o of_o wound_n which_o god_n have_v yeve_v 〈…〉_o be_v into_o spayn_n drive_v 〈…〉_o under_o a_o castle_n wall_n 〈…〉_o it_o a_o hethen_a admyralle_fw-mi 〈…〉_o and_o he_o a_o steward_n bid_v 〈…〉_o which_o all_o be_v bad_a 〈…〉_o and_o a_o renegade_n 〈…〉_o to_o take_v in_o what_o estate_n 〈…〉_o be_v come_fw-mi and_o there_o he_o fond_a 〈…〉_o with_o a_o child_n upon_o her_o honde_n 〈…〉_o lady_n where_o she_o be_v a_o one_o 〈◊〉_d take_v good_a heed_n of_o the_o person_n 〈…〉_o the_o be_v a_o worthy_a wight_n 〈…〉_o â—â—â—ght_v he_o will_v upon_o the_o night_n 〈…〉_o she_o at_o his_o own_o wylle_n 〈…〉_o the_o ship_n he_o keep_v she_o still_o that_o no_o man_n see_v she_o that_o day_n aâ—_n god_n wylle_n and_o thus_o she_o lay_v unknown_a what_o her_o shall_v betide_v
find_v which_o serve_v to_o the_o world_n fame_n in_o worship_n of_o a_o king_n name_n largesse_n it_o be_v who_o privilege_n there_o may_v no_o avarice_n abrege_n the_o world_n good_a be_v first_o comune_v but_o afterward_o upon_o fortune_n be_v thilk_o comyn_v profyt_o cess_v for_o when_o the_o people_n stand_v encress_v and_o the_o lygnage_n wax_v great_a anon_o for_o syngule_a beyete_a drough_z every_o man_n to_o his_o party_n whereof_o come_v in_o the_o first_o envy_n with_o great_a debate_n and_o werre_v strong_a and_o last_o among_o the_o man_n so_o long_o till_o no_o man_n wist_v who_o be_v who_o ne_o which_o be_v friend_n ne_o which_o so_o till_o at_o last_o in_o every_o land_n within_o they_o self_n the_o people_n fond_a that_o it_o be_v good_a to_o make_v a_o king_n which_o may_v appesen_fw-mi all_o this_o thing_n and_o yeve_v right_a to_o the_o lignage_n in_o part_v of_o her_o heritage_n and_o eke_o of_o all_o her_o other_o good_a and_o thus_o above_o they_o all_o stand_v 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 benefacito_fw-la ut_fw-la tibi_fw-la non_fw-la nocias_fw-la ¶_o for_o if_o a_o king_n fall_v in_o to_o need_v it_o cause_v oft_o sundry_a thing_n which_o be_v ungoodly_a to_o the_o king_n what_o man_n will_v not_o himself_o measure_n man_n seen_v fulofte_o that_o measure_n he_o have_v forsake_v and_o so_o do_v he_o that_o use_v prodigalite_a which_o be_v the_o mother_n of_o poverte_a whereof_o the_o londe_n ben_fw-mi desert_n and_o namely_o when_o thilk_o vice_n above_o a_o king_n stant_fw-la in_o office_n and_o have_v with_o hold_n of_o his_o party_n the_o covetous_a flaterye_n which_o many_o a_o worthy_a king_n deceyve_v ere_o he_o the_o fallace_n perceyve_v of_o they_o that_o seruen_a to_o the_o gloze_n for_o they_o that_o con_v please_v and_o gloze_n ben_n as_o man_n tellen_v the_o notice_n unto_o the_o foster_a of_o the_o
oâ—_n this_o cause_n he_o be_v respite_v 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o death_n he_o be_v acquit_v 〈…〉_o â—ll_z that_o he_o be_v exile_v yâ—â—_n he_o his_o love_n have_v so_o beguile_v â—hat_n he_o shall_v never_o come_v ayene_v yâ—â—_n hâ—_n that_o be_v to_o troth_n unpleyne_v he_o may_v not_o faylen_v of_o vengeance_n and_o eke_o to_o take_v remembrance_n of_o that_o hypocrisy_n have_v wrought_v on_o other_o halue_fw-mi man_n shulden_a nought_o to_o lyght_o leave_v all_o that_o they_o here_o but_o than_o shall_v a_o wyseman_n steer_v the_o ship_n when_o such_o wind_n blow_v for_o first_o though_o they_o begin_v low_o at_o end_n they_o be_v nought_o mevable_a but_o all_o to_o break_v mast_n and_o cable_n so_o that_o the_o ship_n with_o sudden_a blast_n when_o man_n least_o ween_v to_o