[6-text p 227] the kenreede of ȝoure aduersarye / [2565] ȝet natheles / ȝoure kenrede nys but a fer kynrede they been but lytil sibbe to ȝow / [2566] and the kyn of ȝoure enenyis been nygh sibbe to hem / & certis as in þat heere condicioun is betere than is ȝourys // [2567] Tanne lat vs considere also / if the conseylynge of hem that conseyledyn / ȝow to takyn sodeyn vengeauns / whethir it acorded to resoun or no / [2568] And certis ȝe knowe wel nay / [2569] for as be ryȝt & resoun / theere may no man ta [folio 338b] kyn venieaunce on no wight but the Iuge that hath the Iurysdixioun of it / [2570] whanne it is I-grauntid / to take thilke vengeaunce / hastily or at|temprelly as the lawe requyrith / [2571] & ȝit moore ouyr / of thilke word that Thullius clepith consentynge [2572] thow schalt considered ȝif thyn myȝt & thyn power / may consente & suffise / to thyn wilfulnesse / & to thynne conseylourys [2573] and sertis thow mayst weel seyn þat nay / [2574] ffor sekirly as for to spekyn proprely. we may doon nothyng but only swich thyng as we may don it rithtfully / [2575] & certis ryȝtfully may ȝe take no venieaunce / as of ȝoure propre autorite [2576] thanne may ȝe seen / that ȝoure power ne consentith nat ne acordith nat with ȝoure wilfulnesse [2577] ¶ Lat vs now examyne the thredde poynt that / Thullius clepith consequent / [2578] Thow schalt vndyrstonde / that the vengeaunce that thow purposest for to take is the conse|quent / [2579] And therof folwith a-nothir uengeau[n]s / peril & werre & othere vengeaunce & damagis with-outyn noumbere / of whiche we been not war as at this tyme // [2580] And as touchynge the / fourte poynt / That Thullius clepith engenderynge / [2581] thow schalt considere that this wrong whiche that is doon to the; is engenderyd / of the hate of thynne enemyis / [2582] & of the vengeaunce takyng vp-on that / wolde engendere a-nothir / vengeaunce. And meche sorwe / in wastynge of rychessis as I seyde
[2583] ¶ Now sere as to the poynt that tullius clepith causes / with that is the laste poynt / [2584] thow
