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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
troth_n be_v note_v there_o may_v a_o prince_n well_o conceyve_v that_o he_o shall_v nought_o himself_o deceyve_v of_o that_o he_o her_v word_n pleyne_v for_o he_o there_o nought_o by_o reason_n pleyne_v that_o warn_v be_v o_z hem_z he_o woe_n and_o that_o be_v full_o prove_v so_o when_o rome_n be_v the_o world_n chief_a the_o sooth_n sayer_n though_o be_v lief_o which_o will_v not_o the_o troth_n spare_v but_o with_o his_o word_n plain_n and_o bare_a to_o themperour_n his_o sothe_n tell_v as_o in_o chronic_n it_o be_v withhold_v here_o afterward_o as_o thou_o shall_v here_o acordend_v unto_o this_o matere_a ☞_o hic_fw-la eciam_fw-la contra_fw-la vicium_fw-la adulationis_fw-la ponit_fw-la exemplum_fw-la et_fw-la narrat_fw-la ê™_n cum_fw-la nuper_fw-la romanorum_fw-la imperator_fw-la contra_fw-la svos_fw-la host_n victoriam_fw-la optmuisset_fw-la et_fw-la cum_fw-la palma_fw-la triumphi_fw-la in_o urbem_fw-la redire_fw-la debuisset_fw-la ne_fw-la ipsum_fw-la inanis_fw-la glory_n altitudo_fw-la superextolleret_fw-la licitum_fw-la suis_fw-la pro_fw-la illo_fw-la die_fw-la quod_fw-la unus_fw-la cuique_fw-la priora_fw-la que_fw-la sue_v condicionie_n agnosceret_fw-la in_fw-la aures_fw-la svas_fw-la apâ—cius_fw-la exclamaret_fw-la ut_fw-la sic_fw-la gaudium_fw-la cum_fw-la dolore_fw-la come_v pesceret_fw-la et_fw-la adulantum_fw-la voces_fw-la si_fw-la que_fw-la fuerant_fw-la pro_fw-la minimus_fw-la computaret_fw-la â§_o to_o se_fw-mi this_o old_a ensamplarye_n that_o whilom_o be_v no_o flaterye_n toward_o the_o he_o princis_fw-la well_o i_o find_v whereof_o so_o as_o it_o comthe_v to_o mind_n my_o son_n a_o tale_n unto_o thin_a ere_n while_o that_o the_o worthy_a prince_n be_v at_o rome_n i_o think_v for_o to_o telle_fw-fr for_o when_o the_o chance_n so_o byfelle_n that_o any_o emperor_n as_o though_o victory_n have_v upon_o his_o foo_n and_o so_o fort_n come_v to_o rome_n ageyne_v of_o treble_a honour_n he_o be_v certain_a whereof_o that_o he_o be_v magnify_v the_o first_o as_o it_o be_v specyfy_v be_v when_o he_o come_v thilk_o tide_n the_o chart_n in_o which_o he_o shall_v ride_v four_o white_a stead_n shall_v it_o draw_v of_o jupiter_n by_o thilk_o law_n the_o cote_n he_o shall_v be_v also_o his_o prisoner_n eke_o shulden_a go_v endlonge_o the_o chare_n on_o either_o honde_n and_o all_o the_o noblesse_n of_o the_o land_n tofore_o and_o after_o with_o he_o come_v rydend_v and_o broughten_v he_o to_o rome_n in_o token_n of_o his_o chyvalrye_n and_o for_o none_o other_o flaterye_n and_o that_o be_v show_v forth_o with_o all_o where_o he_o sit_v in_o his_o chare_n ryalle_v beside_o he_o be_v a_o rybaud_n set_v which_o have_v his_o word_n so_o beset_v to_o themperour_n in_o all_o his_o glory_n he_o say_v take_v in_o to_o memory_n for_o all_o this_o pomp_n and_o all_o this_o pride_n let_v no_o justice_n go_v a_o side_n but_o know_v thyself_o what_o so_o befalle_v for_o man_n seen_v often_o time_n fall_v thing_n which_o man_n wend_v syke_a stone_v though_o thou_o victory_n have_v on_o honde_a fortune_n may_v not_o stone_v alwey_a the_o wheel_v perchance_o anothere_o day_n may_v turn_v and_o thou_o over_o throw_v there_o last_v