The Tale of Melibeus Folio 328v 27 of 46 folios
And Iugith be leyseer /
be a noyeful algatis it is not to be repreuyd in yeu
ge of iugement / ne in vengea
suffisaunt
cryst by ensa
kyn in auouterye was brough in his p
wyn what schulde been don of hire
it that he wyste weel / h
de answere ; yet ne wolde he nat answere sodeyn
ly but he wolde haue deliberacioun
he wrot / twyis /
cioun
le the thyng that schal been profitable /
thanne the ȝonge fok at onys
of that c
And beg
as whil that yryn is hoot / men schuldyn smytyn .
rygh so schuldyn men wreke here wrongis / whil
that they been frosche
And with hise hand made contena
schuldyn holdyn hem stylle / and ȝeu
cryeth werre werre ; that wot ful lytil what wer
re a mo
greet an entre and so large ; that euery whight
lyght to knowe /
onys beg
hise modyr that schal sterue ȝong be cause of thilke
werre /
se /
muste haue gret conseyl /
whan this olde man wende for to enforse his ta-
le be reso
to ryse / for to brek
hise wordis to abregge
chith to hem / that lestyth not to heere hise wor
dys ; his ; sarmo