He moste thinke hit is his lige man, And that him oweth, of verray duetee Shewen his peple pleyn benignitie And wel to here hir excusatiouns, And hir compleyntes and peticiouns.
And if the pope wolde plede ayein, And punysshe us in conscience, He sholde take the acquitaunce as quyk, And to the queed shewen it.
Shewen and read to him and read to the Said Antonio Pereda who in the presance of the Deponant freely and without any Constraint signed the Same and Declared the Contents thereof to be true.
Shewen to this Deponant and the Contents thereof explained to him by an Interpreter duly Sworn and qualified for that purpose, [Footnote 30: No.
Thanne quod she, 'I haste me to yilden and assoilen to thee the dette of my bihest, and to shewen and opnen the wey, by 10 which wey thou mayst come ayein to thy contree.
Non other cause, allas, ne hadde ye But for despyt, and eek for that ye mente Al-outrely toshewen your entente!
And yif thou mayst shewen me that ever any mortal man hath received any of tho thinges to ben hise in propre, than wol I graunte frely that alle thilke thinges weren thyne whiche that thou axest.
It suffyseth that I have shewed hider-to the forme of false welefulnesse, so that, yif thou loke now cleerly, the order of myn entencioun requireth from hennes-forth to shewen thee the verray welefulnesse.
Certes, they ne be nat wont to don awey wikkednesse, but they ben wont 5 rather to shewen wikkednesse.
Lat us considere thanne what is eternitee; for certes that shal shewen us to-gidere the devyne nature and the devyne science.
And, if thou hast any-thing wherwith, thou mayest rightfully defenden thy compleint, it behoveth thee to shewen it; and I wol yeven thee space to tellen it.
Telle hem that I, Cecile, yow to hem sente, To shewen yow the gode Urban the olde, For secree nedes and for good entente.
Ther been ful fewe, whiche that I wolde profre (570) To shewen hem thus muche of my science.
The fourthe signe is, that he ne lette nat for shame to shewen his confessioun.
And al-be-it so that I have spoken somwhat of Avoutrie, it is good to shewen mo perils that longen to Avoutrie, for to eschue that foule sinne.
Certes, he may nat hyden him; he moste come forth and shewen him.
Trewly, it is right kyndely to every man that thinketh women betraye, andshewen outward al goodnesse, til he have his wil performed.
Certes, right bitter ben the herbes that shewenfirst [in] the yere of her own kynde.
Certes, in dignite of office, the werkes of the occupyer shewen the malice and the 30 badnesse in the person; with shrewes they maken manyfolde harmes, and moche people shamen.
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