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| Mel 1075B appeered rather to a womman than to his Apostles. | 194 |
| Mel 1679 And therfore seyde oure Lord Jhesu Crist to his apostles in this wise: | 1046 |
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APPARAILLE..........2
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| Mel 1344 For Tullius seith, `In every nede, er thou bigynne it, apparaille thee with greet diligence.' | 606 |
| Mel 1346 er thow bigynne, I rede that thou apparaille thee therto, and do it with greet deliberacion. | 608 |
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| Mel 1342 but that yow oghte purveyen and apparaillen yow in this caas with greet diligence and greet deliberacioun; | 604 |
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APPARAILLYNG........1
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| Mel 1347 For Tullius seith that `longe apparaillyng biforn the bataille maketh short victorie.' | 610 |
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APPEERED............1
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| Mel 1075B appeered rather to a womman than to his Apostles. | 194 |
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APPERTEYNETH........1
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| Mel 1335A " of heighe toures and of grete edifices apperteyneth somtyme to pryde. | 592 |
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| Mel 1861 as whan he is debonaire and meeke, and appeseth him lightly.' | 1262 |
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APPIEREN............1
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| Mel 1874 And whan the day cam that his adversaries sholde appieren in his presence, | 1278 |
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APPROCHE............1
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| Mel 1334A that myne enemys shul been in drede myn hous for to approche. " | 590 |
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APPROVED............4
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| Mel 1155A moost feithful and moost wise and eldest and most approved in conseillyng; | 316 |
| Mel 1163A swiche as han seyn and been expert in manye thynges and been approved in conseillynges. | 328 |
| Mel 1211A and moore profitable, and han approved it by manye wise folk and olde, | 408 |
| Mel 1305A to youre trewe freendes that been approved and yknowe, | 548 |
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ARBITRACIOUN........1
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| Mel 1753 that a man putte hym al outrely in the arbitracioun and juggement, | 1132 |
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ARMURE..............1
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| Mel 1333A swiche as han castelles and othere manere edifices, and armure, and artelries, | 588 |
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ARN.................1
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| Mel 1643 And therfore seith Seint Austyn that `ther been two thynges that arn necessarie and nedefulle, | 1000 |
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| Mel 1014 wherfore unto oure art it is nat pertinent to norice werre ne parties to supporte. | 78 |
| Mel 1322 And al be it so that it seme that thou art in siker place, | 572 |
| Mel 1412 that thou art dronken and hast forgeten Jhesu Crist thy creatour. | 694 |
| Mel 1486A than thou art do thee grevaunce, | 788 |
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| Mel 1333A swiche as han castelles and othere manere edifices, and armure, and artelries, | 588 |
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| Mel 974 Prudence, his wyf, as ferforth as she dorste, bisoghte hym of his wepyng for to stynte, | 12 |
| Mel 974 Prudence, his wyf, as ferforth as she dorste, bisoghte hym of his wepyng for to stynte, | 12 |
| Mel 976A that cleped is the Remedie of Love, where as he seith, | 14 |
| Mel 977A til she have wept hir fille as for a certein tyme, | 16 |
| Mel 979A for to wepe and crie as for a certein space, | 20 |
| Mel 983A ye ne oughte nat, as for hir deeth, youreself to destroye. | 26 |
| Mel 985A as wel as he abideth the deeth of his owene propre persone.' " | 30 |
| Mel 985A as wel as he abideth the deeth of his owene propre persone.' " | 30 |
| Mel 989A with hem that maken joye and wepen with swich folk as wepen.' | 36 |
| Mel 997 Salomon seith that right as motthes in the shepes flees anoyeth to the clothes, | 48 |
| Mel 998 Wherfore us oghte, as wel in the deeth of oure children | 50 |
| Mel 998A as in the los of oure othere goodes temporels, have pacience. | 52 |
| Mel 1000 `Oure Lord hath yeve it me; oure Lord hath biraft it me; right as oure Lord hath wold, | 54 |
| Mel 1005 as surgiens, phisiciens, olde folk and yonge, and somme of his olde enemys reconsiled | 64 |
| Mel 1005A as by hir semblaunt to his love and into his grace; | 64 |
| Mel 1006A moore for drede than for love, as it happeth ofte. | 66 |
| Mel 1011 A surgien, by licence and assent of swiche as weren wise, up roos | 72 |
| Mel 1011A and to Melibeus seyde as ye may heere: | 74 |
| Mel 1012 " Sire, " quod he, " as to us surgiens aperteneth that we do to every wight the beste that we kan, | 74 |
| Mel 1012A where as we been withholde, and to oure pacientz that we do no damage, | 76 |