no_o thing_n but_o a_o throw_v with_o these_o word_n and_o with_o mo_z this_o ryhaulde_n which_o sit_v with_o he_o though_o to_o themperour_n his_o tale_n tell_v and_o overmore_o what_o ever_o he_o will_v or_o be_v it_o evil_n or_o be_v it_o good_a so_o plain_o as_o the_o troth_n stand_v he_o spare_v not_o but_o speak_v it_o out_o and_o so_o may_v every_o man_n about_o the_o day_n of_o that_o solempnyte_n his_o tale_n tell_v as_o well_o as_o he_o to_o themperour_n all_o open_o and_o all_o be_v this_o the_o cause_n why_o that_o while_o he_o stand_v in_o his_o noblesse_n he_o shall_v his_o vanity_n repress_v with_o such_o word_n as_o he_o hear_v ☞_o hic_fw-la ponit_fw-la exemplum_fw-la super_fw-la codem_fw-la /_o et_fw-fr narrat_fw-la /_o ê™_n eodem_fw-la die_fw-la quo_fw-la imperator_fw-la intonisatus_fw-la in_o palacio_fw-la svo_fw-la regio_fw-la ad_fw-la conninium_fw-la in_o maiori_fw-la leticia_fw-la fedisset_fw-la /_o ministri_fw-la svi_fw-la sculptores_fw-la procederant_fw-la alta_fw-la voce_fw-la dicentes_fw-la o_fw-la imperator_fw-la dic_fw-la nobis_fw-la cvius_fw-la form_n et_fw-la ubi_fw-la tumbam_fw-la sculpture_n tue_o faciemus_fw-la ut_fw-la sic_fw-la morte_fw-la remorsus_fw-la huius_fw-la vite_fw-la blandicias_fw-la obtemperaret_fw-la ¶_o lo_o now_o how_o thilk_o time_n ferde_v toward_o so_o high_a a_o worthy_a lord_n for_o this_o i_o find_v eke_o of_o record_n which_o the_o cronyke_n have_v auctorize_v what_o emperor_n be_v intronize_v the_o first_o day_n of_o his_o corone_n where_o he_o be_v in_o his_o royal_a throne_n and_o hold_v his_o fest_n in_o the_o paleis_fw-la sittende_v upon_o his_o high_a this_o withal_o the_o lust_n that_o may_v be_v gete_a when_o he_o be_v glade_a at_o his_o meet_a and_o every_o mynstrell_n have_v pleide_a and_o every_o dissour_n have_v say_v what_o most_o be_v pleasant_a to_o his_o ere_n than_o at_o last_o come_v in_o there_o his_o mason_n for_o they_o shall_v crave_v where_o that_o he_o will_v he_o begrave_n and_o of_o what_o stone_n his_o sepulture_n they_o shulden_v make_v &_o what_o sculpture_n he_o will_v ordeigne_v thereupon_o though_o be_v there_o flaterye_n none_o the_o worthy_a prince_n to_o beiape_v the_o king_n be_v otherwise_o shape_n with_o good_a counsel_n and_o otherwise_o they_o be_v they_o self_n than_o wise_a and_o understoden_a well_o and_o knewen_v when_o such_o soft_a wind_n blewen_v of_o flaterye_n in_o to_o her_o ear_n they_o setten_v nought_o her_o hertes_o there_o but_o when_o they_o hear_v word_n feign_v the_o pleyne_v troth_n it_o have_v disdeyn_v of_o they_o that_o weren_a so_o discrete_a though_o take_v the_o flaterer_n no_o heyete_a of_o he_o that_o be_v his_o prince_n tho_o and_o for_o to_o prove_v it_o be_v so_o a_o tale_n which_o befall_v in_o deed_n in_o a_o cronyke_a of_o rome_n i_o rede_v hic_fw-la inter_fw-la alia_fw-la gesta_fw-la cesaris_fw-la narrat_fw-la unum_fw-la exemplum_fw-la precipue_v contra_fw-la illos_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o aspectu_fw-la principis_fw-la aliis_fw-la sapienciores_fw-la apparere_fw-la vellent_fw-la quandoque_fw-la tamen_fw-la similate_v sapiencie_n talia_fw-la committunt_fw-la per_fw-la que_fw-la caeteris_fw-la stulciores_fw-la in_o sine_fw-la comprobantur_fw-la ¶_o cesar_n upon_o his_o