CCCCIX.
Iudex debet esse adeo iustus vt eciam propinquis
delinquentibus non parcat.
Valerius tellis of one þat hight Zaleucius þat was a iustis. And on̛ a tyme hys son̛ for avowtrie was condempnyd̛ afor̛ hym̛ þat bothe his een̛ sulde be putt oute. And aƚƚ þe cetie withstude it for wurship̛ of his fadir a grete while, vnto so mykiƚƚ he was evyn̛ ouercommen̛. And at þe laste, becauce he wolde þe law war kepid trewlie & not broken̛, he garte furst put furtℏ one of his awn een̛ for his son̛, & syne one of his son̛ een̛, at his son̛ sulde not hafe bothe putt oute. And so be temperans of a mervalos evynhed̛ [Arund. MS. sibique mirabili equitatis temperamento, se misericordie patrem et iustum legislatorem ostendit.] , ather of þaim loste ane ee. And þus he shewid̛ hym̛ selfe bothe a rightwus man̛ of law & a mercyfuƚƚ fadur. et c̛.
- ...Iudex debet esse compositus in sensibus exterioribus. Supra de aspectu.
- Iudici malo frequenter succedit deterior. Supra de balliuo MS. balneo. .
- ...Iudices MS. Iudeces. frequenter mutare non expedit. Supra de balliuo, ij.