[6-text p 227] þe kinrede of ȝoure aduersarie; [2565] ȝit neuer þe les ȝoure kinred is bot after kinrede þat bien bot litil sibbe to ȝowe [2566] ¶ And þe kine of ȝoure ennemys bue nyhe sibbe to hem; And certes as in þat her condicion is better þat is ȝoures [2567] ¶ Than latt vs consideren also of þe counsellinge of hem þat counseleden ȝow to taken sodein vengeance; weþere it accordeþ to reson or none; [2568] And certes ȝe knowen wele naye; [2569] ¶ For as be riht & reson þere maie no man take vengeance of no wyht bot þe Iuge þat haþe Iurdiction of it [2570] whan it is graunted him to take þilke vengeance hastelye or at|temperellye as þe lawe requireþ [2571] ¶ And ȝit more ouere of þilke worde þat Tullius clepeþ consentinge; [2572] þou schalt consent if þi myht & þi power maie consent; And sufficeþ to þi wilfulnesse & to þine counsellours; [2573] And certes þou maist wele seie þat naie; [2574] For sekerly as for to speken propurlye we maie do no þinge bot onely suche þinge as we may done rihtfully [2575] ¶ And certes rihtfully ne maie ȝe take no vengeance as of ȝoure propre Auctorite; [2576] ¶ þan maie ȝe seen þat ȝoue pouer ne consenteþ nouȝt ne accordeþ nouȝt wiþ ȝoure wilfulnesse. [2577] ¶ Nowe latte vs examyne þe þrede pointe þat tullius clepeþ þe consequent; [2578] ¶ þou schalt vnderstonde þat þe vengeance þat þou purposest for to take his conse|quent; [2579] And þer-for falleþ anoþere vegeance. Perill. werre. & oþere damage wiþ-outen nombre of whiche be nouht war as att þis time; [2580] And as toucheinge þe ferþe pointe; þat Tullius clepeþ en|genderinge [2581] ¶ Thou schalt consider þat þis wronge whiche þat is done to þe; is engenderd of þe hate of þine enmys; [2582] And of þe vengeance takeing; And vpon þat wolde engender anoþer vengance & muchel sorwe & wastinge of richesse as .I. seide ere
[2583] Now sir as toucheinge þe pointe þat tullius clepeþ causes. whiche. þat is þe last pointe. [2584] ¶ þou
