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< 280v Cx1: Folio 281r; The Tale of Melibee 428-448 281v > Go to Cx2
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 nyghe cause / 428 The fer cause is almyghty god that is cause  
 of alle thynges / 429 The neer cause is thy thre enemyes / 430 The  
 cause accidental was hate / 431 The cause material Is the . v .  
 woundes of thy doughter / 432 The cause formal is the cause of  
 her worchyng that broughten ladders and clomben in at  
 the wyndowes . 433 The cause fynall was to sle thy doughter  
 hit letted not in as moche as in hem was / 434 But for to speke  
 of this fynal cause as to what ende they shal come / or what  
 shal fynally betyde of hem in this caas / ne can I not deme  
 But by coniectyng and supposyng / 435 For we shal suppose  
 that they shal come to a wicked ende / 436 be cause that the book  
 of the decrees sayth . Selde or with grete peyne be causes  
 brought to a good ende / whan they be badly begonne / 437 Now  
 syre yf men wold axe me why that god suffreth men to  
 do this vilonye / Certes I can not wel answere as for no  
 sothfastnes . 438 For thapostle saith . That the science and the  
 Iugementes of our lord god almighty been full depe 439 Ther  
 may no man cōprehende ne serche hem sufficiently / 440 Natheles  
 by certayn persumptions and coniectyng I holde and bileue  
 441 That wight that is ful of Iustice and rightfulnes hath  
 suffrid this to betyde be Iuste cause and resonable . 442 Thy  
 name is Mellebe / This is to saye a man that drynketh  
 hony / 443 thou hast dronken so moche hony of swete temporel ry  
 ches & delices of honour of this world 444 that thou art dronke  
 and hast forgoten Ihesu crist thy creatour / 445 Thou ne hast don  
 to hym suche honour & reuerence as thou oughtest / 446 ne thou  
 ne hast wel taken kepe of the wordes of Ouyde that saith  
 447 Vnder the hony of the goodes of the body is hid venym that  
 sleeth the soule / 448 And Salamon saith Yf thou hast founde  
  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 428
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2586
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1396

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 429
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2587
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1397

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 430
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2588
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1398

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 431
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2589
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1399

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 432
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2590
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1400

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 433
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2591
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1401

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 434
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2592
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1402

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 435
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2593
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1403

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 436
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2594
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1404

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 437
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2595
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1405

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 438
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2596
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1406

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 439
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2597
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1407

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 440
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2598
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1408

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 441
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2599
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1409

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 442
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2600
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1410

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 443
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2601
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1411

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 444
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2602
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1412

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 445
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2603
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1413

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 446
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2604
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1414

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 447
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2605
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1415

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 448
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2606
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1416