[6-text p 227] the kyn of youre aduersarie; / [2565] yet nathelees / youre kynrede / nys but a fer kynrede / they been / but litel syb to yow / [2566] and the kyn of youre enemys / been ney syb to hem / and certes as in that hir condicion / is bet than youres [2567] ¶ Thanne / lat vs considere also / if the conseilynge / of hem þat conseileden yow to taken sodeyn vengeance / wheither it acorde to reson; [2568] And certes / ye knowe wel nay; [2569] for as by right and reson / ther may no man take vengeance on no wight but the Iuge þat hath the Iurisdiccion of it [2570] whan it is ygraunted hym to take thilke vengeance hastily / or at|temprely / as the lawe requereth [2571] ¶ And yet more ouer / of thilke word / that Tullius clepith / consentynge; [2572] thow shalt considere / if thy myght and thy power may consente and suffise / to thy wilfulnesse and to thy conseilours / [2573] And certes / thow mayst wel seyn / that nay / [2574] for sikerly as for to speke proprely / we may do no thyng but oonly swich thyng as we may do rightfully / [2575] and certes / rightfully ne mowe ye take no vengeance / as of youre propre auctoritee / [2576] thanne mowe ye seen / that youre power ne consenteth nat/ ne acordeth nat with youre wilfulnesse [2577] ¶ Lat vs now examyne the .iij.e poynt that Tullius clepith Consequent ‖ [2578] Thow shalt vnderstande / that the vengeance þat thow purposest for to taken / is the conse|quent [2579] and ther-of folweth another vengeance / peril / and werre / and othere damages with-oute nombre / of whiche / we been nat waar / as at this tyme [2580] ¶ And as touchynge the .iiij.e poynt that Tullius clepith en|gendrynge / [2581] thow shalt considere / that this wrong which that is doon to thee / is engendred / of the hate of thyne enemys / [2582] and of the vengeance takynge vp-on that wolde engendre another vengeance / and muchil sorwe / and wastynge of richesses / [folio 226a] as I seyde
[2583] ¶ Now sire / as touchynge to the poynt that Tul|lius clepith causes / which þat is the laste poynt; [2584] thow
