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she_o unto_o the_o emperor_n who_o answer_v that_o he_o have_v already_o enough_o such_o bird_n at_o home_n which_o salute_v he_o after_o that_o sort_n then_o the_o crow_n by_o chance_n remember_v the_o other_o speech_n which_o his_o master_n mistrust_v his_o docility_n have_v often_o time_n utter_v begin_v to_o speak_v aloud_o before_o the_o emperor_n say_v i_o have_v lose_v my_o labour_n i_o have_v lose_v my_o labour_n whereat_o caesar_n laugh_v and_o command_v he_o to_o be_v buy_v likewise_o chap._n 17._o of_o rich_a man_n aemelius_n aemilius_n probatus_fw-la in_o his_o book_n of_o captain_n of_o foreign_a nation_n tell_v a_o story_n of_o the_o prince_n sun_n of_o athens_n how_o marvelous_a liberal_a he_o be_v who_o have_v ferme_n and_o grainge_n in_o many_o place_n of_o the_o country_n he_o never_o put_v any_o keeper_n over_o his_o corn_n or_o fruit_n but_o suffer_v every_o man_n to_o take_v what_o he_o listen_v his_o servant_n follow_v he_o with_o money_n to_o give_v away_o if_o 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accept_v and_o to_o use_v it_o at_o his_o need_n and_o pleasure_n cu._n he_o refuse_v it_o will_v they_o to_o tell_v the_o samnite_n that_o mar._n curius_n have_v rather_o rule_v over_o rich_a man_n then_o be_v rich_a himself_o and_o remember_v this_o quoth_v he_o that_o i_o can_v neither_o be_v overcome_v in_o batteill_n nor_o corrupt_v with_o money_n the_o same_o author_n likewise_o tell_v of_o frabricius_n who_o be_v great_a than_o any_o man_n in_o all_o the_o city_n in_o honour_n and_o authority_n and_o match_n with_o the_o poor_a in_o wealth_n and_o revenue_n who_o also_o send_v back_o unto_o the_o samnite_n many_o great_a gift_n in_o who_o tuition_n and_o charge_n they_o be_v he_o be_v rich_a without_o money_n and_o keep_v a_o great_a family_n for_o why_o it_o make_v he_o rich_a not_o to_o possess_v much_o but_o to_o desire_n sufficient_a chap._n 18._o of_o poor_a man_n frontinus_n in_o his_o four_o book_n &_o first_o chapter_n tell_v how_o that_o scipio_n after_o the_o he_o have_v achieve_v notable_a exploit_n in_o spain_n frontinus_n write_v that_o according_a unto_o a_o law_n make_v by_o seleucus_n against_o adultery_n his_o sun_n who_o be_v apprehend_v in_o the_o same_o shall_v have_v lose_v both_o his_o eye_n and_o when_o the_o whole_a city_n for_o the_o honour_n and_o duty_n which_o they_o bear_v to_o the_o father_n deur_v that_o the_o punishment_n may_v be_v remit_v long_a time_n refuse_v to_o be_v entreat_v but_o at_o length_n relent_v at_o the_o people_n suit_n first_o put_v out_o one_o of_o his_o own_o eye_n and_o next_o one_o of_o his_o sun_n notwithstanding_o fulfil_v the_o whole_a punishment_n devide_v himself_o as_o it_o be_v beetwéene_v a_o merciful_a father_n and_o a_o just_a
he_o see_v a_o bailiff_n lead_v a_o poor_a thief_n to_o hang_v that_o have_v steal_v a_o trifle_n say_v that_o it_o be_v a_o strange_a matter_n to_o see_v a_o great_a thief_n lead_v a_o little_a thief_n to_o the_o gallows_n three_o because_o he_o see_v a_o priest_n follow_v a_o child_n that_o be_v go_v to_o bury_v sing_a and_o a_o husbandman_n come_v after_o weep_v when_o as_o in_o deed_n quoth_v he_o it_o ought_v to_o have_v be_v otherwise_o as_o name_o the_o priest_n to_o have_v weep_v who_o sun_n he_o be_v and_o the_o husbandman_n to_o have_v sing_v as_o be_v discharge_v of_o a_o great_a burden_n the_o devil_n speak_v in_o one_o that_o be_v possess_v say_v in_o hell_n there_o be_v no_o redemption_n