Of al thy state thou shalt him sey, And aske him counseil how thou may Do any thing that may hir plese; For it to thee shal do gret ese, 2870 That he may wite thou trust him so, Bothe of thy wele and of thy wo.
I sey, and swere him ful rape, That riche men han more tecches Of sinne, than han pore wrecches, And han of counseil more mister; And therfore I wol drawe hem ner.
And ever among mercy[13] she cride, That he ne shulde his counseil hide From her, that so wolde him good And was so nigh flesshe and blood.
And thus thenkend he gan to chese To do the counseil of this maid, And toke the purpose which she said.
The Counseil established in Virginia, and all other Officers there reserved to the choise of the Companie here, shall be chosen in a Quarter-Court by onely erection of hands; unlesse the Court desire to have it passe by Ballating.
The governour is so restrained to a Counseil joyned with him that hee can doe no wrong to no man who may not have speedy remedy.
Lewed counseil have ye, To gyve from youre heires That youre aiels yow lefte, And gyveth it to bidde for yow Fo swiche that ben riche, And ben founded and feffed ek To bidde for othere.
Our counseil was nat longe for to seche; Us thoughte it was noght worth to make it wys, 785 And graunted him withouten more avys, And bad him seye his verdit, as him leste.
Tho was the maister outlawe · in-to counseil nome, And told how it was Gamelyn · that thider was y-come.
That is a good counseil · yeven for the nones; If they werne me thanne · to bringe me out of bendes, I wol sette goode strokes · right on here lendes.
Wommennes counseils been ful ofte colde; Wommannes counseil broghte us first to wo, And made Adam fro paradys to go, Ther-as he was ful mery, and wel at ese.
Bitwixen hem was maad anon the bond, That highte matrimoine or mariage, 3095 By al the counseil and the baronage.
I am nat come your counseil for tespye; But trewely, the cause of my cominge Was only for to herkne how that ye singe.
Who so can contreve deceites And conspire wronges, And lede forth a love-day To lette with truthe, He that swiche craftes can To counseilis cleped.
Til the kynges counseil Be the commune profit, Til bisshopes bayardes Ben beggeris chaumbres, 2330 Hire haukes and hire houndes Help to povere religious.
Alle helden hem un-hardy, And hir counseil feble; And leten hire labour lost And al hire longe studie.
He greveth hym ageyn God, And gruccheth ageyn Reson, And thanne corseth he the kyng, And al his counseil after, Swiche lawes to loke Laborers to greve.
Here may ye se that, if that a womman were not good, and hircounseil good and profytable, oure Lord God of heven would neither have wrought hem, ne called hem help of man, but rather confusion of man.
What I may gete in counseil prively, get No more consciens of that have I; conscience Nere myn extorcions I mighte not lyven, were it not for Ne of such japes I wil not be schriven.
Wodehous coude never have take up on his knowelage to have called up on the matier with owt counseil and enformacion of Heydon, and it were weel do that my Lord of Oxeford knewe it.
Circumspecte agatis, and be war of lordis promysses, for it is tolde me in counseil ther is a writte of forcyble entre[159.
Whiche matiers considerid, my counseil hath alwey conceyved that the tretees he offred hath be to non othir entent but to delaye the matier, or ellis to entrete me to relese my damages, for title hath he non.
And if he were disposed to do right, my counseil thynketh he shuld restore that, for therfor nedith nowthir comunycacion nor trete.
And he knowith weel the title shall never better be undirstond thanne it hath be by his counseil and myn atte seid comunycacions.
In the earlier Wycliffe version the verses read thus: "Blisful the man that went not awei in the counseil of unpitouse, and in the wei off sinful stod not, and in the chagher of pestilence sat not.
Blessed be the man that ghed nought in the counseil of wicked: ne stode nought in the waie of singheres, ne sat nought in fals jugement.
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