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< 280r Cx1: Folio 280v; The Tale of Melibee 410-427 281r > Go to Cx2
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 reson or no / 410 and certes ye knowe wel nay 411 For as by right  
 or reson ther may noman take vengeance on no wight but  
 the Iugge that hath þe Iurisdiction of hit / 412 whan hit is gran  
 ted hym to take that vengeance hastely or temperatly as the  
 lawe requireth 413 And yet more ouer of that word that Tul  
 lius saith & clepeth consentyng / 414 thou shalt considere yf thy  
 myght & thy power may consente & suffyse to thy wilfulnes  
 & to thy counceillours 415 And certes thou maist wel saye nay  
 416 For sikerly as for to speke properly we may do no thing .  
 but only suche thynges as we may do ryghtfully . 417 And  
 certes thou maist rightfully take no vengeance / as of your  
 propre auctorite . 418 Than maye ye see that your power ne con-  
 senteth ne accordeth your wyfullnes / 419 Lete vs examyne  
 the thirde poynt that Tullius clepeth consequent 420 thou shalt  
 vnderstande that the vengeance that thou purposest to take  
 is consequent . 421 And therof foloweth another vengeance .  
 peryll and warre and other domages withoute nombre . of  
 whiche we be not wrre as at this tyme . 422 and as touching  
 the fourth parte that / Tullius clepeth engendryng / 423 Thou  
 shalt consydere that thys wronge whiche is don to the / is  
 engendryd of the hate of thyn enemyes 424 & of vengeance ta  
 kyng vpon hem that wole engendre another vengeance and  
 moche sorowe & wastyng of ryches as I said before . 425 Now  
 syre as to the fyfthe poynt . which that Tulliu9 clepeth / cau  
 ses / whiche is the last poynt / 426 Thou shalt vnderstande that  
 Ilke wronge that thou hast resceyuyd hath certeyn causes  
 427 whiche that clerkes clepen . oriens and efficiens and causa  
 loginqua & causa propinqua / this is to saye the fer cause & the  
  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 410
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2568
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1378

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 411
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2569
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1379

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 412
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2570
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1380

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 413
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2571
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1381

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 414
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2572
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1382

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 415
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2573
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1383

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 416
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2574
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1384

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 417
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2575
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1385

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 418
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2576
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1386

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 419
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2577
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1387

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 420
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2578
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1388

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 421
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2579
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1389

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 422
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2580
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1390

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 423
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2581
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1391

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 424
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2582
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1392

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 425
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2583
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1393

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 426
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2584
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1394

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 427
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2585
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1395