The Tale of Melibeus Folio 170r 4 of 40 folios
and to our pacientz that we do no damage
peth many tyme and ofte that whanne twey men han eu
wounded other .o. same sirurgien heeleth hem bothe
vnto our art it is not partynent to norice werre
to supporte /
so ententyf bisinesse fro day to nyght that with the grace of
god
right in the same wise / the phisiciens answerden saue that thei
seiden a fewe wordes moore
red bi hir contraries.
vengeaunce
that semeden reconsiled his flaterers
gretly Melibe of myght of power of richesse and of frendes des
pising the power of his aduersaryes
he anon shold wreke him on his foos and bigynne werre
roos thanne an aduocate that was wys bi leue and bi conseil
of other that weren wise and seide
the which we ben assembled in this place
and an high matere
nesse that hath be doon
mages that in tyme comyng ben possible to fallen for the
same
parties bothe
erren in this matere
sentence we counseil yow abouen althing that right anon
thow do diligence in kepyng of thi propre
that thow ne want noon espie ne wacche thi body for to saue
aunt garnysoun
defende
doon vengeaunce
it were
deliberacioun in this cas to deme