and_o therefore_o man_n be_v very_o unwise_a that_o will_v hazard_v so_o noble_a a_o pleadg_n which_o if_o it_o be_v forfeit_v can_v never_o more_o be_v redeem_v one_o upon_o occasion_n of_o talk_n say_v to_o his_o fellow_n i_o marvel_v say_v he_o that_o the_o devil_n suffer_v we_o to_o live_v since_o we_o be_v all_o such_o grievous_a sinner_n to_o who_o the_o other_o answer_v but_o i_o marvel_v rather_o why_o he_o hurt_v not_o his_o servant_n chap._n 24._o of_o pope_n and_o their_o merry_a jest_n it_o be_v read_v in_o the_o chronicle_n that_o when_o the_o pope_n be_v consecrate_v pope_n as_o they_o term_v it_o there_o be_v a_o great_a handful_n of_o tow_n set_v on_o fire_n in_o presence_n of_o they_o all_o &_o therewith_o all_o these_o word_n speak_v thus_o pass_v the_o glory_n of_o the_o world_n remember_v that_o thou_o be_v ash_n and_o a_o mortal_a man_n a_o good_a lesson_n if_o they_o will_v follow_v it_o sergius_n the_o pope_n be_v call_v before_o he_o be_v pope_n os_fw-la porci_fw-la mouth_n that_o be_v to_o say_v hog_n mouth_n and_o since_o his_o time_n all_o pope_n have_v change_v their_o own_o proper_a name_n euaristus_n the_o pope_n appoint_v seven_o deacon_n to_o gward_o the_o pope_n person_n while_o he_o preach_v which_o i_o think_v be_v but_o seldom_o 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chaplain_n call_v michael_n who_o he_o promise_v that_o if_o ever_o god_n call_v he_o to_o great_a dignity_n chaplein_n he_o will_v prefer_v he_o to_o his_o contentation_n afterwards_o be_v make_v pope_n and_o trouble_v with_o many_o affair_n he_o quite_o forget_v his_o old_a chaplein_n michael_n who_o see_v that_o he_o can_v have_v no_o access_n unto_o the_o pope_n write_v upon_o a_o door_n by_o the_o which_o he_o shall_v pass_v these_o verse_n follow_v here_o stand_v without_o before_o the_o door_n michael_n the_o chaplein_n poor_a say_v that_o honour_n do_v manner_n change_v but_o seld_o to_o better_v for_o that_o be_v strange_a which_o the_o pope_n read_v and_o see_v he_o stand_v before_o the_o door_n remember_v his_o promise_n &_o give_v he_o a_o good_a benefice_n chap._n 26._o of_o archbishop_n and_o their_o merry_a jest_n a_o certain_a archbishop_n preach_a upon_o palm_n sunday_n discourse_v very_o much_o of_o christ_n humility_n upon_o and_o of_o the_o she_o ass_n whereupon_o he_o ride_v and_o when_o the_o sermon_n be_v do_v he_o mount_v up_o upon_o his_o lofty_a palfry_n and_o be_v ride_v home_o then_o come_v a_o old_a woman_n run_v and_o take_v the_o horse_n by_o the_o bridle_n say_v i_o pray_v you_o my_o lord_n be_v this_o the_o she_o ass_n whereupon_o christ_n ride_v a_o archbishop_n in_o a_o sermon_n sore_o invey_v against_o the_o whole_a order_n of_o preach_a friar_n &_o compare_v they_o to_o the_o pharasy_n when_o the_o sermon_n be_v finish_v friar_n and_o the_o archbishop_n come_v down_o out_o of_o the_o pulpit_n the_o reader_n of_o the_o same_o covent_n arise_v and_o come_v to_o he_o say_v my_o lord_n your_o grace_n have_v forget_v one_o text_n which_o be_v this_o thy_o nation_n and_o thy_o bishop_n have_v deliver_v thou_o unto_o i_o again_o the_o same_o archbishop_n preach_v another_o time_n against_o master_n &_o reader_n in_o the_o university_n master_n how_o they_o clothe_v themselves_o in_o soft_a apparel_n and_o seek_v to_o be_v magnify_v 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so_o he_o answer_v that_o he_o can_v not_o be_v prefer_v sit_v at_o any_o other_o table_n neither_o know_v he_o any_o other_o than_o those_o that_o sit_v