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mortaliter_fw-la accusavit_fw-la dicens_fw-la ipse_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la patrem_fw-la /_o sed_fw-la et_fw-fr totum_fw-la macedonii_fw-la regnum_fw-la romanis_n hostibus_fw-la pro_fw-la ditorie_a vendidisset_fw-la quem_fw-la super_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o iudicium_fw-la producens_fw-la â—testions_n que_fw-la indicibus_fw-la auro_fw-la subornaâ—â—â—_n quamvis_fw-la falsissime_fw-la morte_fw-la condempnatum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d quo_fw-la defuncto_fw-la eciam_fw-la et_fw-la pater_fw-la infra_fw-la breve_fw-la 〈…〉_o â—ortuus_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la sic_fw-la perseo_n successive_a regnaâ—te_n deus_fw-la huiusmodi_fw-la detractionis_fw-la invidiam_fw-la abâ—â—â—â—â—â—s_fw-la 〈◊〉_d sum_fw-la cum_fw-la universa_fw-la svorum_fw-la pugnatorun_v 〈…〉_o extra_fw-la danubii_n flwium_fw-la ab_fw-la aemilo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d â—â—norum_fw-la consul_n enentu_fw-la bellico_fw-la interâ—â—â—_n 〈…〉_o ita_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la die_fw-la macedonii_fw-la 〈◊〉_d penitus_fw-la destructa_fw-la romano_n 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facto_fw-la sibi_fw-la opponente_fw-la plemus_fw-la informanit_fw-la ¶_o a_o philosopher_n of_o which_o man_n tell_v there_o be_v whilom_o by_o day_n old_a and_o dyogenes_n than_o he_o hyght_n so_o old_a he_o be_v that_o he_o ne_o may_v the_o world_n travail_n and_o for_o the_o best_a he_o shape_z he_o for_o to_o take_v his_o rest_n and_o dwell_v at_o home_n in_o such_o a_o wise_n that_o nigh_o his_o house_n he_o let_v devyse_v endelonge_v upon_o a_o axle_n tree_n to_o set_v a_o ton_n in_o such_o degree_n that_o he_o it_o may_v turn_v about_o whereof_o one_o heed_n be_v take_v out_o for_o he_o therein_o sytte_n shall_v and_o turn_v himself_o as_o he_o will_v and_o take_v the_o eyre_n and_o see_v the_o heaven_n and_o deem_v of_o the_o planette_n seven_o as_o he_o which_o couthe_n mochell_n what_o and_o thus_o full_a oft_o there_o he_o sit_v to_o muse_v in_o his_o philosophye_n sole_a without_o company_n so_o that_o upon_o a_o morrow_n tie_v a_o thing_n which_o shall_v tho_o betide_v 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that_o i_o go_v it_o be_v thy_o king_n which_o ask_v so_o my_o king_n quoth_v he_o that_o be_v unright_a what_o be_v he_o than_o say_v the_o knight_n be_v he_o thy_o man_n that_o say_v i_o nought_o quoth_v he_o but_o this_o i_o be_o bethink_v my_o man_n man_n how_o that_o he_o be_v thou_o lie_v false_a chorle_fw-mi iwis_o the_o knight_n he_o say_v &_o be_v right_o wroth_a and_o to_o the_o king_n ayene_fw-mi he_o go_v and_o tell_v he_o how_o this_o man_n answerde_n the_o king_n when_o he_o this_o tale_n herd_n bad_a that_o they_o shall_v all_o abide_v for_o he_o himself_o will_v thyder_o ride_v and_o when_o he_o come_v tofore_o the_o ton_n he_o have_v his_o tale_n thus_o begin_v all_o heyl_n he_o seyth_v what_o man_n be_v thou_o quoth_v he_o such_o one_o as_o thou_o see_v now_o the_o king_n which_o have_v word_n wise_a his_o age_n will_v nought_o despise_v but_o say_v my_o father_n i_o the_o pray_v that_o thou_o i_o wolt_fw-ge the_o cause_n say_v how_o that_o i_o be_o thy_o man_n man_n sire_n king_n quoth_v he_o that_o i_o can_v if_o