royal_a throne_n where_o that_o he_o sit_v in_o his_o person_n and_o be_v hy_a in_o all_o his_o pris_fw-fr a_o man_n which_o will_v make_v he_o wise_n fall_v down_o knelende_fw-la in_o his_o presence_n and_o do_v he_o such_o a_o reverence_n as_o though_o the_o high_a god_n it_o be_v man_n have_fw-mi great_a marvel_n there_o of_o the_o worship_n which_o he_o deed_n this_o man_n aros_fw-la from_o thilk_o stead_n and_o forth_o with_o all_o the_o same_o tide_n he_o go_v he_o up_o and_o by_o his_o side_n he_o set_v he_o down_o as_o peer_n and_o peer_n and_o say_v if_o thou_o that_o fit_a here_o art_n god_n which_o all_o thing_n may_v then_o have_v i_o worshyp_v a_o right_a as_o to_o the_o god_n and_o other_o wise_n if_o thou_o be_v not_o of_o thilk_o assize_n but_o be_v a_o man_n such_o as_o be_o i_o than_o may_v i_o sit_v the_o fast_a by_o for_o we_o be_v both_o of_o o_o kind_n cesar_n answerde_n and_o say_v o_o blind_a thou_o be_v a_o foal_n it_o be_v well_o see_v upon_o thyself_o for_o if_o thou_o ween_v i_o be_v a_o god_n thou_o do_v amiss_o â—o_o sit_v where_o thou_o see_v god_n be_v and_o if_o i_o be_v a_o man_n also_o thou_o have_v a_o great_a folly_n do_v when_o thou_o to_o such_o one_o as_o shall_v dye_n the_o worship_n of_o thy_o god_n alweye_n have_v yeven_v so_o unworthy_o thus_o may_v i_o prove_v rede_o thou_o be_v not_o wise_a and_o they_o that_o hear_v how_o wise_o that_o the_o king_n answerde_n it_o be_v to_o hem_v a_o new_a lore_n whereof_o they_o dreden_fw-mi he_o the_o more_o and_o 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he_o no_o largess_n but_o harm_v with_o his_o own_o honde_n himself_o and_o eke_o his_o own_o land_n and_o
for_o her_o best_a for_o when_o she_o be_v to_o land_n bring_v she_o which_o that_o time_n think_v nought_o but_o all_o troth_n and_o take_v not_o keep_v have_v lay_v her_o soft_a for_o to_o sleep_v as_o she_o which_o long_o have_v be_v forwatch_v but_o certes_o she_o be_v evil_a match_v and_o for_o from_o all_o love_n kind_n for_o more_o than_o the_o best_a unkind_a theseus_n which_o no_o troth_n keep_v while_n that_o this_o young_a lady_n sleep_v fulfyl_v of_o all_o unkyndshyp_n have_v all_o forgeten_v the_o goodshyp_n which_o ariadne_n he_o have_v do_v and_o have_v unto_o the_o shypman_n though_o hale_v up_o the_o sail_n and_o nought_o abide_v and_o forth_o he_o goth_v the_o same_o tide_n towards_o athenis_fw-la and_o she_o on_o land_n he_o leave_v which_o lie_v nigh_o the_o strand_n slepend_v till_o that_o she_o awake_v but_o when_o that_o she_o cast_v up_o her_o look_n toward_o the_o strand_n &_o sygh_v no_o wight_n her_o herte_n be_v so_o sore_a aflyght_n that_o she_o ne_o wist_v what_o to_o think_v but_o drough_z she_o to_o the_o water_n brink_n where_o she_o behold_v the_o see_v at_o large_a she_o sigh_v no_o ship_n she_o sigh_v no_o barge_n all_o be_v ferforth_o as_o she_o may_v ken_v ha_o lord_n she_o say_v which_o a_o senne_n as_o all_o the_o world_n shall_v after_o here_o upon_o this_o woeful_a woman_n here_o this_o worthy_a knyghte_n have_v do_v and_o wrought_v i_o wend_v i_o have_v his_o love_n buy_v and_o so_o deserve_v at_o need_n when_o that_o he_o stand_v upon_o his_o drede_n and_o eke_v the_o love_n he_o i_o behyght_n it_o be_v great_a wonder_n how_o he_o