(454)
¶ If right-ful deth of oo man, kepe and saue
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Two innocentës lyuës, þinkeþ me
By resoun morë merit oghte hym haue
That cómandith his [this R.] gylty man deed be,
Than he þat lif hym graunteþ: why lat se,
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The gylty man is no wrong doon vnto,
But wrong is doon vnto [vnto R, to H.] thise othir two.
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(455)
¶ Euery man woot wel, fór to saue tweyne
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Is gretter gracë þan to [to R, om. H.] saue but on.
Of murdre, is cause gret for to [grete to R.] compleyne;
Tho pardons alle to lyghtly passe and goon;
Auyse hem þat fauoúre hem, by seynt Iohn;
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Who so it be that þerto þe kyng meeveth,
Wel morë þan he woot, his soulë greeveth.
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(456)
¶ Avise a kyng eek, for any requeste
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Vnto hym maad, by greet estat or mene,
That he fauoúre it noght; it is þe beste
Tho réquestës to werne and voydë clene,
Of swiche in sothe as murdrers ben, I mene;
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But and [and, an, if.] on be by malice of his foos
Endited, pardoun be to hym noght cloos. [folio 55b]
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(457)
¶ If þat be sooth, lat pitee walk at large,
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ffor sche and mercy þerto wil assente;
It is a parcel of hir either charge;
Routhë were it þe giltëles turmente;
Pitee schal soul of man to god presente,
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And god, þat yaf vs ensample of pitee,
To pitous folk sauacïoun schal be.
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