(502)
¶ "ffy! schamëles vnworthy gouernour!"
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And whan þe knyghtës talë was al endid,
The kyng answerde, "I knowë myn errour;"
And pacïently seide, "I haue offendid;
I woot it wel; and it schal be amendid."
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A man also to Iulius Cesar onës [¶ De pacien|cia Iulii Cesaris.]
Crabbidly seid, and schrewdly [sharply R.] for þe nonës,
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(503)
¶ And among othir wordës þat he speek,
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"Iulius," quod he, "make it noght so tow, [tough R (rymes: ynough, hough)]
ffor of thy birthe art þou noght wort a leek:
Whens þat þou cam, men knowen wel I-now:
Wenest þou naght þat [that R, þan H.] I can tellen how
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Thy fadir was a bakere? o, lat be!
Ne make it nat so qweyntë, I pray the!"
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(504)
¶ Smylynge, vnto hym spak þis Emperour: [folio 61b]
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"Whethir supposist þou bet, þat noblesse
Begynne in me, or noblesse and honour
Deffaile in þe?" this questïoun, I gesse,
Was, in swiche cas, but answer of softnesse;
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ffor þat was seide in repreef of his name,
His pacïence, as who [who R, swo H.] seith, took [took it R.] in game.
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(505)
¶ To þe chiualrous worþy [Chyualerous worthy R, chiualours worþ H.] Scipio [¶ De Pacien|cia Scipionis affricani bel|licosissimi.]
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Of Aufrik, also speek onës a wight,
And seide, "in armës durste he but smal do;
He faght but smal whan he cam to þe fight."
And paciently answerde he anon right,
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"My modir me bare, a childe feeble and smal,
And forth me broghte, and no fightere at al."
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