Or suffre him accusë, thow he cowthe;
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Thu schuldest [[? He scholdë]] nought berë no fals witnesse,
That is him-self conuicte of cursidnesse.
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For sekirly this is the comon lawe,
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That he ne schulde non accion procede,
That onës owt of courte hath be with-drawe [folio 12]
Convicte as fals,—now here-to takith hede!
This knoweth wel euery wight (it is no dreed),
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Thi sone him banysshed from heuen blisse,
as for enfamed; he and allë his.
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Michael, prouost, on the I take recorde!
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Thi selffe dedist this execucïon.
Thow I my selff wolde lyen ony worde,
Yit am I nought of this oppinïon,
To couere so be excusacïon
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Of this infame, the malise of my synne:
This were a folës purpoce to be-gynne.
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But this put I in thi discreacïon,
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That suche a fals deformèd one as he,
I may refusë be excepcïon,
That this quarel schal nought receyued be
Here in this courte; ne to accusë me
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He schuld not be admitted, as be right,
But I-put away, this foulë fals[ë] wight.
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For whi, sere prouost Michael gracïows,
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And alle the Aungeles of thi company
That him enfamed, hath foriuged thus,
And fals convictë cleere and openly,
And him [sente] into peyne eternally,
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In hellë to be [kepte] without[en] ende,
With tho that so be déformed in kende.
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Ful mek[ë]ly at onës I reclayme
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you alle to do your devere in this case:
This cursed gost, whom malice doth enflame,
