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< 271v Cx1: Folio 272r; The Tale of Melibee 133-148 272v > Go to Cx2
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 And peesid the yre of the kynge by her witte and by her  
 good counceyll / 133 hester be her counceyll enhaunsed gretly the  
 peple of god in the Regne of assuerus the kynge / 134 And the  
 same bounte in good conceyllyng of many a good woman  
 men may telle / 135 And eke more ouer whan our lord god had  
 made adam our former fader / he sayde in this wise / 136 hit is not  
 good man to be allone / make we to hym an helpe sembla-  
 ble to hym self 137 lo here may ye see that yf women were not  
 good and her counceyll good and prouffytable / 138 our lord  
 god of heuen wold neuer haue wrought hem / ne called hem  
 helpe of man / but rather confusion of man / 139 And ther said  
 ones a clerk in two versis / What is better than Iasper . wise  
 dom . 140 And what is better than wisedom / woman / and what  
 is better than good woman / no thing / 141 And so sir by many  
 other resons may ye see that many women been good and  
 their counceyll good & prouffytable / 142 And therfore yf ye will  
 truste to my counceillyng I shal restore yow your doughter  
 hool and sounde / 143 And eke I wil doo so moche that ye shal  
 haue honour in this caas / 144 Whan Mellebee had herd the wor  
 des of his wif Prudence / He sayde thus / 145 I see wel that the  
 worde of Salamon is soth / He saith that wordes that ben  
 spoken discretly by ordenance been honycombes for they yeue  
 swetenes to the soule and holsomnes to the body / 146 Be cause  
 of thy swete wordes and eke for I haue assaied & preuyd  
 thy grete sapience and thy grete trouthe I wil gouerne me  
 by thy counceill in alle maner thing 147 / Now sire said dame  
 Prudence / syn ye vouchesauf to be gouerned be my counceyll  
 I wil enforme yow how ye shal gouerne yow in chesing of  
 your counceyll / 148 First to fore alle werkis ye shall beseche  
  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 133
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2291
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1101

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 134
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2292
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1102

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 135
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2293
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1103

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 136
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2294
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1104

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 137
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2295
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1105

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 138
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2296
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1106

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 139
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2297
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1107

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 140
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2298
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1108

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 141
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2299
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1109

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 142
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2300
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1110

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 143
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2301
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1111

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 144
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2302
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1112

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 145
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2303
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1113

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 146
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2304
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1114

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 147
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2305
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1115

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 148
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2306
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1116