[6-text p 544]
(68)
haþ nought oure mighty prince to me y-ȝouen
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ȝe boþe power and auctorite /
To make folk to deyen and to lyuen
Why spekest þou so proudly þenne to me
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I ne speke it nouȝt but stedefastly quod sche /
Nought proudly for I say as for my syde
I hate dedly þilke vice of pryde
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(69)
¶ And if þou drede nouȝt a soþ to heere
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þan wol I schewen al openly by right
That þou hast/ maad a ful gret lesyng heere
þou sayst þy princes han ȝeue þe might
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Boþe to sleen and eek for to quike a wight
þou þat ne mayst but oonly lyf here byreue
þan nast þerto neyþer power ne leeue
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(70)
But þou mayst see þin princes han þe maked
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Ministre of deþ for if þou speke of mo /
þou lyest for þy power is ful naked
Do wey þy boldenesse/ seyde almachius þo
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And sacrifice to oure goddes or two [folio 177a]
I ne recche nouȝt what wrang þat þou me profre
ffor I can suffre it as a philosophre
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(71)
But þilke wronges may I nought endure
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þat þou spekest of oure goddes here quod he /
Cecile answerde O nyce creature
þou saydest no word syns þou speeke to me
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þat I ne knewe þerwith þy nycete
And þat þou were in euery maner wyse /
A lewed officer and a vein Iustise
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