there_o advance_v by_o he_o unto_o any_o dignity_n chap._n 28._o of_o archdeacon_n a_fw-la archdeacon_n be_v in_o visitation_n duty_n spend_v whole_a day_n in_o feast_v &_o make_v good_a cheer_n when_o the_o people_n look_v that_o he_o shall_v have_v preach_v unto_o they_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o as_o he_o be_v go_v from_o hear_n mass_n unto_o dinner_n a_o old_a woman_n say_v unto_o he_o that_o they_o look_v for_o that_o which_o be_v his_o duty_n to_o do_v meaning_n to_o show_v they_o their_o duty_n out_o of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n well_o quoth_v the_o archdeacon_n i_o will_v not_o call_v thou_o to_o counsel_v what_o i_o have_v best_a to_o do_v but_o she_o answer_v sure_o he_o have_v small_a care_n of_o our_o soul_n that_o put_v they_o in_o trust_n to_o thou_o a_o archdeacon_n visit_v his_o parish_n church_n 〈◊〉_d from_o which_o he_o be_v promote_v unto_o the_o archdeaconry_n and_o there_o come_v unto_o he_o a_o husband_n man_n to_o ask_v counsel_n say_v m._n archdeacon_n i_o marry_v a_o poor_a wife_n and_o now_o i_o know_v where_o i_o may_v have_v a_o rich_a one_o be_v it_o lawful_a for_o i_o to_o forsake_v the_o poor_a one_o and_o to_o take_v the_o rich_a the_o archdeacon_n answer_v by_o no_o mean_n then_o say_v the_o husbandman_n but_o you_o have_v forsake_v a_o poor_a church_n and_o keep_v a_o rich_a archdeaconry_n which_o he_o hear_v give_v up_o his_o archdeaconry_n and_o return_v to_o his_o own_o church_n etc_n a_o certain_a priest_n against_o his_o archdeacon_n shall_v come_v in_o visitation_n have_v none_o other_o provision_n kill_v a_o little_a ass_n which_o he_o have_v and_o dress_v he_o in_o the_o stead_n of_o veal_n and_o when_o the_o archdeacon_n feed_v hungerly_o thereon_o at_o dinner_n and_o the_o priest_n himself_o will_v eat_v none_o the_o archdeacon_n demand_v the_o cause_n then_o quoth_v the_o priest_n your_o mastership_n say_v that_o i_o have_v wit_n and_o learning_n little_a enough_o already_o and_o therefore_o i_o need_v to_o eat_v no_o ass_n flesh_n when_o the_o archdeacon_n hear_v this_o he_o arise_v from_o the_o table_n in_o a_o rage_n and_o immediate_o depart_v chap._n 29._o of_o canon_n and_o their_o merry_a jest_n benefice_n ivlius_fw-la in_o his_o book_n of_o bee_n write_v a_o history_n of_o one_o philip_n that_o be_v chancellor_n of_o paris_n who_o have_v many_o benefice_n be_v in_o his_o sickness_n admonish_v by_o the_o bishop_n to_o resign_v they_o up_o for_o fear_n of_o long_o incur_v god_n displeasure_n who_o answer_v that_o he_o will_v try_v the_o truth_n of_o that_o before_o the_o great_a judge_n but_o short_o after_o he_o be_v dead_a he_o appear_v unto_o the_o bishop_n like_o a_o shadow_n and_o say_v i_o most_o miserable_a wretch_n be_o damn_v and_o that_o chief_o for_o three_o cause_n first_o for_o my_o fruit_n which_o i_o keep_v from_o the_o poor_a second_o for_o my_o pluralitye_n of_o benefice_n and_o last_o for_o my_o detestable_a whoredom_n moreover_o he_o say_v be_v the_o world_n yet_o at_o a_o end_n then_o quoth_v the_o bishop_n i_o marvel_n that_o thou_o have_v in_o thy_o life_n time_n be_v a_o great_a clerk_n and_o see_v i_o and_o other_o live_n who_o must_v all_o die_v before_o that_o day_n come_v shall_v ask_v i_o that_o question_n but_o he_o say_v marvel_n not_o at_o all_o for_o in_o hell_n there_o be_v neither_o knowledge_v nor_o reason_n master_n albertus_n say_v unto_o a_o canon_n of_o colein_n benefice_n which_o come_v home_o from_o the_o court_n with_o a_o dispensation_n