[6-text p 245] ȝoure likyng [2915] For I putte me holly in ȝoure disposicioun and ordinaunce
[2916] ¶ Thanne Dame prudence whan sche seih þe good wille of hir housbond . sche deliuered and took a vis by hir self [2917] þenkynge how sche mighte bringe þis neede vnto a good conclusioun and to a good ende [2918] ¶ And whan sche saugh hire tyme; sche sente for þese aduersaries to come vnto hire in to a priue place [2919] and schewed wysly vnto hem þe grete goddes þat comen of pees [2920] and þe grete harmes and perils þat ben in werre [2921] and sayde to hem in goodly manere how þat hem aughte to haue gret re|pentaunce [2922] of þe iniurie & wrong þat þay hadde doon to Melibe hire lord and vnto hire and hire douȝter.
[2923] and whan þay herden þe goodly wordes of dame prudence [2924] þey were þo surprised and rauyssched and hadden so gret ioye of hire þat wonder was to telle [2925] ¶ A lady quod thay . ȝe haue schewed vnto vs þe blessyng of swetnes after þe sawe of Dauid þe prophete [2926] for þe recounsilyng which we be nouȝt worþy to haue in no manere. [2927] But we oughten require it wiþ gret contricioun and humilite. [2928] ȝe of ȝoure grete goodnes haue presented vnto vs [2929] ¶ Now we se wel þat þe science of Salamon is ful trewe [2930] he saith þat swete wordes multiplien and encrescen frendes and maken schrewes to ben debonaire and meke.
[2931] certes quod þay we putten oure deede and al oure matier and cause al holly in ȝoure good wille [2932] and ben redy to obeye to þe speche [folio 223b] and to þe comaundement of my lord Melibe. [2933] and þerfore deere & benigne lady we pray ȝow and byseke ȝow as meekely as we conne and may [2934] þat it like to ȝowre grete goodnes to fulfille in deede ȝoure good|liche wordes. [2935] For we considere and knowleche wel
