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< 281v Cx1: Folio 282r; The Tale of Melibee 466-484 282v > Go to Cx2
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 466 Right so synneth the Iuge yf he take not and do vengeance  
 on hem that hit haue deseruyd . 467 Senek saith thus / That  
 maister he saith is good that repreuyd shrewis 468 And cas  
 siodre sayth a man dredeth to doo outragiously whan he  
 woot & knoweth that it displeseth the Iuges & soueraynes  
 469 And another saith The Iuge that dredeth to do right ma  
 keth shrewes . 470 And saint Poule thapostle saith how he wri  
 teth to the romayns that the Iuges bere not the spere with  
 oute cause 471 But they bere hit to punysshe the shrewes and  
 mysdoers / And for to defenden the good men / 472 yf ye wole  
 take vengeance on your enemyes ye shal retorne and haue  
 your conrs to the Iuge that hath the Iurisdiction vpon hem  
 473 and ye shall punysshe hem as the lawe axeth & requyreth  
474 A said Mellebe this vengeance liketh me nothing 475 I  
 bethinke me now and take hede how that fortune hath  
 norysshid me fro my childhode and holpe me to passe many  
 a strange paas / 476 Now wole I assaye in her trowyng with  
 goddes helpe that shal me saue for to venge / 477 Certes sayd  
 Prudence yf ye will werke be my counceyll ye shal not as  
 saye fortune by no waye / 478 ne ye shal not lene ne bowe vnto  
 her after the worde of seneke / 479 For thinges that ben folily  
 don and that be doon in hope of fortune shal neuer come to  
 good ende / 480 And as to the same seneke saith the more clere  
 and the more shynyng that fortune is / the more brotyl &  
 the sonner broken she is / 481 Truste ye not in her For ther nys  
 no stedfastnes ne stablenes in her 482 For whan thou trowest  
 to be most sure and syker of her / she wil faylle & deceyue the  
 483 And where as ye sayn that fortune hath norisshid you in  
 your chyldhode / 484 I say that ther is so mykyll the lasse truste  
  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 466
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2626
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1436

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 467
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2627
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1437

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 468
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2628
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1438

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 469
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2629
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1439

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 470
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2630
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1440

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 471
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2631
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1441

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 472
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2632
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1442

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 473
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2633
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1443

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 474
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2634
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1444

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 475
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2635
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1445

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 476
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2636
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1446

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 477
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2637
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1447

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 478
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2638
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1448

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 479
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2639
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1449

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 480
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2640
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1450

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 481
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2641
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1451

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 482
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2642
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1452

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 483
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2643
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1453

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 484
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2644
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1454