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ere_o ¶_o hic_fw-la loquor_fw-la specialiter_fw-la contra_fw-la vicium_fw-la illorum_fw-la /_o qui_fw-fr nimia_fw-la potacione_fw-la ex_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la ebriosi_fw-la efficiuntur_fw-la et_fw-la narrat_fw-la exemplum_fw-la de_fw-la galba_n et_fw-fr vitello_n qui_fw-la potentes_fw-la in_o hispania_n principes_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la sed_fw-la ipse_fw-la cotidiane_fw-la ebrietatis_fw-la potibus_fw-la assuetii_fw-la tanta_fw-la vicinis_fw-la intulerunt_fw-la enormia_fw-la /_o quod_fw-la tandem_fw-la toto_fw-la conclamante_fw-la populo_fw-la pena_fw-la sententie_n capitalis_fw-la in_o eos_fw-la iudicialiter_fw-la diffinita_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la prinsquam_fw-la morerentur_fw-la ut_fw-la penan_n mortis_fw-la alleviarent_fw-la spontanea_fw-la vim_o ebrietate_fw-la sopiti_fw-la quasi_fw-la porci_fw-la semimortui_fw-la gladio_fw-la interierunt_fw-la ¶_o i_o rede_v in_o a_o chronicle_n thus_o of_o galba_n and_o of_o vitellus_n the_o which_o of_o spain_n both_o be_v the_o great_a of_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 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
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her_o husbond_n a_o sorry_a man_n comfort_v she_o all_o that_o he_o can_v and_o swear_v and_o eke_v she_o fader_fw-mi both_o that_o they_o with_o she_o be_v not_o wroth_a of_o that_o be_v do_v ageyn_v her_o wylle_n and_o prayden_n she_o to_o be_v still_o for_o they_o to_o she_o have_v all_o foryeve_n but_o she_o which_o think_v not_o to_o leave_v of_o they_o will_v no_o foryevenesse_n and_o say_v of_o thilk_o wyckednesse_n which_o be_v to_o her_o body_n wrought_v all_o be_v it_o so_o she_o may_v it_o nought_o never_o afterward_o the_o world_n ne_fw-fr shall_v reproven_v she_o and_o forthwithall_o or_o any_o man_n thereof_o be_v ware_n a_o naked_a sword_n the_o which_o she_o bear_v within_o her_o mantel_n prive_o between_o her_o bond_n sodeyn_o she_o take_v &_o through_o her_o heart_n it_o throng_n and_o fill_n to_o ground_n &_o ever_o among_o when_o that_o she_o fill_v so_o as_o she_o may_v her_o clothes_n with_o her_o honde_n she_o right_a that_o no_o man_n downward_o from_o the_o 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they_o anon_o without_o let_v a_o bear_v for_o the_o body_n fette_z lucrece_n &_o thereupon_o bledend_v he_o leyde_v and_o so_o forth_o out_o cryend_n he_o go_v unto_o the_o market_n place_n of_o rome_n and_o in_o a_o lytell_a space_n through_o cry_n the_o cite_v be_v assemble_v and_o every_o man_n heart_n tremble_v when_o they_o the_o sooth_n hear_v of_o the_o câ—s_n and_o there_o upon_o the_o counseyle_n be_v take_v of_o the_o great_a and_o of_o the_o small_a and_o brutus_n tell_v they_o all_o the_o tale_n and_o thus_o come_v in_o to_o remembrance_n of_o sin_n the_o continuance_n which_o arrou_n have_v do_v tofore_o and_o eke_o long_o time_n ere_fw-we he_o be_v bear_v of_o that_o his_o father_n have_v do_v the_o wrong_n come_v in_o to_o place_n though_o so_o that_o the_o come_fw-mi clamour_n tell_v the_o new_a shame_n of_o sin_n old_a and_o all_o the_o town_n begin_v to_o cry_v away_o away_o the_o tyranny_n of_o lechery_n and_o covetyse_n and_o at_o last_o in_o such_o a_o wise_a 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love_n law_n honest_a o_o thou_o gentel_n venus_n love_v quenâ—_n without_o guilt_n thou_o do_v on_o i_o thy_o wrech_n thou_o wotâ—â—t_v my_o pein_n be_v over_o alich_o green_a for_o love_v &_o yet_o i_o may_v iâ—_n not_o â—reche_n thus_o will_v i_o for_o my_o last_o word_n beseech_v that_o thou_o â—y_a love_n acquit_v as_o i_o deserve_v or_o else_o do_v i_o plain_o for_o to_o starve_v ¶_o hic_fw-la loquor_fw-la qualiter_fw-la venus_n accepta_fw-la amantis_fw-la supplicacione_fw-la indilate_v ad_fw-la singula_fw-la respondit_fw-la ¶_o when_o i_o this_o supplycation_n with_o good_a delyberation_n in_o such_o a_o wise_a as_o you_o now_o wit_v have_v after_o my_o intent_n write_v unto_o cupyde_a and_o to_o venus_n this_o priest_n which_o hight_v geâ—â—yus_n it_o take_v on_o bond_n to_o present_v on_o my_o message_n and_o forth_o he_o go_v to_o venus_n for_o to_o wit_v her_o wylle_n and_o i_o bod_fw-mi in_o the_o place_n still_o and_o be_v there_o but_o a_o lytell_a while_n not_o full_a 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