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The Tale of Melibeus Folio 327r 30 of 46 folios

ȝoure self dystroye

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¶ Senec seyth the wyse man
schal nat take to greet disconfort for the deth of hi-
se childeryn /

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but certis he schulde sufferyn it in paci-
ence As wel as he a bydyth the deth of hise propere
persone /

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¶ This Melibeus answerde a noon & seyde /
what man quod he schulde of his wepynge stynte /
that hath so greet a cause for to weepe /

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Ihū cⁱst oure
lord hȳ self wepte for the deth of lasarus his freend

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¶ Prudence answerede / crertys weel I wot / Atem-
pre wepyng is no thyng defendit to hȳ that sorwe
ful is a mongis folk / in sorwe / but it is rathere
graūted hȳ to weepe

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¶ The apostele paule vn to
the romaynys wrythth / Man schal reioyse with hē
that makyn Ioye / And wepyn with sweche folk as
wepyn /

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but thogh attempere wepyng be grauntid /
outrageous wepynge certis is defendid /

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mesure of
wepynge schulde been consideryd aftyr the loore that
techith vs Senec

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¶ Whan that thyn frend is deed quod
he / let not thȳne eyen to moyste been of teerys / ne
to meche dreye / Al thow thȳne terys comyn to thȳne
eyen / lat hē nat fallyn

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And whā thow hast forgoon thȳ
freend & this is moore wysdom / than for to wepȳ for
thȳ frend / which that thow hast loryn / for theere ī-
ne is no boote /

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And therfore ȝif ȝe gouerne ȝow by sa-
pience putte awey sorwe out of ȝoure hertis /

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Remē-
beryth yow that Iħ~c Syrat seyth A man that is ioyoë
& glad in herte / it hȳ conseruyth floryschynge in his
Age / & sothly sorweful herte makyt hise bonys dreye

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he seyth ek thus that sorwe in herte ; sleth ful manye
A man

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¶ Salomon seyth / that ryght as mot\h/is in the
schepis flesch a noyeth to the clothis / & the smale wer-
mys to the tree / rygh so anoyith sorwe to the herte .

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wherefore vs oughte as weel in the deth of oure
childeryn ; as in the loos of oure goodys tēperelys
haue pacience

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¶ Remembrith yow vp on the pa-
ciente Iob / whan he hadde lost hise childeryn & his
temperel sulstaūce / & in his body endurynge & res-
ceyuyd ful manye a greuoë trybulacioun / y\e/t seyde
he thus

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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 14 December 2024].

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