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The Tale of Melibeus Folio 167v 29 of 29 folios

mesure /

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considered the power þ^t they han yeue yow vp on hem self [wedge]

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880

And it
is writen þ^t he is worthy / to lesen his pⁱuilege / þ^t mysuseth / the mygħt & ~
the power þ^t is yeuen hym

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¶ And I sette cas / ye mygħte enioyne hem þ^t
peyne by rigħt & by lawe /

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which I trowe / ye mowe nat do /.

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I seye ye migħ-
te nat putten it to execucioū per auenture /

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and thanne were it likly to re-
tourne to the werre as it was biforn /

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885

And therfore / if ye wole þ^t men do
yow obeisance / ye moste deemen moore curteisly /

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this is to seyn / ye mos-
te yeuen moore esy sentences & Iuggementz

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¶ For it is writen / þ^t he
þ^t moost curteisly comandeth / to hym men moost obeyen /

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And therfore
I prey yow þ^t in this necessitee / & in this nede / ye caste yow to ouercome
your herte

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¶ For Senec seith /. That he þ^t ouercometh his herte / ouercomeþ
twies

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890

¶ And Tullius seith ¶ Ther is no thyng so comendable ī a greet
lord /

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as whan he is debonaire & meeke / and appeseth ligħtly /

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And .I. prey
yow þ^t ye wole forbere now to do vengeance

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in swich a manere / þ^t youre
goode name may be kept & conserued /

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and þ^t men mowe haue cause
and mateere / to preyse yow of pitee & of mercy /

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895

and þ^t ye haue no
cause to repente yow of thyng þ^t ye doon

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¶ For Senec seith ¶ he ouer-
cometh in an yuel manere þ^t repenteth hym of his victorie /

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wherfore
I pray yow / lat mercy been in youre mynde & in your herte /

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to theffect &
entente þ^t god almygħty haue mercy on yow in his laste Iuggement ;

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¶ For seint Iame seith in his Epistle ¶ Iuggement w^t outen mercy shal
be doon to hym / þ^t hath no mercy of another wigħt

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900

Whanne Melibee
hadde herd the grete skiles and resoūs of Dame Prudence / and hir wise
informacioūs & techynges /

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his herte gan enclyne to the wil of his wif
considerynge hir trewe entente /

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and conformed hym anon and assen-
ted fully to werken after hir conseil /

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and thonked god / of whom procedeþ
al vertu and alle goodnesse / þ^t hym sente a wyf / of so greet discrecioū ~

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And whan the day cam þ^t hise Aduersaries sholde appieren in his persen-
ce /

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905

he spak vn to hem ful goodly / and seyde in this wyse

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¶ Al be it
so / þ^t of your pride / and persumpcioū & folie / and of youre necligence
& vnkonnynge /

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ye haue mysborn yow and trespassed vn to me .

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yet
for as muche / as I see and biholde your grete humylitee /

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and þ^t ye
been sory and repentant of youre giltes /

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910

it constreyneth me / to doon
yow grace and mercy

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¶ Therfore / I receyue yow to my grace

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and for-
yeue yow outrely alle the offenses / Iniuries and wronges þ^t ye haue
doon agayn me and myne /

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to this effect and to this ende / that god
of his endelees mercy

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wole at the tyme of oure diynge foryeuen
vs oure giltes that we han trespassed to hym in this wrecched ~
world /

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915

For doutelees / if we be sory and repentant of the synnes ~
and giltes whiche we han trespassed in the sigħte of oure lord god /

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he is so free and so merciable /

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that he wole foryeuen vs oure giltes

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and bryngen vs to his blisse / that neuere hath ende . Amen ~ ~ ~

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¶ Heere is ended Chaucers tale of Melibee / and of Dame Prudence ~

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Stubbs, Estelle, Michael Pidd, Orietta Da Rold, Simon Horobin and Claire Thomson with Linda Cross, eds. (2013). The Multitext Edition. The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales. Published by: University of Sheffield. Available at: <http://www.chaucermss.org/multitext> [Accessed 23 March 2023].

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