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< 80v Cx1: Folio 81r; The Man of Law's Tale 115-143 81v > Go to Cx2
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115Many a sotil reson forth they layden  
 They spak of magyk and abusion  
 But finally as in this conclusion  
 They can not see in that non auauntage  
 Ne in non othir wey saue in mariage  
120Than saw they ther ynne suche difficultees  
 Be wey of reson to speke al playn  
 Be cause that ther was suche diuersitees  
 Betwix her bothe lawes that they sayn  
 They trowe that no cristen prince wolde fayn  
125Wedden his child vnder our lawes swete  
 That vs was taught be mahound our prophete  
 And he answerd rathir than I lese  
 Custaunce I wil be cristened doutles  
 I moot be heris I may non other chese  
130I pray yow hold your argumentis in pees  
 Sauyth my lif and be not recheles  
 To geten here that hath my lif in cure  
 For in this wo I may not longe endure  
 What nedith gretter delectacion  
135I say be tretyse and enbassetrye  
 And by the Popis mediacioun  
 And al the chirche and al the chiualrye  
 That in destruction of mawmetrye  
 And in encrees of cristis lawe dere  
140They be accorded as ye shul here  
 How that the Sowdan and his baronage  
 And alle his liegis shul cristened be  
 And he shal haue custaunce in mariage  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: ML, 115
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B1, 213
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment II, 213

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: ML, 120
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B1, 218
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment II, 218

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: ML, 125
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B1, 223
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment II, 223

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: ML, 130
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B1, 228
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment II, 228

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: ML, 135
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B1, 233
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment II, 233

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: ML, 140
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B1, 238
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment II, 238