may_v towards_o i_o now_o be_v unkind_a and_o so_o to_o let_v out_o of_o his_o mind_n thing_n which_o he_o say_v his_o own_o mouth_n but_o after_o this_o when_o it_o be_v couth_a and_o draw_v to_o the_o world_n fame_n it_o shall_v be_v hyndr_v of_o his_o name_n for_o well_o he_o wot_v and_o so_o wot_v i_o he_o yafe_v his_o truth_n bodily_a that_o he_o my_o honour_n shall_v keep_v and_o with_o that_o word_n she_o begin_v weep_v and_o sorow_v more_o than_o enough_o her_o fair_a tress_n she_o to_z drough_z and_o with_o herself_o she_o take_v such_o a_o strife_n that_o she_o between_o the_o death_n and_o life_n swounende_v lay_v full_a oft_o among_o and_o all_o be_v this_o on_o he_o along_o which_o be_v to_o love_v unkind_a so_o whereof_o the_o wrong_n shall_v evermo_fw-la stone_v in_o cronyke_a of_o remembrance_n and_o eke_o it_o ask_v a_o vengeance_n to_o ben_fw-mi unkind_a in_o love_n case_z so_o as_o theseus_n than_o be_v all_o though_o he_o be_v a_o noble_a knight_n for_o he_o the_o law_n of_o love_n right_a forfeit_v have_v in_o all_o way_n that_o ariadne_n he_o put_v away_o which_o be_v a_o great_a unkind_a deed_n and_o after_o that_o so_o as_o i_o rede_v phedra_n the_o which_o his_o sister_n be_v he_o take_v in_o stead_n of_o she_o and_o this_o fall_v afterward_o to_o mekell_v tene_z for_o thilk_o vice_n of_o which_o i_o mean_n vnkyndshyp_n where_o it_o fall_v the_o truth_n of_o man_n herte_n it_o pall_v that_o he_o can_v no_o good_a deed_n acquyte_v so_o may_v be_v stone_v of_o no_o meryte_n towards_o god_n and_o eke_o also_o man_n call_v he_o the_o world_n foe_n for_o he_o no_o more_o than_o the_o fiend_n unto_o none_o other_o man_n be_v friend_n but_o all_o towards_o himself_o alone_o for_o thy_o my_o son_n in_o thy_o person_n this_o vice_n above_o all_o other_o flee_v ¶_o my_o fader_fw-mi as_o you_o teach_v i_o i_o think_v to_o do_v in_o this_o matere_a but_o over_o this_o i_o will_v fain_o here_o whereof_o i_o shall_v i_o shryve_v more_o ¶_o my_o good_a son_n as_o for_o thy_o lore_n after_o the_o reule_fw-fr of_o covetyse_n i_o shall_v the_o propyrte_n devyse_v of_o every_o vice_n by_o and_o by_o now_o harken_v and_o be_v well_o wear_v thereby_o 〈◊〉_d ex_fw-la â—lara_fw-la res_fw-la tollit_fw-la luce_fw-fr rapina_fw-la floribus_fw-la et_fw-la iuncta_fw-la virgine_fw-la mella_fw-la capit_fw-la ¶_o hâ—c_fw-la tractat_fw-la super_fw-la illa_fw-la specia_fw-la cupida_fw-la que_fw-la rapina_fw-la 〈◊〉_d â—atur_fw-la cvius_fw-la mater_fw-la extorcio_fw-la ipsam_fw-la ad_fw-la desâ—â—â—â—ndun_v magnatum_fw-la curiis_fw-la specialius_fw-la commendavit_fw-la ¶_o in_o the_o lygnage_n of_o avaryce_n my_o son_n yet_o there_o be_v a_o vice_n his_o right_a name_n it_o be_v ravyne_fw-mi which_o have_v a_o rout_n of_o his_o covyne_fw-mi ravyne_fw-mi among_o the_o master_n dwell_v and_o with_o his_o servant_n as_o man_n tell_v extortion_n be_v now_o witholde_v ravyne_fw-mi of_o other_o man_n fold_n make_v his_o lardyr_n and_o pay_v nought_o for_o where_o as_o ever_o it_o may_v be_v seek_v in_o his_o house_n there_o shall_v no_o thing_n lack_v and_o that_o fulofte_o aby_v the_o pack_n of_o power_n man_n that_o dwell_v a_o bout_n thus_o stant_fw-la the_o common_a people_n in_o doubt_n which_o can_v do_v none_o amendment_n for_o when_o