to_o have_v many_o benefice_n before_o you_o may_v have_v go_v to_o hell_n without_o licence_n and_o now_o you_o must_v needs_o go_v thither_o by_o virtue_n of_o your_o dispensation_n there_o be_v a_o canon_n which_o have_v two_o canonry_n one_o in_o one_o church_n another_o in_o another_o the_o dream_v one_o night_n the_o two_o staff_n be_v 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athens_n write_v that_o it_o be_v one_o of_o the_o great_a point_n of_o commendation_n which_o be_v in_o philip_n king_n of_o macedonia_n father_n unto_o alexander_n the_o great_a that_o he_o cause_v he_o who_o he_o think_v shall_v be_v his_o heier_n to_o be_v deliver_v in_o charge_n unto_o the_o most_o excellent_a philosopher_n aristotle_n to_o be_v instruct_v in_o wisdom_n and_o learning_n and_o say_v seneca_n in_o that_o world_n which_o man_n common_o call_v the_o golden_a world_n posidonius_n affirm_v that_o wise_a man_n govern_v kingdom_n these_o contain_v their_o hand_n from_o othermens_n good_n and_o defend_v the_o weak_a from_o the_o more_o mighty_a they_o persuade_v man_n from_o dishonesty_n unto_o honesty_n and_o through_o their_o wisdom_n they_o declare_v what_o be_v profitable_a and_o what_o otherwise_o chap_n 10._o of_o physician_n isidorus_n in_o the_o three_o chapter_n of_o his_o etimology_n write_v that_o apollo_n be_v report_v to_o be_v the_o first_o finder_n out_o 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he_o may_v not_o tell_v but_o when_o his_o mother_n threaten_v to_o beat_v he_o unless_o he_o will_v declare_v it_o immediate_o he_o devise_v a_o fine_a &_o pleasant_a lie_n to_o stop_v his_o mother_n mouth_n withal_o say_v that_o it_o be_v dispute_v in_o the_o counsel_n house_n whether_o it_o be_v more_o expedient_a for_o man_n to_o have_v two_o wife_n or_o for_o a_o woman_n to_o have_v two_o husban_n this_o news_n tell_v she_o immediate_o unto_o other_o matron_n &_o gossip_n of_o her_o acquaintance_n and_o the_o next_o day_n there_o come_v a_o great_a flock_n of_o they_o to_o the_o counsel_n house_n desire_v the_o honourable_a assembly_n the_o one_o woman_n may_v rather_o have_v two_o husband_n than_o one_o man_n ii_o wife_n the_o senator_n wondringe_v at_o that_o strange_a request_n marvel_v at_o their_o so_o unreasonable_a and_o dishonest_a importuniti_fw-la then_o the_o child_n resolve_v the_o senate_n of_o that_o doubt_n she_o wing_n they_o what_o he_o have_v tell_v his_o 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name_n choose_v into_o his_o counsel_n a_o hundred_o senator_n who_o advice_n he_o may_v use_v in_o all_o matter_n who_o by_o reason_n of_o their_o year_n and_o for_o the_o likeness_n of_o the_o charge_n he_o call_v father_n chap._n 13_o of_o citizen_n aristotle_n in_o the_o three_o book_n of_o his_o politics_n define_v a_o city_n after_o this_o manner_n aristotle_n a_o city_n say_v he_o be_v a_o unity_n of_o those_o that_o be_v like_a meeting_n together_o to_o live_v in_o happy_a society_n and_o felicity_n be_v a_o certain_a treasure_n surpass_v all_o other_o thing_n and_o the_o very_a exercise_n of_o all_o virtue_n and_o these_o be_v the_o thing_n without_o which_o there_o can_v be_v no_o city_n for_o why_o the_o life_n of_o man_n require_v many_o necessary_n the_o first_o be_v food_n than_o art_n next_o weapon_n to_o subdue_v the_o disobedient_a the_o four_o store_n of_o money_n the_o five_o instruction_n in_o religion_n who_o they_o call_v priest_n the_o six_o a_o company_n of_o 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