The Tale of Melibeus Folio 329r 26 of 46 folios
dys ; his ; sarmo
that Musik in wepynge ; is a noyous thyng this
is to seyne / as meche avaylyth to speke by fore
folk / to whiche hise speche anoyeth as doth to
synge be fore h
wyse man wantede audience ; al schamefast he
sette h
re as thow maght haue noon audience / enfor
ce the not to speke /
that the comune prouerbe is soth that good con
seyl wantyth whan it is most neede
seyl manye folk that p
conseylede h
lede h
make werre ; a noon he concentede to here con-
seylynge And fully affermede hire centence
ne dame . prudence / whan that sche saw how that
hire husbonde schop h
fois
whan sche sagh hire tyme / seyde h
dar
do
seyth / who so that doth to the othir good or harm /
haste the not to quite it / for in this wise / thi frend
wole abyde /
drede //
ly can abyde / And in wikke hast is no profyt
This Melibee answerede vn to his wyf prudence
I purpose not to werkyn by th
causis
me th
lynge wolde scha
And afformede be so manye wise
That alle wemen been wekke
For of athousent men seyth Salomon / I fond on good
man / but certis of alle wemen good weman fond I
neuere