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< 269r Cx1: Folio 269v; The Tale of Melibee 70-81 270r > Go to Cx2
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 yong folk attones and the most parte of this companye  
 haue skorned this olde wyse man & begonne to make noise  
 and saiden . 70 Right so as while that yron is hoot men shold  
 smyte Right so while that this thing is fresshe and newe  
 sholde men wreken her wronges . and with a lowde voys they  
 cryden warre warre . 71 Vp roose than one of thise olde wise  
 men And made contenance with his honde that men shold  
 holde hem stylle & yeue hym audience / 72 Lordinges said he ther  
 is ful many a man that cryeth warre warre that wote ful  
 lityll what warre amounteth / 73 Warre at his begynnyng  
 hath so grete an entre and so large that euery wight may  
 entre whan hym liketh & lightly fynde warre / 74 But certes  
 what ende that therof shal falle it is not lyght to knowe .  
 75 For sothly whan that warre is ones begonne / ther is ful  
 many a childe vnborn of his moder that shal deye & sterue  
 yong be cause of that warre or ellis lyue in sorowe or deye  
 in wrecchidnesse / 76 And therfore or ony warre begynne men  
 muste haue grete counceyll & grete deliberation 77 And whan  
 thys olde man wende to haue enforced hys tale by resons .  
 wel nyghe attones began they alle taryse for to breke his  
 tale & bad ful faste his wordes tabregge . 78 For sothly who  
 so precheth to hem that haue no luste to here his tale / his wor  
 des or his sermon anoyeth hem . 79 For Ihesus sirak saith that  
 musyke in weping is a noyous thing This is as moche  
 to saye / As moche auaylleth to speke before folke / to whom  
 his speche anoyeth / As it doth to synge before hym that  
 wepeth . 80 And whan this olde man sawe that he wanted  
 audience . al shamefast he sette hym doun agayn . 81 For Sa  
 lamon sayth / There as thou maist haue none audyence .  
  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 70
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2226
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1036

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 71
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2227
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1037

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 72
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2228
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1038

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 73
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2229
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1039

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 74
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2230
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1040

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 75
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2231
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1041

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 76
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2232
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1042

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 77
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2233
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1043

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 78
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2234
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1044

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 79
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2235
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1045

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 80
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2236
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1046

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 81
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2237
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1047