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The Cambridge ms. Dd. 4. 24. of Chaucer's Canterbury tales, completed by the Egerton ms. 2726 (the Haistwell ms) Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall ...

[6-text p 226] the special ¶ ȝe shuln first proceden after the doctrine of Tullius; [2546] Certes the trouthe of this matere or of this counseil / nedeth nat diligently enquere / [2547] for it is wel wist / which they ben / þat han don to ȝow this trespas & vyleynye / [2548] & how manye trespassours / & in what manere they han don to ȝow / al this wrong / & al this vileynye / [2549] And after this / thanne shuln ȝe examyne / the secund condicion / which þat the same Tullius addeth in this matere / [2550] ffor Tullius put a thyng/which þat he clepeth/consentynge / This is to seyn; [2551] who ben they & which ben they / & how manye/þat consentyn to thy counseil in thy wilfulnesse/ to do hastif vengeaunce / [2552] And lat vs considre also / who ben they / & how manye ben they / & which ben they þat consenteden to ȝoure aduersaries [2553] ¶ And certes as to the firste poynt it is wel knowen / which folk ben they / þat consenteden to ȝour wilful|nesse / [2554] ffor trewely alle tho / þat counseileden ȝow / to maken sodeyn werre / ne ben nat ȝoure frendes [2555] ¶ lat us now considre which ben they / þat ȝe holde so gretly ȝoure frendes / as to ȝoure persone / [2556] for al be it so / þat ȝe be myghty and riche / certes ȝe ne ben but allone // [2557] ffor certes ȝe ne han no child / but a doughter / [2558] ne ȝe ne han bretheryn / ne Cosyns germayns / ne noon other ny kynrede / [2559] wherfore þat ȝoure enemys / for drede / shulde stynte to plede with ȝow / or destroye ȝoure persone [2560] ¶ ȝe knowen also / þat ȝoure richesses moten ben dispended in diuerse parties / [2561] & whan þat euery wight / hath his part / they ne wolden taken / but litel reward to venge thy deth [2562] ¶ But thyne enemys ben iije / & they han [folio 169a] manye children / bretheryn / Cosyns / & othere ny kynrede / [2563] & though so were / þou haddest slayn of hem/two or thre / ȝet dwellen þere I-nowe / to wreken here deth / & to slee thy persone [2564] ¶ And though so be / þat ȝoure kynrede be more & stedefast than
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The Cambridge ms. Dd. 4. 24. of Chaucer's Canterbury tales, completed by the Egerton ms. 2726 (the Haistwell ms) Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall ...
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
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London,: Pub. for the Chaucer Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.,
1902.

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