The Tale of Melibeus Folio 332v 19 of 46 folios
we //
delythth in sauour that is sote / ryȝt so the conseyl of tre
we frendys / ȝeuyth swetnesse to the soule /
so theere may no thyng \be/ to the trewe frend /
gold ne syluyr ben not so meche worth ; as the goode
wyl of a trewe frend
frend / is a strong defens / who so that it fyndyth ; sertis
he fyndyth a greet tresor
re If that ȝoure trewe frendis been descreete /
For the bok seyth / Axse alwey th
been wyse /
to ȝoure conseyl / of ȝoure frendis / that been of age /
Sweche as han seyn /
And been apreuyd in manye th
bok seyth that in olde men is the sapience /
tyme the prudence //
gis ne ben not ay acc
uerenesse of body / But by conseyl be autoritee of
nys /
feblid by age / but certys they enforsyn
day be day //
neral reule / Fyrst schal ȝe clepe to ȝoure conseyl
a fewe of ȝo
mon seyth / Manye frendis haue thow / but a mong
a thousent cheese the on to been th
to a fewe / thow mayst aftyrward tellyn it to mo
it be neede /
thilke thre condicio
is to seye / that they been trewe / wyse /
ience /
alone / for s
manye /
where as there been manye c
sithe that I haue told ȝow / of whech folk ȝe schul b
conseylid . now wele I teeche ȝow whiche c
oughte to eschewe
seylyng of folys / for salomon seyth take no conseyl
of a fool for he ne c
ne lust