(382)
¶ This lorde, with þat, bad men his handës teye, [teye R, cey H.]
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And lede vnto þe kyng þis traytrous [lede . . this traiterous R, led . . þeis traytours H.] wight,
And al þis treson vnto him be-wreye.
Whan þis was done, þe Kyng seyde anone right,
"Se here a trowth and manhode of a knyght!
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Men may the sonne as lightly his curse [cours R.] reue,
As þis fabrices make his trowthë [trouthe R, trouth H.] leue."
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¶ In Perse onës [ones R, one H.] þer was, by Iugëment [¶ Nota de iusticia cuiusdam Regis, qui quendam iudicem ex|coriari fecit, quia falsum reddidit iudicium [R. versus quen|dam, causa odij.]]
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A man to deþë [dethe R, deþ H.] dampnyd in wrong wyse,
ffor wrath and hate, & þe [and R.] irous talent
Þat to þis ilkë [ilke R, ilk H.] man bare the Iustice;
And whan þe knoulech of þis false iowyse [iewyse R.]
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Was comyn vnto þe kyngës audience,
Þis dome he ȝafe as blyue, and þis sentence:
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¶ He bad men fla [flee R.] hym quyk out of his skynne,
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And þer-with keuyr þe iudicial see,
And made his sonë to be set þer-inne,
That iuge aftir his fadir sholdë be,
To þis ende and entencïoun, þat he
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Shuldë [Shulde R, shuld H.] be ware how [how R, whow H. "Whow" occurs also in the (?Midland) quaint "Jacob's Well," Fons Jacobi, Salisbury Cathedral MS. 103, which explains Prof. Skeat's name. See The Academy, Aug. 27, 1892. (The MS. is now at press for the E. E. T. Soc.)] he his domës ȝafe,
And lene alwey to right-wysenessë staffe. [ȝaf rightwisnesses staf R.]
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¶ Naght ought a iugë, for hatrede [hate H R.] or loue [folio 46b]
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Othir wey demë þen trouth [than trouthe R.] requirith,
But, at þe reuerence of god aboue,
Right ay fauoúr, whan þat it apperith.
Dede of iustice a [ay R.] conciëncë clerith,
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Chasyng a-way thoughtës on wrong I-groundid;
Who iuggith wrongfully, is feendly woundid.