overcast_v as_o now_o full_a often_o a_o man_n may_v see_v and_o of_o old_a time_n how_o it_o have_v be_v i_o find_v a_o great_a experience_n whereof_o to_o take_v a_o evydence_n good_a be_v and_o to_o beware_v 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¶_o of_o this_o soty_n also_o i_o find_v amon_n his_o sister_n ageyn_fw-mi kind_n which_o hight_v thamar_n he_o forleye_n but_o he_o that_o lust_v another_o day_n about_o when_o that_o absalon_n his_o own_o brother_n there_o upon_o of_o that_o be_v have_v his_o sister_n shente_n take_v of_o that_o sin_n vengement_n and_o slough_n he_o with_o his_o own_o honde_n and_o thus_o unkind_a unkynd_n fond_a ¶_o hic_fw-la narrat_fw-la qualiter_fw-la lotâ—_n dvas_fw-la filias_fw-la fuâ—â—_n ipâ—â—â—_n consâ—encientibus_fw-la carnali_fw-la copula_fw-la cognovit_fw-la dvas_fw-la ê™_n ex_fw-la eye_v filios_fw-la sciâ—â—â—z_fw-fr moab_n &_o amon_n progeniut_a quorum_fw-la postea_fw-la generatio_fw-la prana_fw-it et_fw-la exusperan_n contra_fw-la populum_fw-la dei_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la saltim_fw-la promissionis_fw-la vario_fw-la granamine_fw-la quam_fw-la sâ—piuâ—_fw-la insultabat_fw-la ¶_o and_o for_o to_o see_v more_o of_o this_o thing_n the_o bible_n makth_v a_o knowlege_a whereof_o thou_o may_v 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communis_fw-la amorâ—_n sed_fw-la immoderatos_fw-la quae_fw-la facit_fw-la excessus_fw-la non_fw-la reputatur_fw-la amans_fw-la sors_z tamen_fw-la unde_fw-la venus_fw-la attractat_fw-la corda_fw-la videre_fw-la quae_fw-la rationis_fw-la erunt_fw-la non_fw-la ratione_fw-la sinit_fw-la ¶_o hic_fw-la loquor_fw-la adhur_n contra_fw-la incestuoso_n aniantum_fw-la coitus_fw-la /_o et_fw-la narrat_fw-la mirabile_fw-la exemplum_fw-la de_fw-la magno_fw-la rege_fw-la antiocho_n qui_fw-la uxore_fw-la mortua_fw-la propriam_fw-la filiam_fw-la violavit_fw-la et_fw-la quia_fw-la filie_n matrimonium_fw-la penes_fw-la alios_fw-la impedire_fw-la voluit_fw-la tale_n ab_fw-la eo_fw-la exiit_fw-la edictum_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la eam_fw-la in_o vxorem_fw-la peterit_n nisi_fw-la quoddam_fw-la problema_fw-la questionis_fw-la quam_fw-la ipse_fw-la rex_fw-la proposuerat_fw-la /_o veraciter_fw-la solueret_fw-la capitali_fw-la sentencia_fw-la puniretur_fw-la super_fw-la quo_fw-la veniens_fw-la tandem_fw-la discretus_fw-la invenis_fw-la princepe_fw-la tyri_fw-la appolius_n questionem_fw-la soluit_fw-la /_o nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la filiam_fw-la habere_fw-la potuit_fw-la /_o sed_fw-la rex_fw-la indignatus_fw-la ipsum_fw-la propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o mortis_fw-la odium_fw-la recoliegit_fw-la under_o appolinus_n a_o fancy_n regis_fw-la fugiens_fw-la quam_fw-la plura_fw-la prout_fw-la inferius_fw-la intitulantur_fw-la propter_fw-la amorem_fw-la pericula_fw-la possus_fw-la est_fw-la ¶_o of_o a_o cronyke_a in_o day_n go_v the_o which_o be_v clepe_v panteone_n in_o love_n cause_n i_o rede_v thus_o how_o that_o the_o great_a antiochus_n of_o who_o that_o antioch_n take_v his_o first_o name_n as_o say_v the_o book_n be_v couple_v to_o a_o noble_a queen_n and_o have_v a_o daughter_n they_o between_o but_o such_o fortune_n come_v to_o honde_n that_o death_n which_o no_o king_n may_v withstond_v but_o every_o life_n it_o must_v obey_v this_o worthy_a queen_n take_v away_o the_o king_n 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