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< 287r Cx1: Folio 287v; The Tale of Melibee 670-688 288r > Go to Cx2
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 kepyng of thy good name 670 For hit shal lenger abide with  
 the than ony other tresour be it neuer so precyous . 671 And cer  
 tes he shold not be called a gentylman that after god &  
 good conscience alle thinges lefte ne doth to kepe his good  
 name . 672 And cassiodre saith that it is signe of a gentil herte  
 whan a man loueth & desireth to haue a good name . 673 And  
 therfore saith saynt Augustyn / that ther be two thinges þt  
 be necessarye & nedefull / 674 that is good conscience & good loos  
 676 And he that trusteth hym so mikyl in his good conscience  
 677 that he despiseth & setteth at nought his good name or loos  
 he doth not wel / For he that rekketh not to kepe his good  
 name nys but a cruel chorle / 678 Syre now haue I shewed yow  
 how ye shold doo in geting of riches & how ye shold vse hem  
 679 And I see wel that for the trust that ye haue in your riches  
 ye wole meue warre & bataille 680 I conceille yow that ye begynne  
 no warre in truste of your riches For they suffise not warres  
 to maintene . 681 And therfore saith a philosophre / that man  
 that desireth algate & will haue warre shal neuer haue suffy-  
 sance . 682 For the richer that he is the gretter dispense muste he  
 make yf he wil haue worship & victorye . 683 And salamon saith  
 That the gretter riches that a man hath the more dispence he  
 hath . 684 And therfore al be hit so that be fortune & riches ye  
 may haue many folke / 685 yet behoueth it not ne it is not good  
 to begynne warre / where that ye may haue in other maner  
 pees vnto your worship and prouffyt . 686 For the victoryes  
 that ben of bataille in this worlde / ben not in grete nombre  
 and multitude of peple ne in vertu of man / 687 but hit lyeth  
 in the wyll and the honde of our lord Ihesu god al-  
 mighty . 688 And therfore Iudas machabeus whiche that was  
  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 670
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2830
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1640

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 671
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2831
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1641

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 672
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2832
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1642

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 673
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2833
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1643

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 674
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2834
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1644

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 676
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2836
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1646

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 677
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2837
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1647

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 678
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2838
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1648

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 679
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2839
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1649

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 680
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2840
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1650

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 681
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2841
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1651

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 682
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2842
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1652

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 683
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2843
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1653

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 684
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2844
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1654

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 685
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2845
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1655

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 686
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2846
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1656

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 687
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2847
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1657

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 688
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2848
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1658