(386)
¶ What Iuge in dome eke ȝeuyth [yeveth R, ȝeuyt H.] iust sentence, [¶ Gregorius. Qui recte iu|dicat, & pre|mium remu|neracionis ex|pectat, frau|dem in deo perpetrat, quia iustici|am quam gratis partiri debuit, accep|tacio peccunie vendit.]
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A-wayting vp-on a golden dragee, [draggee R.]
To god he doth displesaunce & offence;
ffor þe iusticë wich of duëtee [duetee R, dutee H.]
He shuldë [shulde R, shuld H.] do, cursidly sellith he,
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ffor loue of mede him prouokiþ þer-to,
And riȝtwysnessë no þing so to do.
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(387)
¶ To swich a iugë withdrawë þe hope [Eodem capit|ulo: cui si spes peccunie subtrahatur, confestim a iusticia re|cedit. ¶ Ysaye 33o. Qui excutit manus suas ab omni mu|nere, iste in excelsis habi|tabit.]
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Of money, and he fro iusticë flyttyþ;
Wher he supposith mony [for] to grope,
Iust iugëment he in his hert admittith;
But who so þat his hand fro ȝiftys shittith,—
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As vnto vs wyttenessith ysaye,—
He shal in heuen dwelle, & sitten hye.
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(388)
¶ Cristen men, ȝelde oughten iust iugëment [xj. q. iij. non licet & xiiij. q. v. Sane, Iustum qui|dem iudicium gratis reddere debent Chris|tiani, quia non licet ven|dere iustum iudicium, quamiuis viro perito liceat vendere con|silium, &c.]
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ffrely, for vnleful is it to selle;
Thogh it be leful and conuenient,
A wyse man for rewarde his reed to telle.
A iuges purs, with goldë noght shulde swelle;
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If one iustice he shape his dome to bilde,
His iugëmentës he ȝiftlés must ȝilde.
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(389)
¶ And he þat doth of iusticë rigoure, [folio 47a] [¶ Scriptum est: Qui ri|gorem iusticie excercere in|tendit, caueat ne puniendo delectet, vel iniurias suas vlcisci glori|entur; caueat eciam ne mo|dum excedat aut quantita|tem delicti.]
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Let hym be ware he hauë no delyte
In [þe] punýsshyng of þe óffendoure,
Þat haþ I-do þe trespase, or the wyte;
Ner him reioyse of his anoyance plyte, [Never . . . noiaunce lite R.]
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Ne þe maner excede in swichë [suche R, swich H.] case,
Or quantite of þe gilt, or þe trespace.
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