he_o fail_v payment_n ravyne_fw-mi make_v non_fw-fr other_n skylle_v but_o take_v by_o strength_n all_o that_o he_o will_v so_o be_v there_o in_o the_o same_o wise_a lover_n as_o i_o the_o shall_v devyse_v that_o when_o nought_o else_o may_v avayle_v anon_o with_o strength_n they_o assail_v and_o get_v of_o love_n the_o sesyne_fw-gr when_o they_o see_v time_n by_o ravyne_fw-mi for_o thy_o my_o son_n shryve_v the_o here_o if_o thou_o have_v be_v a_o ravynere_fw-mi of_o love_n ¶_o certes_o father_n not_o for_o i_o my_o lady_n love_v so_o for_o though_o i_o be_v as_o be_v pompey_n that_o all_o the_o world_n i_o will_v obey_v or_o else_o such_o as_o alisaundre_v i_o will_v nought_o do_v such_o a_o slander_v it_o be_v no_o good_a man_n which_o so_o do_v ¶_o in_o good_a feyth_n son_n thou_o say_v sothe_o for_o he_o that_o will_v of_o purueance_n by_o such_o a_o weigh_v his_o lust_n avaunce_v he_o shall_v it_o after_o sore_o aby_v but_o if_o these_o old_a ensample_n lie_v ¶_o now_o good_a father_n tell_v i_o one_o so_o as_o you_o connen_fw-mi many_o one_o touchende_v of_o love_n in_o this_o matere_fw-la ¶_o now_o list_v my_o son_n &_o thou_o shall_v here_o so_o as_o it_o have_v be_v befall_v er_fw-mi this_o in_o love_n cause_n how_o that_o it_o be_v a_o man_n to_o take_v by_o ravyne_fw-mi the_o prey_n which_o be_v feminyne_o ¶_o hic_fw-la ponit_fw-la exemplum_fw-la contra_fw-la istos_fw-la in_o amoris_fw-la causa_fw-la raptores_fw-la et_fw-la narrat_fw-la qualiter_fw-la pandion_n tex_fw-la athen_a ii_o filias_fw-la vez_fw-fr prognen_n &_o philomenan_n habuit_fw-la progne_n autem_fw-la regi_fw-la tracie_n therreo_fw-la desponsata_fw-la contigit_fw-la quod_fw-la cum_fw-la tereus_n ad_fw-la instantiam_fw-la uxoris_fw-la sue_v philomenam_fw-la the_o athen_a in_o traciam_fw-la sororie_n visitationis_fw-la causa_fw-la secum_fw-la quadam_fw-la vice_fw-la perduceret_fw-la in_o concupiscentiam_fw-la philomene_n tanta_fw-la seneritate_fw-la in_o itinere_fw-la dilapsus_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la sue_v violentia_fw-la rapine_n virginitatem_fw-la eius_fw-la oppressit_fw-la sed_fw-la et_fw-la ipsius_fw-la linguam_fw-la ne_fw-la factum_fw-la detegeret_fw-la forcipe_fw-la mitula_fw-la nit_n unde_fw-la imperpetue_n memory_n ceonicam_fw-la tanti_fw-la raptoris_fw-la austeritatem_fw-la miro_fw-la ordine_fw-la dii_o postea_fw-la vindicarunt_fw-la ¶_o there_o be_v a_o ryall_n noble_a king_n a_o rich_a of_o all_o world_n thing_n which_o of_o his_o proper_a inheritance_n athenis_fw-la have_v in_o governance_n and_o who_o so_o thynk_v thereupon_o his_o name_n be_v king_n pandion_n two_o doughter_n have_v he_o by_o his_o wife_n the_o which_o he_o love_v as_o his_o life_n the_o first_o daughter_n progne_n hyght_n and_o the_o second_o as_o she_o well_o may_v be_v clepe_v fair_a philomene_n to_o who_o fall_v after_o mochel_n tene_z the_o father_n of_o his_o purueaunce_n his_o daughter_n progne_n will_v avarice_n and_o gaâ—e_v she_o unto_o marriage_n a_o worthy_a king_n of_o high_a lineage_n a_o noble_a knight_n eke_o of_o 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first_o be_v understonde_v and_o they_o also_o which_o overmore_o her_o study_n set_v upon_o this_o lore_n they_o weren_a gracious_a and_o wise_a and_o