Thus Iangle they and demen and devyse, Til that the king gan fro the bord aryse.
Of sondry doutes thus they Iangle and trete, 220 As lewed peple demeth comunly Of thinges that ben maad more subtilly Than they can in her lewednes comprehende; They demen gladly to the badder ende.
And therfore, if ye wole that men do yow obeisance, ye moste demen more curteisly; /3045 this is to seyn, ye moste yeven more esy sentences and Iugements.
But certes, for to moeve werre, or sodeynly for to doon vengeaunce, we may nat demenin so litel tyme that it were profitable.
As I may best, I wol my wo endure, Ne make no contenance of hevinesse, 1485 That folk of yow may demen harm or gesse.
What woldest thou demen if a man wold yeve three quarters of nobles of golde?
Than is it wrong to demen or suppose That she sholde of this harm the cause be.
Thei shulden nou[gh]t after the They nolde nat demen after the face .
And they were pore and had but lyte, They nolde nat demen after the face, But norishe hir sheep, and hem nat byte; 715 God amende hem for his grace!
For wherfor elles demen ye of 25 your owne wil the rightes, whan ye ben axed, but-yif so were that the norisshinge of resoun ne livede y-plounged in the depthe of your herte?
How 75 many men, trowest thou, wolden demen hem-self to ben almost in hevene, yif they mighten atayne to the leest party of the remnaunt of thy fortune?
Quod Pandarus, 'thou shalt the bettre pleyne, And hast the lasse nede to countrefete; For him men demenhoot that men seen swete.
But in this manere the domes of men discorden, that thilke men that 130 some folk demen worthy of mede, other folk demen hem worthy of torment.
And what were to demen thanne of shrewes, yif thilke naturel help hadde forleten hem, the 105 which naturel help of intencioun goth awey biforn hem, and is so greet that unnethe it may ben overcome?
Lat us,' quod she, 'adden thanne reverence to suffisaunce and to power, so that we demen that thise three thinges ben al o thing.
If thou, wys, wilt demen in thy pure thought the rightes or the lawes of the heye thonderer, that is to seyn, of god, loke thou and bihold the heightes of the soverein hevene.
Quod Pandarus, `Thou shalt the bettre pleyne, And hast the lasse need to countrefete; For him men demen hoot that men seen swete.
And upon this Thei mihten noght acorde in on, And toke a jugge therupon, Which cleped is Tiresias, And bede himdemen in the cas; 750 And he withoute avisement Ayein Juno yaf juggement.
I pose þat som man may wel demen or knowen þe goode folk {and} þe badde.
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