be ne to ony other be he neuer so grete withoute lycēce / cōgie & volente of hys souerayn lord and that this lawe is of right / manyfeste reason sheweth it ynowh / for yf it shold be other
by. whiche cam gladly vnto thys feste and assemblee at the daye to them signefied. Certes this Pele{us} dyde do garnisshe this dyner with̄ al vyandes and noble metes delicious and with̄ beuurages and drin∣kes sumptuous composed with̄ spices· But
in many maners. For I knowe and am certayn verayly. that honour ought to be preferrid and put to fore alle worldly thinges. and to thende that men may see that the grete affeccion and desire to gete worship is
do charge hit with̄ as grete a nombre of pyrriens as hit may receyue and that thou & they put you to the see therin / And whan ye haue don̄ so. I shal bring you into the best yle
zechis and zethephyus ben of youre nacion· And I am here al∣lone and a straūger. hit is among yow euydent and no∣toyre. that ye shall not take in pacience my correion as ye sholde doo of zechyus and zethephyus. And
right so∣daynly sprang out of a temple the most fair and the most riche that I euer sawe / a moche meruayllous dragon̄ and ferdful with̄ thre tongs casting fyre and flambe wih smoke out of his throte· & forthwith
of loth And he had with̄ hym .x. of his best fightars· and such was their auenture that with̄ one stroke the gentil knight Fletheris smote doun zethephius to the erthe among the dede bodyes and toke him· And in
and thy ver∣tues· I shall deliuere to the. the bylle that the god Mars hath wreton̄ conteynyng all the manere howe me shall do for to conquere the noble moton̄ or sheep of gold in the yle of colchs.
and not with̄ oute cause / And with̄ this I haue made auowe that I shal neuer retourne into Grece vnto the tyme that I haue conquerid and shalle bringe with̄ me the sheep o fliese of golde /
/ How many sheep.and how many gheet he had / But how many frendes they had. they coude not telle / And to gete to them grete plente of be∣staylle / they toke grete labour and payne. but in
his Catylynarye / Auaryce empessheth trouthe & wys¦dom.and engendreth pryde and cruelte. Auaryce empessethgood studye. and bryngeth a man in to vanytres / and goodeswhyche be not establysshed / And to thys purpoos sayth Se∣nequein hys epystylle to Lucylle lxxiij.
meruaylle me and am abasshedfor what cause many bysshops and prelates cōmytte the go∣ernemētof theyr people to suffragans and to other / but theychesses & receytes they cōmytte not to other so that they kno∣enot thacompt therof. And neuertheles they
shepherde ought not to deuoure hyssheep. but to nourysshe and to kepe them.¶How the prynces oughten to mayntene and kepe Ius∣tycecapitulo. iiijTHe prynces ben pryncypally ordeyned for to mayntrne& kepe Iustyce. And therfor they leue the estate & wea∣cyonwhan they
Alas my frendes we laboure inyn and in getyng richesses for to lyue surely and Ioyouslyor ye see this poureman whyche moche passeth vs. and ismen longe sith. to that we demande aud seche. And this hi∣ryewas to fore the
and dombe / and also of them that haue bothe nature of man and woman / yet ben ther ofte seen somme children comen in to this world somme with∣out handes and somme without armes / Of the maner
Other ther be that make wymmen to conceyue and bere children / And other that make them bareyne. and may bere none / Ther ben somme ryuers that make sheep black / and other that make them whyte as the
/ And it was so that vpon a day onely that ther cam none to com∣playne vnto hym / And therfore he wolde not that day shold be put in the nombre of the dayes of his regne And whan
neuer be content howe be it that they finde ynough / & somother seke and finde nothing ¶And sayde men cause tacquere & gete money. And money is the cause tacque¦re men ¶And sayde· He of the whiche the Science
wyse he escaped from the paryll / and fro thēne for∣thon he asranchised legmon and made him fre that afore was bonde & thrall / And he dide and gaf him moche good and was reputed for right a wyseman
kyng of Assyryens and was fullvnchast / and vsed hym for to lye softeAnd by a maner of lykenes of hym / theythat lyue vnchastly ben called sar¦danapali.¶R. But amonge all En∣glysshemedled togyders is so grete achaungynge and dyuersyte of