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< 282v Cx1: Folio 283r; The Tale of Melibee 504-521 283v > Go to Cx2
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 504 And the souerayns & the Iuges in their contre so mykyl  
 suffre of the shrewes & mysdoers / 505 that they shulde by suche  
 suffraunce and by proces of tyme wexen of suche power &  
 myght that they shulde put out the Iuges & the souerayns  
 from their places / 506 and at laste to make hem to lese her lord  
 ships 507 But lete vs now put that / that ye haue leue to venge  
 508 I saye ye be not of myght ne power as now to venge yow  
 509 For yf ye wil make comparison vnto the myght of your  
 aduersaryes / ye shal fynde in many thynges that I haue  
 shewd yow or this / that her condition is better than youres  
 510 And therfore say I that it is good as now that ye suffre  
 and be pacyent . 511 Furthermore ye knowe well that after  
 the comen sawe / hit is a wodenes to a man to stryue with  
 a more mighty man than he is hym self 512 And for to stryue  
 with a man of euen strengthe / that is to saye with a man  
 that is as strong as hym self / hit is grete peryll . 513 And  
 for to stryue with a weyker than hym / hit is folye . 514 And  
 therfore shold a man fle stryuyng as mykyl as he mighte  
 515 For Salamon saith Hit is a grete worship to a man to  
 kepe hym fro noyse and stryf 516 And yf so happe that a man  
 of gretter myght and strengthe than thou arte doo the gre  
 uance / 517 Studye and besye the rather to stynte the same gre  
 uance / than for to venge 518 For seneke saith That he putteth  
 hym in grete peryll that stryueth with a gretter man than  
 he is hym self . 519 And Cathon saith That yf a man of hyer  
 estate or degre or of more might than thou art doo the anoye  
 or greueance suffre hym / 520 For he that ones hath greuyd the  
 maye another tyme releue the and helpe the / 521 yet set I caas  
 that ye haue a licence for to venge yow / yet ought ye to take  
  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 504
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2664
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1474

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 505
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2665
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1475

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 506
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2666
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1476

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 507
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2667
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1477

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 508
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2668
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1478

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In CTP line numbering: TM, 509
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2669
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1479

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 510
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2670
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1480

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 511
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2671
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1481

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 512
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2672
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1482

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 513
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2673
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1483

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 514
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2674
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1484

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 515
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2675
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1485

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 516
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2676
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1486

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 517
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2677
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1487

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 518
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2678
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1488

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 519
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2679
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1489

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 520
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2680
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1490

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 521
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2681
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1491