thou_o will_v yes_o seyth_o the_o king_n quod_fw-la he_o this_o be_v the_o sooth_n thing_n since_o i_o first_o reason_n understode_v and_o know_v what_o thing_n be_v evil_a &_o good_a the_o will_n which_o of_o my_o body_n move_v who_o werke_n that_o the_o god_n reprove_v i_o have_v restreyn_v ever_o more_o of_o he_o that_o stant_fw-la under_o the_o lore_n of_o reason_n who_o subject_n he_o be_v so_o that_o he_o may_v not_o do_v amiss_o and_o thus_o by_o weigh_v of_o covenaunt_n wyl_n be_v my_o man_n and_o my_o servant_n and_o ever_o have_v be_v and_o ever_o shall_v and_o thy_o will_n be_v thy_o pryncipal_a and_o have_v the_o lordship_n of_o thy_o wit_n so_o that_o thou_o couthe_v never_o yet_o take_v a_o day_n rest_n of_o thy_o labour_n but_o for_o to_o be_v a_o conqueror_n of_o world_n good_a which_o may_v not_o last_v thou_o hyghe_v ever_o a_o lyche_a fast_o where_o thou_o no_o reason_n haste_n to_o win_v thus_o thy_o will_n be_v cause_n of_o sin_n and_o be_v thy_o lord_n to_o who_o thou_o serve_v whereof_o thou_o lytel_n thank_v deserve_v the_o king_n of_o that_o he_o thus_o answer_v be_v nothing_o wroth_a but_o when_o he_o herd_n the_o high_a wisdom_n which_o he_o say_v with_o goodly_a word_n thus_o be_v pray_v that_o be_v he_o will_v tell_v his_o name_n i_o be_o quoth_v he_o that_o ylke_n same_o which_o man_n dyogenes_n call_v though_o be_v the_o king_n right_o glad_a with_o all_o for_o he_o have_v herd_n oft_o to_o before_o what_o man_n he_o be_v so_o that_o therefore_o he_o say_v o_o wise_a diogene_n now_o shall_v thy_o great_a wit_n be_v see_v for_o thou_o shall_v of_o my_o yefte_n have_v what_o world_n thing_n thou_o woltecrave_v quod_fw-la he_o than_z have_z out_o of_o my_o son_n and_o lete_fw-la it_o shine_v in_o to_o my_o ton_n for_o thou_o byneme_v i_o thilk_o yifte_n which_o lie_v not_o in_o thy_o may_v to_o shift_v none_o other_o good_a of_o the_o i_o need_v the_o king_n /_o who_o every_o country_n drede_v lo_n thus_o he_o be_v inform_v there_o whereof_o my_o soon_o thou_o may_v lere_n how_o that_o thy_o will_n shall_v nought_o beleve_v where_o it_o be_v nought_o of_o wit_n releve_v and_o thou_o have_v say_v thyself_o oer_o this_o how_o that_o thy_o will_n thy_o master_n be_v through_o which_o thin_a herte_n think_v within_o be_v ever_o of_o conteke_n to_o begin_v so_o that_o it_o be_v grete_o to_o drede_v that_o it_o no_o bomycyde_n breed_n for_o love_n be_v of_o a_o wondre_fw-fr kind_n and_o have_v his_o wytte_n oft_o blind_a that_o they_o from_o man_n reason_n fall_v but_o when_o that_o it_o be_v so_o befalle_v that_o will_n shall_v the_o courage_n lede_v in_o love_n cause_n it_o be_v to_o drede_v whereof_o i_o find_v ensample_n write_v which_o be_v behooveful_a that_o thou_o wit_v ¶_o hic_fw-la in_o a_o moris_fw-la causa_fw-la ponit_fw-la confessor_n exemplum_fw-la contra_fw-la issos_fw-la /_o qui_fw-fr in_o sva_fw-la dampna_fw-la nimis_fw-la accelerantes_fw-la ex_fw-la 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 two_n there_o be_v aboven_v all_o other_o noble_a and_o great_a dwellend_v though_o within_o a_o street_n so_o nyghe_a to_o gether_o as_o it_o be_v see_v there_o be_v nothing_o hem_v between_o but_o woo_v to_o woo_v and_o wall_n to_o wall_n this_o o_o lord_n have_v in_o specyalle_n a_o son_n a_o lusty_a bachylere_fw-la in_o all_o the_o town_n be_v none_o his_o peer_n that_o other_o have_v a_o daughter_n eke_o in_o all_o the_o land_n for_o to_o seek_v man_n wisten_v noâ—e_v so_o fair_a as_o she_o and_o fall_v for_o as_o it_o shall_v be_v this_o fair_a daughter_n nigh_o this_o son_n as_o they_o to_o geder_o than_o win_v cupyde_v have_v so_o thing_n shape_n that_o they_o ne_o may_v his_o hand_n escape_v that_o he_o his_o fire_n on_o hem_n ne_fw-fr cante_fw-la whereof_o her_o heart_n he_o overcaste_v to_o follow_v thilk_o lore_n
