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< 279v Cx1: Folio 280r; The Tale of Melibee 392-409 280v > Go to Cx2
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 392 For Tullius putteth a thing / whiche that he calleth con  
 senting This is to saye / 393 who ben they and whiche ben they  
 & how many consenten to this counceyll in thy wilfulnes  
 to doo hasty vengeance 394 And leet considere also who be they  
 and how many be they that consenteden to your aduersaries  
 395 And certes as to the first poynt it is wel knowen whiche  
 folke they be that consented to your hasty wilfulnes 396 For  
 certes alle tho that counceylled you to make sodeyn warre  
 be not youre frendes 397 Lete vs now considere whiche be they  
 that ye holden so gretly your frendes as to your persone 398 For  
 al be hit so that ye be so myghty and riche Certes ye be but  
 allone . 399 For ye haue no chylde but a doughter / 400 Ne ye haue  
 no brethern ne cosyns germans ne none other nyghe kyn-  
 rede / 401 Wherfore that your enemyes for drede shold stynte to  
 plete with yow or destroyen your persone / 402 Ye knowe also that  
 your ryches muste be dispended in dyuerse parties / 403 And  
 whan that euery wight hath his parte they ne wil take but  
 lityll reward to vengen your deth 404 But youre enemyes ben  
 thre and they haue many children . brethern Cosyns and  
 other nyghe kynrede . 405 And though so were that thou had-  
 dest slayn two or thre of hem / yet dwellen there ynough to  
 wreken her deth and to sle thy persone 406 And though so  
 be that your kynrede be more syker and stedfast than the  
 kynred of your aduersaries / 407 yet natheles your kynred nys  
 but after kynrede / they be but lityl subget to you 408 And the  
 kynred of your enemyes ben nygh sibbe to hem And cer-  
 tes as in that her condition is better than youris . 409 Than  
 leet vs considere also yf that the counceyll of hem that coun  
 ceylle yow to take sodeyn vengeance whether hit accorde to  
  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 392
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2550
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1360

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 393
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2551
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1361

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 394
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2552
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1362

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 395
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2553
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1363

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 396
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2554
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1364

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 397
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2555
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1365

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 398
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2556
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1366

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 399
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2557
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1367

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 400
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2558
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1368

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 401
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2559
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1369

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 402
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2560
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1370

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 403
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2561
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1371

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 404
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2562
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1372

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 405
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2563
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1373

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 406
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2564
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1374

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 407
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2565
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1375

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 408
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2566
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1376

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 409
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2567
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1377