The Tale of Melibeus Folio 336r 12 of 46 folios
ȝe vndyrstonde thilke text
wise /
ryȝt so schude I doon h
as they han vengede hem on me /
ryȝt so schal I wengyn me vp on h
wrong /
how lyȝtely is euery man enclyned to his
owene desyr /
tis quod sce the wordis of the phisiciens ne schuld
not han been vndyrstondyn in this wise /
wikkedenesse is not contrarye to wikkedenesse / ne
vengea
euerich of hem encresith
tis the wordis of the phisiciens / schuldyn ben vndir
stondyn in this wise /
two contraryis /
ra
certis wikkedenesse ; may been waryschid by goodnesse
discord ; by acord / werre ; by pees /
thyngis //
postelle / in manye placis
harm for harm / ne wikkede speche for wikkede speche /
h
he amonestyth pees
kyn to ȝow of the conseyl that was ȝouyn to ȝow
of the meen of lawe / and the wise folk
alle by on acord / as ȝe han herd by fore /
alle th
that in this caas ȝe oughtyn for to werkyn ful a
visely /
fyrste poynt that touchith to the kep
re schal eueremore deuoutely
before alle thynge