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aliter_fw-la primitus_fw-la provenisse_fw-la asseruit_fw-la unde_fw-la in_o obsidione_fw-la civitatis_fw-la thebarum_n /_o cum_fw-la ipse_fw-la quodam_fw-la die_fw-la coram_fw-la suis_fw-la hostibus_fw-la ad_fw-la debellandum_fw-la se_fw-la obtulit_fw-la /_o ignis_fw-la de_fw-fr ceso_fw-la subito_fw-la super_fw-la veniens_fw-la ipsum_fw-la armatil_fw-la totaliter_fw-la in_o cineres_fw-la combussit_fw-la my_o son_n in_o all_o manner_n wise_a surquedrye_a be_v to_o despise_v whereof_o i_o find_v write_v thus_o the_o proud_a knight_n campaneus_n he_o be_v of_o such_o surquedrye_a that_o he_o through_o his_o chyvalrye_n upon_o himself_o so_o mochel_n trust_v that_o to_o the_o god_n he_o ne_fw-fr lust_n in_o no_o quarrel_n to_o beseech_v but_o say_v it_o be_v a_o idle_a speech_n which_o cause_n be_v of_o pure_a drede_n for_o lack_v of_o herte_fw-fr and_o for_o no_o need_n and_o upon_o such_o presumption_n he_o hold_v this_o proud_a opinion_n till_o at_o the_o last_o upon_o a_o day_n about_o 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foryete_v his_o own_o vice_n a_o tale_n of_o they_o that_o be_v so_o nice_a and_o feynen_n themselves_o to_o be_v so_o wise_a i_o shall_v the_o tell_v in_o such_o a_o wise_a whereof_o thou_o shall_v ensample_n take_v that_o thou_o no_o such_o thing_n undertake_v ¶_o hic_fw-la loquor_fw-la confessor_n contra_fw-la illos_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la sva_fw-la scientia_fw-la presumente_n aliorum_fw-la condiciones_fw-la dividicantes_fw-la indiscrete_a redarguunt_fw-la /_o et_fw-la narrat_fw-la exemplum_fw-la de_fw-la quodam_fw-la principe_fw-la regis_fw-la hungary_n germano_fw-la /_o qui_fw-fr cum_fw-la fratrem_fw-la suum_fw-la pauperibus_fw-la in_o publico_fw-la vidit_fw-la humiliatum_fw-la /_o ipsum_fw-la redarguendo_fw-la in_o contrarium_fw-la edocere_fw-la presumabat_fw-la /_o sed_fw-la rex_fw-la omni_fw-la sapiencia_fw-la prepollens_fw-la /_o ipsum_fw-la sic_fw-la incante_fw-la presumentem_fw-la ad_fw-la humilitatis_fw-la memoriam_fw-la teribili_fw-la providentia_fw-la mitius_fw-la castigavit_fw-la ¶_o i_o find_v upon_o surquedry_n now_o that_o whilom_o of_o hungarye_a by_o old_a day_n be_v a_o king_n wise_n and_o honest_a in_o all_o thing_n and_o so_o befelle_n upon_o a_o day_n and_o that_o be_v in_o the_o month_n of_o may_n as_o thilk_o time_n it_o be_v usaunce_n this_o king_n with_o noble_a purueyaunce_n have_v for_o himself_o his_o chare_n array_v wherein_o he_o will_v ride_v amay_v out_o of_o the_o city_n for_o to_o play_v with_o lord_n and_o with_o great_a noblay_n of_o lusty_a folk_n that_o be_v young_a where_o some_o play_v and_o some_o song_n and_o some_o go_v and_o some_o ride_n and_o some_o prycke_n her_o horse_n aside_o and_o brydlen_a they_o now_o in_o now_o out_o the_o king_n his_o eye_n cast_v about_o till_o he_o be_v at_o last_o ware_n and_o see_v come_n ageyne_n his_o chare_n two_o pylgremes_n of_o so_o great_a age_n that_o like_v unto_o a_o dry_a image_n that_o weren_a pale_a and_o fade_v hew_v and_o as_o a_o busshe_v which_o be_v besnew_v 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open_o ¶_o hic_fw-la ponit_fw-la exemplum_fw-la contra_fw-la viros_fw-la amori_fw-la ingratos_fw-la et_fw-la narrat_fw-la qualiter_fw-la theseus_n aegei_n filius_fw-la consilio_fw-la fultus_fw-la adriane_n regis_fw-la minos_n filie_n in_o domo_fw-la que_fw-la laborinthus_fw-la dicitur_fw-la minotaurum_n vicit_fw-la unde_fw-la theseus_n adriane_n sponsalie_a certissime_fw-la promittens_fw-la /_o ipsam_fw-la una_fw-la cum_fw-la phedra_n sorore_fw-la sva_fw-la a_o creta_n secum_fw-la navigio_fw-la duxit_fw-la say_fw-la statim_fw-la postea_fw-la oblito_fw-la gratitudinis_fw-la beneficio_fw-la adriadnam_n ipsum_fw-la saluantem_fw-la in_o insula_fw-la chion_n spretam_fw-la post_fw-la tergum_fw-la re_fw-la fiquit_fw-la et_fw-la phedram_n athenis_fw-la sibi_fw-la sponsatam_fw-la ingratus_fw-la coronavit_fw-la ¶_o minos_n as_o tellen_v the_o poet_n the_o which_o whilom_o be_v king_n of_o crete_n a_o son_n have_v and_o androchee_n he_z hyght_n and_o so_o befelle_n that_o be_v unto_o athenes_n 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damnati_fw-la extiterant_fw-la ¶_o it_o befelle_v by_o old_a day_n thus_o whilom_o the_o emperor_n tiberius_n the_o monarch_n of_o rome_n lad_n there_o be_v a_o worthy_a romayn_n have_v a_o wife_n and_o she_o paulina_z hyght_n which_o be_v to_o every_o mannis_fw-la sight_n of_o all_o the_o city_n the_o fayreste_n and_o as_o man_n sayden_n eke_o the_o best_a it_o be_v and_o have_v be_v ever_o yet_o that_o so_o strong_a be_v no_o man_n wit_n which_o through_o beaute_n ne_o may_v be_v draw_v to_o love_v and_o stone_v under_o the_o law_n of_o thilk_o bore_n freile_fw-fr kind_n which_o make_v the_o herte_n eye_n blind_a where_o no_o reason_n may_v be_v commune_v and_o in_o this_o wise_n stand_v fortune_v this_o tale_n of_o which_o i_o will_v mean_n this_o wife_n /_o which_o in_o her_o lust_n green_a be_v fair_a and_o fresh_a and_o tender_a of_o age_n she_o may_v not_o let_v the_o courage_n of_o he_o that_o wool_fw-mi on_o her_o assote_n there_o be_v a_o duke_n and_o he_o be_v hot_a mundus_n 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