[6-text p 232] with-outyn punyschynge [2662] they somone nat a man al only for to doon newe wrongis / but they comaundyn it / [2663] also a wys man seyth / that the Iuge that cor|ectith nat the synnere comaundyth / & biddyth hym to do synne / [2664] & the Iugis & souereynys / myȝtyn in here land so meche suffere of the schrewis & mysdoerys; [2665] that they schuldyn by swich sufferaunce / by processe of tyme / waxen of swich poweer & myȝt / that they schuldyn puttyn out / the Iugis & the souereynys from here placis [2666] & at the laste makyn hem to lesyn here lordschepe //
[2667] But lat vs now putte that ye han leue to vengen ȝow / [2668] I seye ȝe been nat of myȝt & power as now to venge ȝow / [2669] ffor ȝif ȝe wele make comparisoun vn-to þe myȝt of ȝoure aduersaryis / ȝe schul fynde in manye thyngis that I haue schewid ȝow er this / that hire condicioun is bettere than ȝoures [2670] & therfore seye I that it is good / as now / that ȝe suffere & been pacient
[2671] Fertheremore ȝe knowe wel / that aftyr the comu [folio 341a] ne sawe. it is a woodnesse a man to stryue with a strongere / or a moore myȝty man / than he is hym selue / [2672] & for to stryue with a man of euene strenthe / that is to seyne with as strong a man as he is hymselue / it is peril / [2673] And for to stryue with a weykere man; it is folye / [2674] & therfore schulde a man fle stryuynge / as meche as he myȝte // [2675] ffor Salomon seyth it is a greet worschepe / to a man to kepyn hym from noyse / & stryf. [2676] & If it so befalle or happe / that a man be of grettere myȝt & strenthe / than thow art / do the greuaunce / [2677] stodye & besye the rathere to stylle the same greuaunce; than to venge the / [2678] ffor senek seyth / that he puttith hym in greet peryl / that stryuyth with a grettere man than he is hym self / [2679] And catoun seyth // If a man of heyere staat or degre or moore myȝt than thow / do the ony noye or greuaunce / suffere hym / [2680] ffor he that onys hath greuyd the /