worthy_a for_o to_o bear_v a_o prize_n and_o who_o it_o like_v for_o to_o weet_v â—f_a hem_n that_o this_o science_n write_v one_o of_o the_o first_o which_o it_o write_v alter_v no_o it_o be_v nembrote_v to_o his_o disciple_n ichonyton_n and_o make_v a_o book_n forth_o thereupon_o the_o which_o megastre_n clepe_v be_v an_o other_o auctor_fw-la in_o this_o case_z â—s_a â—â—â—hel_n the_o which_o man_n note_v his_o book_n be_v abbateneyth_n boat_n dâ—â—e_v ptolemy_n be_v not_o the_o least_fw-mi which_o make_v the_o book_n of_o almage_a and_o altraganus_n do_v the_o same_o who_o book_n be_v cathenus_n by_o name_n gebus_n and_o alpetragus_fw-la eke_o of_o palmistry_n which_o man_n seek_v the_o book_n make_v and_o over_o this_o full_a many_o a_o worthy_a clerk_n there_o be_v that_o write_v upon_o this_o clergy_n the_o book_n of_o altemetry_n planemetry_n and_o eke_o also_o which_o as_o belong_v both_o two_o so_o as_o they_o bene_fw-la naturiens_fw-la unto_o these_o astronomyens_n man_n seyne_v that_o abraham_n be_v one_o but_o whether_o that_o be_v write_v or_o none_o that_o find_v i_o not_o and_o moses_n eke_o be_v a_o other_o but_o hermes_n above_o all_o other_o in_o his_o science_n he_o have_v a_o great_a experience_n through_o he_o be_v many_o a_o star_n assise_v who_o book_n yet_o be_v auctorise_v i_o may_v not_o know_v all_o though_o that_o write_v in_o the_o time_n though_o of_o this_o science_n but_o i_o find_v of_o iugement_n by_o way_n of_o kind_n that_o in_o one_o point_n they_o all_o accorden_n of_o star_n which_o they_o recorden_n that_o man_n may_v see_v upon_o the_o heaven_n there_o be_v a_o thousand_o star_n even_o and_o two_o and_o twenty_o to_o the_o sight_n which_o be_v of_o they_o self_n so_o bright_a that_o man_n may_v deem_v what_o they_o be_v the_o nature_n and_o the_o proprete_n now_o have_v thou_o hard_a in_o such_o awise_o these_o noble_a philosopher_n wise_a enformden_n this_o young_a king_n and_o make_v he_o have_v a_o knowelechinge_a of_o thing_n which_o first_o to_o the_o party_n belong_v of_o philosophy_n which_o theorike_n clepe_v be_v as_o thou_o tofore_o have_v herd_n oer_o this_o but_o now_o to_o speak_v of_o the_o second_o which_o aristotle_n have_v also_o find_v and_o tech_v how_o to_o speak_v fair_a which_o be_v a_o thing_n full_a necessayre_n to_o counterpaise_v the_o balance_n where_o lack_v other_o suffisance_n compositi_fw-la pulcra_fw-la sermon_n verba_fw-la placere_fw-la principio_fw-la poterunt_fw-la vera_fw-la ê™_n sine_fw-la placent_fw-la herba_fw-la lapis_fw-la sermo_fw-la tria_fw-la sunt_fw-la virtute_fw-la repleta_fw-la vis_fw-fr tum_fw-la ex_fw-la verbi_fw-la pondere_fw-la pulcra_fw-la facit_fw-la ¶_o hic_fw-la tractat_fw-la de_fw-la secunda_fw-la parte_fw-la philosophy_n cvius_fw-la nomen_fw-la rhetorica_fw-la facundos_fw-la efficit_fw-la loquor_fw-la etiam_fw-la de_fw-la eiusdem_fw-la duabus_fw-la speciebus_fw-la scilicet_fw-la grammatica_fw-la et_fw-la logica_fw-la quarum_fw-la doctrina_fw-la rhethor_n sva_fw-la verba_fw-la perornat_fw-la ¶_o above_o all_o erthly_a creature_n the_o high_a maker_n of_o nature_n the_o word_n to_o man_n have_v yove_o alone_o so_o that_o the_o speech_n of_o his_o person_n or_o for_o to_o less_o or_o for_o to_o win_v the_o herte_n think_v which_o be_v