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< 271r Cx1: Folio 271v; The Tale of Melibee 118-132 272r > Go to Cx2
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 women that ben Iangleresses & wickyd / 118 of whiche women  
 men saye / that thre thinges dryuen a man sone out of his  
 hous / that is to saye . smoke . droppyng of rayn and wicked  
 wyues / 119 And of suche women saith Salamon / that it were  
 better to dwellen in deserte / than with a woman that is ryo  
 tous . 120 and syr be your leue that am not I 121 For ye haue full  
 ofte assaied my grete silence and my grete pacience And  
 eke how well I can hyden and hele thinges that men ought  
 secretly to hyde . 122 And sothly as to your fyfthe reson where  
 that ye saye that in wicked counceill women vaynquyssh  
 men / god wote that reson standeth here in no stede 123 For vn  
 derstonde now that ye axe counceyll to do wickednes 124 And  
 yf ye wole werke wyckednes . And your wyf restrayne  
 that wickyd purpoos and ouercome yow by reson and by  
 good counceyll . 125 Certes your wif ought rather to be praised  
 than to be blamed . 126 Thus shold ye vnderstond the philo  
 sophre that wicked women vaynquyshe her husbondes 127 And  
 ther as ye blamen alle women & her resons / I shal shewe be  
 ensample that they be good & prouffytable . 128 Eke some men  
 haue said that the counceyll of women is to dere . or ellis to  
 litil of prys . 129 But al be hit so that many women be bad / &  
 her counceill euyl & nothing worth / yet haue men founde ful  
 many a good woman / and discrete & wise in counceyllyng  
 130 Lo Iacob be the counceyll of his moder Rebeca wan the bles  
 syng of ysaac his fader & the lordship ouer all his brethern  
 131 Iudith be her good counceill deliuerid the cyte of beethule in  
 whiche she dwellyd out of the handes of oliphernes that had  
 besieged it & wold haue it destroied 132 Abigail deliueryd Na  
 bal her husbond fro dauid þe kyng that wold haue slain hym  
  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 118
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2276
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1086

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 119
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2277
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1087

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 120
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2278
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1088

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 121
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2279
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1089

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 122
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2280
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1090

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 123
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2281
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1091

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 124
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2282
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1092

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 125
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2283
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1093

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 126
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2284
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1094

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 127
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2285
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1095

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 128
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2286
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1096

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 129
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2287
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1097

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 130
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2288
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1098

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 131
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2289
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1099

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 132
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2290
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1100