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< 289r Cx1: Folio 289v; The Tale of Melibee 749-769 290r > Go to Cx2
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 commandementes . 749 For Salamon saith / whan the condi-  
 tion of a man is plesaunt & lykyng to god / 750 he changeth  
 the hertes of the mannys aduersaryes and constreyneth hem  
 to beseke hym of pees and of grace 751 And I pray yow lete  
 me speke wyth your aduersaryes pryuely . 752 For they shal  
 not knowe that it be your will or your assente 753 and than  
 whan I knowe her will and her entente I may counceylle  
 you the more sewrly . 754 Dame sayd Mellebe do your will  
 and your likyng 755 for I put me only in youre disposition  
 and ordenance .  
756 THan whan dame prudence sawe the good will of her  
 husbonde delyberyd and toke aduys in her self / 757 thin  
 kyng how she myght brynge this nede to a good conclu-  
 sion and to a good ende . 758 And whan she sawe her tyme  
 she sente for thyse aduersaryes to come to her in to a preuy  
 place / 759 and shewde wisely vnto hem the grete goodnes that  
 come of pees 760 and the grete harmes and pareyllys that ben  
 in warre 761 & sayd to hem in a goodly maner / how that they  
 oughten to haue grete repentance 762 of the Iniurye & wrong  
 that they had don to Mellebe her lord vnto her and her  
 doughter .  
763 And whan they herde þe wordes of dame prudence 764 they were  
 so enspired & rauysshed & had so grete ioye of her that  
 wonder was to telle / 765 A lady said they ye haue shewid vnto  
 vs the blessyng of swetenes after the sawe of dauid the  
 prophete 766 for the reconsilyng / whiche that we be not worthy  
 to haue in no manere / 767 but we oughten to requyre it with  
 grete contrition & humylite / 768 that ye of your grete goodnes  
 haue presented vnto vs / 769 Now se we wel that the scyence  
  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 749
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2909
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1719

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 750
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2910
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1720

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 751
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2911
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1721

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 752
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2912
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1722

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 753
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2913
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1723

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 754
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2914
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1724

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 755
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2915
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1725

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 756
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2916
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1726

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 757
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2917
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1727

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 758
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2918
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1728

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 759
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2919
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1729

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 760
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2920
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1730

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 761
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2921
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1731

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 762
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2922
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1732

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 763
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2923
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1733

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 764
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2924
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1734

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 765
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2925
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1735

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 766
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2926
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1736

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 767
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2927
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1737

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 768
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2928
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1738

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 769
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2929
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1739