withinne_n may_v show_v what_o it_o will_v mean_n and_o that_o be_v no_o where_o else_o see_v of_o kind_n with_o none_o other_o be_v so_o shall_v he_o be_v the_o more_o honest_a to_o who_o god_n yafe_v so_o worthy_a a_o yifte_n and_o look_v well_o that_o he_o ne_fw-mi shift_v his_o word_n to_o none_o wicked_a use_n for_o word_n the_o teacher_n of_o vertuse_n be_v clepe_v in_o philosophy_n whereof_o thouchende_v this_o party_n be_v rhetoric_n the_o science_n appropr_v to_o the_o reverence_n of_o word_n that_o be_v reasonable_a and_o for_o this_o art_n shall_v be_v vaylable_a with_o goodly_a word_n for_o to_o like_o it_o have_v grammar_n it_o have_v logyke_a that_o seruen_a both_o unto_o the_o speech_n grammar_n first_o have_v for_o to_o teach_v to_o speak_v upon_o congruyte_o logyke_a have_v eke_o in_o his_o degree_n between_o the_o truth_n and_o the_o falshede_v the_o pleyne_v word_n for_o to_o shede_v so_o that_o nothing_o shall_v go_v beside_o that_o he_o the_o right_a ne_o shall_v decide_v whereof_o full_a many_o a_o great_a debate_n reform_v be_v to_o good_a astate_n and_o peace_n sustain_v up_o aloft_o with_o easy_a word_n and_o with_o soft_a where_o strengthe_n shall_v let_v it_o fall_v the_o philosophre_n among_o alle_fw-mi for_o thy_o commend_v this_o science_n which_o have_v the_o reule_fw-fr of_o eloquence_n in_o stone_n and_o grass_n virtue_n there_o be_v but_o yet_o the_o book_n tellen_v this_o that_o word_n above_o all_o erthly_a thing_n be_v virtuous_a in_o his_o do_n where_o so_o it_o be_v to_o yvell_n or_o good_a for_o it_o the_o word_n semen_fw-mi good_a and_o be_v well_o speak_v at_o man_n ere_n when_o that_o there_o be_v no_o truth_n there_o they_o do_v full_a oft_o full_a great_a deceit_n for_o when_o the_o word_n to_o the_o conceit_n discord_v in_o so_o double_a a_o wise_a such_o rhetoric_n be_v to_o despise_v in_o every_o place_n and_o for_o to_o drede_v for_o of_o vlixes_n thus_o i_o rede_v as_o in_o the_o book_n of_o troy_n be_v find_v his_o eloquence_n and_o his_o faconde_v of_o goodly_a word_n which_o he_o tell_v have_v make_v that_o antenor_n he_o sell_v the_o town_n which_o he_o with_o treason_n wan_a word_n have_v beguile_v many_o a_o man_n with_o word_n the_o wild_a be_v be_v daunt_v with_o word_n the_o serpent_n be_v enchant_v of_o word_n among_o the_o man_n of_o arm_n ben_fw-mi wound_n hele_v with_o the_o charm_n where_o lack_v other_o medycyne_n word_n have_v under_o his_o discipline_n of_o sorsery_n the_o carecte_v the_o word_n be_v of_o sundry_a sect_n of_o evyll_n and_o eke_o of_o good_a also_o the_o word_n maken_v of_o friend_n foe_n and_o foe_fw-mi of_o friend_n and_o peace_n of_o be_v and_o be_v of_o peace_n and_o out_o of_o herre_v the_o word_n the_o world_n cause_n entryke_v and_o reconcile_v who_o on_o he_o like_v the_o word_n under_o the_o cope_n of_o heaven_n set_v every_o thing_n or_o odd_a or_o even_o with_o word_n the_o high_a god_n be_v please_v with_o word_n the_o word_n ben_fw-mi appese_v the_o soft_a word_n the_o loud_a styll_v where_o lack_v good_a the_o word_n fulfyl_v to_o make_v amends_n for_o the_o wrong_n when_o word_n medlen_a with_o the_o song_n it_o do_v pleasance_n well_o the_o more_o but_o for_o to_o look_v upon_o this_o lore_n how_o tullius_n his_o rhetoric_n