The Tale of Melibeus Folio 187v 39 of 40 folios
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sidred the power that thei han yeuen yow vpon hem self
wreten that he is worthi to lese his priuylege that mys vseth
myght and the power that is yeuen him
enioynen hem that peyne bi right / and bi lawe /
mow nat do
re
biforne /
moste deme more curteysly /
sentences Iugementz
sely comaundeth / to him moste obeyen
as in this necessitee and in this nede ye cast yow to ouercome
your in herte
ouercometh twies ./
ble in a gret lord
seth him lightly
vengeance
conserued /
yow of pite and of mercye
yow of thinge that ye doon
al yuel maner that repenteth him of his victorie /
yow let mercy be in your herte
almyghty haue mercy on yow
Iame seith / Iugement with oute mercy / shal be doon to him
that no mercy. of a nother wight /
gret skiles and resons of dame prudence / and hir wise infor
maciouns and techynges
his wif consideryng hir trew entente /
and assented fully to werken aftyr hir counseil
of whom procedeth al vertue and alle goodnesse that him
sent a wif of so gret discrescioun
that hise adu
ful goodly and seyde
sumpcioun and folie and of your necligence and your vnkon-
nyng /
for as muchel as I se and biholde your gret humilitee
that ye ben sory and repentant / of your giltes /