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< 272r Cx1: Folio 272v; The Tale of Melibee 149-165 273r > Go to Cx2
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 the hyghe god that he be your counceyll . 149 And shape yow  
 to suche entente that he yeue yow counceyll and comforte .  
 As Thobye taught his sone . 150 At alle tymes thou shall  
 plese and praye hym to dresse thy weyes / And loke that  
 alle thy counceyll be in hym for euermore . 151 Saynt Iame  
 eke saith / Yf ony of yow haue nede of sapience Axe hyt  
 of god . 152 And after that than shall ye take counceyll in  
 your self / And examyne well your thoughtys of suche  
 thynges as ye thynke that ben beste for your prouffyt /  
 153 And than shall ye dryue away from your hertes tho thyn  
 ges that ben contraryous to good counceill / 154 this is to saye  
 Ire . couetyse . and hastynes . 155 First he that axeth counceyll  
 of hym self / Certes he muste be withouten yre for many  
 causes / 156 The fyrst is this that he that hath grete Ire and  
 wrath in hym self . he weneth alway to do thing that he  
 may not doo . 157 And secondly he that is Irous and wrath-  
 full may not deme well / 158 And he that may not deme well  
 may not well counceyll . 159 Another is this / that he that is  
 Irous and wrathfull as saith seneke may not speke but  
 blameful thinges / 160 And with his vicyous wordes / he ste  
 ryth other folke to anger and to Ire . 161 And eke syr ye  
 muste dryue couetyse out of your herte / 162 For thapostle saith  
 that couetyse is the Rote of all harmes . 163 And truste well  
 that a couetous man can not deme well ne thinke but only  
 to suffylle the ende of hys couetyse 164 and certes that may  
 neuer be accomplysshyd . For euermore the more haboun-  
 dance a man hath of Rychesse / the more he desyreth .  
 165 And ye muste also dryue out of your herte hastynes .  
  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 149
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2307
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1117

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 150
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2308
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1118

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 151
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2309
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1119

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 152
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2310
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1120

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 153
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2311
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1121

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 154
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2312
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1122

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 155
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2313
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1123

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 156
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2314
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1124

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 157
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2315
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1125

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 158
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2316
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1126

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 159
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2317
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1127

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 160
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2318
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1128

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 161
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2319
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1129

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 162
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2320
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1130

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 163
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2321
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1131

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 164
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2322
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1132

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 165
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2323
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1133