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< 292r Cx1: Folio 292v; The Tale of Melibee 874-r-895 293r >
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 name And yet shal he not hooly besye hym in kepyng of  
 his good name / 875 but he shal allewey enforcen to do sume  
 thing by whiche he may renouele or renewe his good name  
 876 For it is wreton that the olde good loos of a man or good  
 name is sone goon and passid whan it is not newed ne  
 renouelyd / 877 And as towching that ye sayn / ye wole exyle  
 your aduersaryes / 878 that thynketh me moche agayn reson  
 and oute of mesure / 879 consyderyng the power that they haue  
 yeue you vpon hem self . 880 And yet it is wreton that he is  
 worthy to lese his pryuylege that mysuseth the might and  
 the power that is yeue hym 881 And I set caas that ye might  
 enioyne hem that payne be ryght and be lawe / 882 whiche that  
 I trowe ye maye nat doo / 883 I saye ye myght not put hit  
 to execution . For parauenture 884 than were it lyke to re-  
 torne to the warre as hit was before / 885 And therfore yf  
 ye wyll that men do you obeyssaunce ye muste demene  
 you more curtoysly / 886 this it to saye ye muste yeue more  
 esy penaunce and Iugement / 887 For it is wreton that he  
 that most curteysly comandeth / to hym men moste obeye .  
 888 And therfore I pray yow that in thys necessyte and in  
 thys nede ye caste yow for to ouercome your herte . 889 For  
 Seneke saith / He that ouercometh his herte / ouerco-  
 meth twyes / 890 And Tullius sayth / Ther is no thyng  
 so comendable in a grete lord 891 as whan he is debonayr  
 and meke / and appeesith hym lightly / 892 And I pray you  
 that ye wil now forbere to do vengeance 893 in suche a manere  
 that your good name may be kept and conseruyd .  
 894 And that men may haue cause and mater to preyse yow  
 of pyte and of mercy / 895 And that ye haue no cause to  
  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 875
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3035
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1845

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 876
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3036
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1846

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 877
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3037
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1847

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 878
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3038
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1848

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 879
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3039
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1849

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 880
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3040
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1850

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 881
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3041
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1851

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 882
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3042
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1852

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 883
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3043
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1853

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 884
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3044
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1854

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 885
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3045
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1855

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 886
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3046
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1856

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 887
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3047
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1857

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 888
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3048
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1858

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 889
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3049
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1859

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 890
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3050
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1860

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 891
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3051
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1861

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 892
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3052
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1862

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 893
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3053
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1863

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 894
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3054
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1864

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 895
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3055
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1865