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We rede how som̛ tyme þer was a yong [man] þat feste hym̛ at þe scule with Pictagoras, for to be a sophister & lern̛ eloquens, & for to know þe crafte of disputyng in aƚƚ maner of cawsis, and he agreid̛ with hym̛ to giff hym̛ a grete dele of money. So on̛
a day he come in-to þe cowrte, & pleyd̛ with þe men̛ of courte & þe iudgies, & ouer-come þaim. And so þurgℏ techyng of þis Pictagoras he habundid̛ euer mor̛ & mor̛ in eloquens & in sutis in þe law, to so mekuƚƚ, he was more desyrid̛ to pley in þe law þan̛ was his maister Pictagoras. So on̛ a day as þai wer bothe in þe courte befor̛ þe iudgies, þis Pictagoras said vnto hym̛; " Redde mihi quod peto; Gyff me at I ask the; Siue pro te, Siue contra te; Owder for þe or agayn; and here-in I wuƚƚ dispute. And yf I dispute for the, I wuƚƚ say þou aw me my hyre be counan[d]. And if I dispute agayns þe, my hyre is awyng me be þe law; & so þou ert ouercommen̛, & I ouercom̛ the." And þan̛ he ansswerd̛ agayn̛ & said̛, "Maister, þou saƚƚ vnderstond̛ þat [þou] sal be ouercommen̛ bothe ways; for if þe law procede for me, be þe sentance of þe law I saƚƚ aw þe no thyng, for I ouercom̛ þe. And if þe procede be agayns me, I saƚƚ aw nothyng be counand̛, for I am̛ not ouercommen̛." And þe iudgis feƚƚ in hand̛ with þis matir, and in a lang day þai cutℏ not make ane end þeroff.