compoun_v there_o a_o man_n may_v pike_n how_o that_o he_o shall_v his_o word_n set_v how_o he_o shall_v lose_v how_o he_o shall_v knet_n and_o in_o what_o wise_n he_o shall_v pronounce_v his_o tale_n pleyne_v without_o frounce_v whereof_o ensample_n if_o thou_o will_v seche_v take_v heed_n and_o rede_n whilom_o the_o speech_n ¶_o nota_fw-la de_fw-fr eloquentia_fw-la julii_fw-la in_o causa_fw-la catilme_n contra_fw-la syllanum_n et_fw-la alios_fw-la tunc_fw-la vrbis_fw-la roman_a continentes_fw-la ¶_o of_o julius_n and_o cicero_n which_o consul_n be_v of_o rome_n though_o of_o cato_n eke_o and_o syllene_n behold_v the_o word_n hem_v between_o when_o the_o treason_n of_o catiline_n discover_v be_v and_o the_o covine_n of_o they_o that_o be_v of_o his_o assent_n be_v know_v and_o speak_v in_o parliament_n and_o ask_v how_o and_o in_o what_o wise_a man_n shall_v do_v he_o to_o juwyse_o syllanus_n first_o his_o tale_n tell_v to_o troth_n and_o as_o he_o be_v behold_v the_o common_a profyt_n for_o to_o save_v he_o say_v how_o treason_n shall_v have_v a_o cruel_a dethe_v and_o thus_o they_o speak_v the_o consul_n both_o and_o cato_n eke_o and_o saiden_n that_o for_o such_o a_o wrong_n there_o may_v no_o peyne_n be_v to_o strong_a but_o julius_n with_o word_n wise_a his_o tale_n tell_v all_o other_o wise_n as_o be_v which_o will_v his_o dethe_v respite_n and_o found_v how_o he_o may_v excyte_v the_o iuges_fw-la through_o his_o eloquence_n from_fw-mi dethe_v to_o tear_v the_o sentence_n and_o set_v she_o hertes_o to_o pyte_v now_o tolden_a they_o now_o tell_v he_o they_o speaken_fw-mi pleyne_v after_o the_o law_n but_o he_o the_o word_n of_o his_o saw_n colour_v in_o a_o other_o weigh_v spekende_v and_o thus_o between_o the_o twey_n to_o trete_n upon_o this_o iugement_n make_v each_o of_o they_o his_o argument_n whereof_o the_o tale_n for_o to_o here_o there_o may_v a_o man_n the_o school_n lere_n of_o rhetoric_n the_o eloquence_n which_o be_v the_o second_o of_o science_n touchende_v to_o philosophy_n whereof_o a_o man_n shall_v justify_v his_o word_n in_o disputeson_n and_o knytte_n upon_o conclusion_n his_o argument_n in_o such_o a_o form_n which_o may_v the_o pleyne_v
truth_n inform_v and_o the_o subtle_a cautele_n abate_v which_o every_o true_a man_n shall_v debate_v practica_fw-la quecunque_fw-la statum_fw-la pars_fw-la terria_fw-la philosophie_fw-fr ad_fw-la regimen_fw-la recte_fw-la ducit_fw-la in_o orbe_fw-la viae_fw-la say_fw-la quanto_fw-la maior_fw-la rex_fw-la est_fw-la tanto_fw-la magis_fw-la ipsum_fw-la exit_fw-la schola_fw-la concernit_fw-la quo_fw-la sva_fw-la regna_fw-la regit_fw-la ¶_o hic_fw-la tractat_fw-la de_fw-la tertia_fw-la parte_fw-la philosophy_n que_fw-fr practica_fw-la voco_fw-la cvius_fw-la species_n sunt_fw-la tres_fw-la scilicet_fw-la etâ—ica_fw-la economia_fw-la et_fw-la politica_fw-la quarum_fw-la doctrina_fw-la regius_fw-la magestas_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la regimine_fw-la ad_fw-la honoris_fw-la magnificentiam_fw-la per_fw-la singula_fw-la dirigitur_fw-la ¶_o the_o first_o which_o be_v theoryke_v and_o the_o second_o rhetoryke_v science_n of_o philosophy_n i_o have_v they_o tell_v as_o in_o party_n so_o as_o the_o 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