qualiter_fw-la mida_n rex_fw-la frigie_n cillenun_n baccbi_fw-la sacerdotem_fw-la quem_fw-la rustici_fw-la vinculis_fw-la ferreis_n alligarunt_fw-la dissoluit_fw-la et_fw-la in_o hospicium_fw-la suum_fw-la benignissime_fw-la recollegit_fw-la pro_fw-la quo_fw-la bacchus_fw-la quodcunque_fw-la munus_fw-la rex_fw-la exigere_fw-la vellei_fw-mi donari_fw-la concessit_fw-la vnde_fw-la rex_fw-la avatitia_fw-la ductus_fw-la /_o ut_fw-la quicquid_fw-la tangeret_fw-la in_fw-la aurum_fw-la converteretur_fw-la indiscrete_a petiit_fw-la ¶_o bacchus_n which_o be_v the_o god_n of_o wine_n accordant_a unto_o his_o divine_a a_o press_v the_o which_o cillenus_n hight_v he_o have_v and_o fall_v so_o that_o by_o night_n this_o press_v be_v drink_v &_o go_v a_o strayde_v whereof_o the_o man_n be_v evyll_n pay_v in_o frygelonde_n where_o as_o he_o go_v but_o at_o last_o a_o chorle_fw-mi he_o hent_v with_o strength_n of_o other_o felaushyp_n so_o that_o upon_o his_o drunkeshyp_n they_o bind_v he_o with_o 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good_a and_o kind_a for_o in_o ensample_n thus_o i_o find_v ¶_o nota_fw-la de_fw-fr fidelitate_fw-la coniugis_fw-la qualiter_fw-la alcesta_n uxor_fw-la adineti_n /_o ut_fw-la maritum_fw-la suum_fw-la vivificaret_fw-la seipsan_fw-la morti_fw-la spontance_n subegit_fw-la ¶_o when_o that_o the_o duke_n admetus_n lie_v sycke_n in_o his_o bed_n that_o every_o day_n man_n wayten_v when_o he_o shall_v they_o alcestis_n his_o wife_n go_v for_o to_o prey_v as_o she_o which_o wood_n thank_v deserve_v with_o sacrifice_n unto_o minerue_v to_o wit_v answer_n of_o the_o goddess_n how_o that_o her_o lord_n of_o his_o syckenesse_n whereof_o he_o be_v so_o woe_n beseyne_n recover_v may_v his_o heel_n ayene_n lo_o thus_o she_o cry_v and_o thus_o she_o pray_v till_o at_o last_o a_o voice_n she_o say_v that_o if_o she_o will_v for_o his_o sake_n the_o malady_n suffer_v and_o take_v and_o dye_v herself_o he_o shall_v live_v of_o this_o answer_n alee_v have_v yeve_v unto_o mynerue_v great_a thonk_n so_o 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which_o most_o convenient_a iâ—_n for_o to_o set_v a_o king_n in_o even_o both_o in_o this_o world_n and_o eke_o in_o heaven_n 〈…〉_o ne_o tangat_fw-la regis_fw-la corda_fw-la 〈◊〉_d enim_fw-la spoliis_fw-la excoriatur_fw-la humus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d colit_fw-la largum_fw-la nolutans_fw-la per_fw-la saecula_fw-la regem_fw-la dona_n tamen_fw-la licius_fw-la sunt_fw-la moderanda_fw-la modis_fw-la ¶_o hic_fw-la iractat_fw-la de_fw-la regie_n magestatis_fw-la secunda_fw-la policia_fw-la 〈◊〉_d aristoteles_n largitatem_fw-la vocat_fw-la cvius_fw-la virtute_fw-la 〈◊〉_d â—â—lum_fw-la propulsata_fw-la anaricia_fw-la regis_fw-la nomen_fw-la maâ—â—â—â—cum_fw-la extollatur_fw-la sed_fw-la et_fw-la svi_fw-la subdicionum_fw-la diviâ—â—â—m_fw-la â—â—â—undantia_fw-la â—ocundiores_fw-la efficiuntur_fw-la ¶_o next_o after_o truth_n the_o second_o in_o polycye_n as_o it_o be_v
