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¶ Han noght oure myghty princes / to me yeuen
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Ye bothe power / and auctoritee
To maken folk / to dyen or to lyuen
Why spekestow so prowdly / thanne to me
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I speke noght but stedefastly quod she
Nat proudly / for I seye / as for my syde
We haten dedly / thilke vice of pryde
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(69)
¶ And if thow drede nat a sooth to here [audire]
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Thanne wol I shewe / al openly by right
That thow hast maad / a ful greet lesyng here [hic]
Thow seist thy princes / han thee yeuen myght
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Bothe for to sleen / and for to quyken a wight
Thow that ne mayst but oonly lyf byreue
Thow hast noon oother power / ne no leue
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¶ But thow mayst seyn / thy princes han thee maked
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Ministre of deeth / for if thow speke of me
Thow lyest for thy power is ful naked
Do wey thy boldnesse / seyde Almachius tho
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And sacrifice / to oure goddes / er thow go
I recche nat what wrong that thow me profre
ffor I kan suffre it/ as a Philosophre
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[But [Rats.] [folio 172b] ] thilke wronges / may I nat endure
[ [Rats.] T]hat thow spekest of oure goddes here quod he
Cecilie answerde / o nyce creature
Thow seydest no word / syn thow spak to me
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That I ne knew ther-with thy nycetee
And that thow were / in euery maner wise
A lewed Officer / a veyn Iustise
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