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¶ I speke not in specyale
Of oo kyngdom the lawe to telle;
I speke hool in generale
In eche kyngdom the lawe to telle.
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Also is writen in þe gospelle
A word þat god hym-seluen ches:
Raþere þan fiȝte, a man go selle
On of his cloþes, and biȝe hym pes.
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¶ A worþi knyȝt wol worchip wynne;
He wil not ȝelde hym þouȝ me þret,
But raþere as Malice doþ begynne,
Quenche hit at þe firste het.
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ffor, and ȝe lete it growe gret,
Hit brenneþ breme as fyre in gres.
Laweles nouellerye loke ȝe lete,
So mowe ȝe lyue in reste and pes.
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¶ Old speche is spoken ȝore:
What is a kyngdom tresory?
Bestayle, corn stuffed in store,
Riche comouns, and wyse clergy;
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Marchaundes, squyers, chiualry
That wol be redy at a res,
And cheualrous kyng in wittes hyȝe,
To lede in were, and gouerne in pes.
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¶ Among philosofres wyse,
In here bokes, men writen fynde
Þat synne is cause of cowardyse; [folio 101a]
Wel lyuyng man, hardy of kynde;
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Wikked lyuere, graceles blynde;
He dredeþ deþ, þe laste mes.
Þe good lyuere haþ god in mynde;
Þat mannys counseil makeþ pes.
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