The Tale of Melibeus Folio 342r 31 of 46 folios
enemyis to doon me a vilenye / in takynge venge-
a
il but fulfilled
therfore me thynkyth men ouȝte nat repreue me
thogh I putte me in a lityl
I venge oon outrage / by a nothir
As ȝow likyth /
a man schulde nat doon outrage ne exces.
For to vengyn hym /
euele doth he that vengith h
as he that doth the outrage /
venge ȝow ; aftyr the ordere of ryȝt / that is to
seyne by the lawe /
ȝoure aduersarijs in othere maneere than ryȝt co
ma
man schal neuere venge / schrewedenesse by schre
wedenesse /
defende violence /
seyn soth / wh
tyn interual or with outyn taryinge or delay
defende h
that a man putte swich attem
ce /
h
weere it a geyn reso
that ȝe makyn no defence / as now for to defende
ȝow ; but for to v\e/nge ȝow /
ȝe han no wil / to doon ȝoure deede attem
For Salomon seyth / that he that is not pacient ;
schal haue greet harm
whan a man is inpacient
that touchith hym / not /
nat vn to hym ; thow it harme hym it is no w
dyr /