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scandalum_fw-la deos_fw-la alienos_fw-la colere_fw-la presumebat_fw-la ¶_o that_o every_o worthy_a prince_n be_v hold_v within_o himself_o to_o behold_v to_o see_v the_o state_n of_o his_o person_n and_o think_v how_o there_o be_v joy_n none_o upon_o this_o earth_n make_v to_o last_o and_o how_o the_o flesh_n shall_v at_o last_o the_o lust_n of_o his_o life_n forsake_v he_o ought_v a_o great_a ensample_n take_v of_o solomon_n who_o appetite_n be_v holly_o set_v upon_o delyte_n to_o take_v of_o woman_n the_o pleasance_n so_o that_o upon_o his_o ignorance_n the_o wide_a world_n meruayl_v yet_o that_o he_o which_o all_o man_n wit_n in_o thilk_o time_n have_v overpass_o with_o flesshly_a lust_n be_v so_o tass_v that_o he_o which_o lead_v under_o the_o law_n the_o people_n of_o god_n himself_o withdraw_v he_o have_v fro_o god_n in_o such_o a_o wise_n that_o he_o worship_n and_o sacrifice_n for_o sundry_a love_n in_o sundry_a stead_n unto_o the_o false_a god_n deed_n this_o be_v the_o wise_n 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achias_n propheta_fw-la in_o signum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d regnum_fw-la post_fw-la mortem_fw-la salomonie_n ob_fw-la eius_fw-la â—â—â—catum_fw-la a_o svo_fw-la herede_fw-la dimineretur_fw-la pallium_fw-la suum_fw-la in_o due_a decim_fw-la part_n scidit_fw-la unde_fw-la decem_fw-la part_n jeâ—â—_n 〈◊〉_d filio_fw-la nabal_n qui_fw-fr regnaturê°_n postea_fw-la successit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d to_o deâ—tribuit_fw-la â§_o for_o achias_n solenite_n which_o be_v prophet_n ere_fw-we his_o deces_fw-la while_o he_o be_v in_o his_o lust_n all_o betoken_v what_o shall_v after_o fall_n for_o on_o a_o day_n when_o that_o he_o meet_v jeroboam_fw-la the_o knight_n he_o grette_v and_o have_v he_o that_o he_o shall_v abide_v to_o here_o what_o he_o shall_v betide_v and_o forth_o withal_o achyas_n cast_v his_o mantel_n of_o and_o also_o fast_o he_o cut_v it_o in_o to_o piece_n twelve_o whereof_o two_o party_n unto_o himself_o he_o keep_v and_o all_o the_o remenaunt_n as_o god_n have_v set_v his_o covenaunt_n he_o take_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 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mare_fw-la divertit_fw-la ¶_o when_o all_o be_v do_v right_a as_o they_o will_v the_o king_n unto_o his_o son_n tell_v of_o tharse_n thilk_o trayterye_n and_o say_v how_o in_o his_o company_n his_o daughter_n and_o he_o seluen_o eke_o shall_v go_v vengeance_n for_o to_o seek_v the_o ship_n be_v ready_a son_n and_o when_o they_o see_v it_o be_v to_o do_v without_o let_v of_o any_o go_v with_o sail_n up_o draw_v forth_o they_o go_v toward_o tharse_n upon_o the_o tide_n but_o he_o that_o wot_v what_o shall_v betide_v the_o high_a god_n which_o will_v he_o keep_v when_o that_o this_o king_n be_v fast_o a_o sleep_v by_o nyghte_n time_n he_o have_v he_o bede_fw-mi to_o sail_v unto_o another_o stead_n to_o ephesym_n he_o bid_v he_o draw_v and_o as_o it_o be_v that_o time_n law_n he_o shall_v do_v there_o his_o sacryfyce_n and_o eke_o he_o bid_v in_o all_o wise_n that_o in_o the_o temple_n amongst_o all_o his_o fortune_n as_o it_o be_v befalle_o touchinge_v his_o daughter_n and_o his_o wife_n 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