Caytiflyche thow, Conscience, | Consailedist the kyng leten | In hus enemys honde | Ys heritage of Fraunce.
Certes, it nere not leveful ne sittinge thing to Philosophie, to leten with-outen companye the wey of him that is innocent.
But natheles, that thou shalt not wilne to leten thy-self a wrecche, hast thou foryeten the noumber and the manere of thy welefulnesse?
Tho woful teres that they leten falle 1135 As bittre weren, out of teres kinde, For peyne, as is ligne aloes or galle.
Wenest thou thanne that thou oughtest to leten this a litel thing, that this aspre and horrible Fortune hath discovered to thee the thoughtes of thy trewe freendes?
For-why al other livinge beestes han of kinde to knowe nat hem-self; 110 but whan that men leten the knowinge of hemself, it cometh hem of vice.
For which it bitydeth that, as to the wyse folk, ther nis no place y-leten to 205 hate; that is to seyn, that ne hate hath no place amonges wyse men.
But I praye thee that thou telle me, yif thou acordest to leten no torment to sowles, after that the body is ended by the deeth;' this is to seyn, understandestow aught that sowles han any torment after the deeth of the body?
But and sche have children with him, thei letenhire lyve with hem, to brynge hem up, zif sche wole.
Thei bryngen before hem mete alle soden, als hoot as thei comen fro the fuyr, and thei leten the smoke gon up towardes the ydoles; and than thei seyn, that the ydoles han eten; and than the religious men eten the mete aftrewardes.
And the noyse which that I herde, For al the world right so hit ferde, As doth the routing of the stoon That from thengyn is leten goon.
Why noldest thou han writen of Alceste, 530 *And leten Criseide been a-slepe and reste?
And leten godes frigti-hed And forsook the fear of God.
And leten ðe oðre to liue gon, of hem ben tudered manigon.
And ðe knapes to deade giuen, And leten ðe mayden childre liuen.
Thanne was Falsnesse fayn, And Favel as blithe, And leten somone alle segges 1200 In shires aboute, And bad hem alle be bown, Beggers and othere, To wenden with hem to Westmynstre To witnesse this dede.
Alle helden hem un-hardy, And hir counseil feble; And leten hire labour lost And al hire longe studie.
Send ther svm thrvch thene fyand fat and kvmath hja to bak, sa mot man hjam fer fon that kamp of fora, hwand hja machton fry leten wesa by arge loftum and than ne muegon hja hjara lofta navt ni halda and toch erlik bilywa.
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