[6-text p 244] ȝow [2894] ¶ ffor Salamon seith; þat he that repreueth him / þat doth folie / [2895] he shal fynde grettere grace / than he / þat deceyueth him by swete wordes
[2896] ¶ Thanne seide Dame Prudence / I make no semblaunt of wrathe ne of angir / but for ȝoure grete profit [2897] ¶ ffor Salamon seith; he is more worth / þat re|preueth or chideth a fool for his folie / shewynge him semblaunt of wrathe / [2898] than he þat supporteth him & preiseth him / in his mysdoynge & laugheth at his folie [2899] ¶ And this same Salamon seith; afterward; þat by the sorweful visage of a man / þat is to seyn; by the sory & heuy countenaunce of a man / [2900] the fool correcteth & amendeth him self
[2901] ¶ Thanne seide Melibee / I shal nat konne an|swere ȝow / vn-to so manye faire resons / as ȝe putten to me & shewen / [2902] Seith shortly ȝoure wil and ȝoure coun|seil / and I am al redy / to fulfille & performe it /
[2903] Thanne Dame Prudence / discouered al hire wil to him / & seide / [2904] I counseille ȝow quod she a-bouen alle thynges / þat ȝe make pees bitwene god & ȝow / [2905] & beth reconsiled vn-to him / & to his grace / [2906] ffor as I haue seid ȝow heere biforñ / god hath suffred ȝow / to haue this tribulacion & dissese for ȝoure synnes / [2907] And if ȝe do as I seye ȝow / god wol sende ȝoure aduersaries vn-to ȝow / [2908] & make hem falle at ȝoure feet / redy to do ȝoure wyl & ȝoure com|aundementȝ [2909] ¶ ffor Salamon seith; whan the con|dicion of man / is plesaunt & likyng to god / [2910] he chaungeth the hertes of the mannes aduersaries / & con|streyneth hem / to biseken him of pees & of grace / [2911] I preye ȝow late me speke with ȝoure aduersaries in pryue place / [2912] ffor they shuln nat knowe / þat it be of ȝoure wil / or ȝour assent / [2913] And thanne / whan I knowe here wil & here entent / I may counseille ȝow / the moore seurly.
[2914] ¶ Dame quod Melibe / doth ȝoure wil &
