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< 291v Cx1: Folio 292r; The Tale of Melibee 855-874 292v > Go to Cx2
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 of our oultrageous trespaas and offensis / 855 For wel we  
 knowen that youre liberal grace & mercy strecchen ferther in  
 to goodnes / than don oure oultrageous gyltes & trespaces  
 in to wickednes / 856 Al be hit that cursedly & dampnably we  
 haue agilted and agreuyd your hye lordship .  
857 THan Mellebe toke hem from the ground ful benyngly  
 858 and receyued her obligations & bondes by her othes  
 vpon her pleges and borowes 859 And assigned hem a certain  
 day to retorne vnto his court 860 for to receyue and accepte the  
 Iugement that Mellebe wolde cōmande to be don on hem by  
 the causes aforsaid / 861 whiche thinges ordeyned euery man re  
 torned to his owen hous . 862 And whan dame prudence sawe  
 her tyme / she feyned and axed her lord Mellebe /863 what ven  
 geance he thoughte to take vpon his aduersaries / 864 To whiche  
 Mellebe answerde and saide Certes I thinke and purpose  
 me fully 865 to disheryte hem of alle that euer they haue & put  
 hem in exile for euermore . 866 Certes said dame Prudence / this  
 were a cruel sentence and moche agaynst reson . 867 For ye be  
 riche ynowh and haue none nede of other mennes goodes .  
 868 And ye myght ful lightly in this wise gete yow a ful co  
 uetous name / 869 whiche is a vicyous lyuyng and ought to  
 be eschewyd of euery good man . 870 For after the worde of  
 thapostle / Couetyse is the rote of all harmes 871 And therfore  
 hit were better to you to lese so moche good of your owen .  
 than for to take of her good in this manere / 872 For better it  
 is to lese good with worship / that it is to wynne good  
 with vilonye and shame / 873 And euery man ought to do  
 his diligence and besynes to gete hym a good name 874 And  
 yet shal he not hooly besye hym in kepyng of his good  
  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 855
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3015
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1825

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 856
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3016
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1826

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 857
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3017
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1827

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 858
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3018
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1828

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 859
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3019
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1829

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 860
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3020
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1830

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 861
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3021
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1831

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 862
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3022
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1832

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 863
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3023
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1833

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 864
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3024
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1834

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 865
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3025
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1835

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 866
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3026
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1836

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 867
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3027
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1837

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 868
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3028
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1838

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 869
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3029
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1839

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 870
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3030
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1840

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 871
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3031
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1841

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 872
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3032
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1842

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 873
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3033
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1843

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 874
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3034
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1844