| Mel 1015 But certes, as to the warisshynge of youre doghter, al be it so that she perilously be wounded, | 80 |
| Mel 1015B she shal be hool and sound as soone as is possible. " | 82 |
| Mel 1015B she shal be hool and sound as soone as is possible. " | 82 |
| Mel 1017 that right as maladies been cured by hir contraries, right so shul men warisshe werre by vengeaunce. | 84 |
| Mel 1027A so that they may as wel thy body as thyn hous defende. | 102 |
| Mel 1027A so that they may as wel thy body as thyn hous defende. | 102 |
| Mel 1036 right so as whil that iren is hoot men sholden smyte, | 118 |
| Mel 1045A as muche availleth to speken bifore folk to which his speche anoyeth | 136 |
| Mel 1045B as it is to synge biforn hym that wepeth. | 136 |
| Mel 1047 For Salomon seith: " Ther as thou ne mayst have noon audience, enforce thee nat to speke. " | 138 |
| Mel 1052 " My lord, " quod she, " I yow biseche, as hertely as I dar and kan, | 148 |
| Mel 1052 " My lord, " quod she, " I yow biseche, as hertely as I dar and kan, | 148 |
| Mel 1052A ne haste yow nat to faste and, for alle gerdons, as yeveth me audience. | 148 |
| Mel 1065 " My lord, " quod she, " as to youre firste resoun, certes it may lightly been answered. For I seye that | 172 |
| Mel 1070 And as to the seconde resoun, where as ye seyn that alle wommen been wikke; | 182 |
| Mel 1070 And as to the seconde resoun, where as ye seyn that alle wommen been wikke; | 182 |
| Mel 1070B `he that al despiseth, al displeseth,' as seith the book. | 184 |
| Mel 1072 and swiche thynges as he noght ne kan, he shal nat been ashamed to lerne hem, | 188 |
| Mel 1078A that, as in sovereyn bounte, he foond no womman -- | 200 |
| Mel 1079A as he hymself recordeth in hys Evaungelie. | 202 |
| Mel 1084 And as to youre fourthe resoun, ther ye seyn that the janglerie of wommen kan hyde thynges that they | 212 |
| Mel 1084A wot noght, as who seith that a womman kan nat hyde that she woot; | 212 |
| Mel 1090 And soothly, as to youre fifthe resoun, where as ye seyn that in wikked conseil wommen venquisshe men, | 222 |
| Mel 1090 And soothly, as to youre fifthe resoun, where as ye seyn that in wikked conseil wommen venquisshe men, | 222 |
| Mel 1095 And ther as ye blamen alle wommen and hir resouns, I shal shewe yow by manye ensamples that | 228 |
| Mel 1117 and shapeth yow to swich entente that he yeve yow conseil and confort, as taughte Thobie his sone: | 264 |
| Mel 1120A and examyne wel youre thoghtes of swich thyng as yow thynketh that is best for youre profit. | 268 |
| Mel 1127 The thridde is this, that he that is irous and wrooth, as seith Senec, | 276 |
| Mel 1135 For, as ye herde her biforn, the commune proverbe is this, that `he that soone deemeth, soone repenteth.' | 288 |
| Mel 1138 " Whan ye han taken conseil in youreself and han deemed by good deliberacion swich thyng as you semeth best, | 292 |
| Mel 1155 And as touchynge thy freendes, thou shalt considere which of hem been | 316 |
| Mel 1156 and of hem shalt thou aske thy conseil, as the caas requireth. | 318 |
| Mel 1158 For Salomon seith that `right as the herte of a man deliteth in savour that is soote, | 320 |
| Mel 1160 for certes gold ne silver ben nat so muche worth as the goode wyl of a trewe freend.' | 322 |
| Mel 1163A swiche as han seyn and been expert in manye thynges and been approved in conseillynges. | 328 |
| Mel 1171 For Salomon seith, `Salvacion of thynges is where as ther been manye conseillours.' | 342 |
| Mel 1175 Thou shalt eek eschue the conseillyng of alle flatereres, swiche as enforcen hem rather to preise youre persone | 350 |
| Mel 1194 For Salomon seith, `Ther is no privetee ther as regneth dronkenesse.' | 382 |
| Mel 1195 Ye shul also han in suspect the conseillyng of swich folk as | 382 |
| Mel 1207A as hate, pees, werre, grace, profit, or damage, and manye othere thynges. | 402 |
| Mel 1211 And whan ye han examyned youre conseil, as I have seyd, and which partie is the bettre | 408 |
| Mel 1213A but if he myghte parfourne it as hym oghte; | 412 |
| Mel 1216 And Catoun seith, `Assay to do swich thyng as thou hast power to doon, | 414 |
| Mel 1222 And after, whan ye han examyned youre conseil, as I have seyd biforn, and knowen wel that | 426 |
| Mel 1233 " Dame, " quod he, " as yet into this tyme ye han wel and covenably taught me as in general how | 442 |
| Mel 1233 " Dame, " quod he, " as yet into this tyme ye han wel and covenably taught me as in general how | 442 |
| Mel 1237 For God woot that, as in myn entente, I speke it for youre beste, | 450 |
| Mel 1239 Trusteth me wel, " quod she, " that youre conseil as in this caas ne sholde nat, as to speke properly, | 452 |
| Mel 1239 Trusteth me wel, " quod she, " that youre conseil as in this caas ne sholde nat, as to speke properly, | 452 |
| Mel 1248A neither in youreself, ne in youre conseillours, as yow oghte. | 468 |
| Mel 1254A ne in due manere, as the caas requireth. | 478 |
| Mel 1259 and therfore the conseils that been at congregaciouns and multitudes of folk, there as men take moore reward | 484 |
| Mel 1262 but there as thou hast toold me heerbiforn | 488 |
| Mel 1263 I am al redy to chaunge my conseillours right as thow wolt devyse. | 490 |
| Mel 1267 And for as muche as that the examynacion is necessarie, lat us bigynne at the surgiens | 496 |
| Mel 1267 And for as muche as that the examynacion is necessarie, lat us bigynne at the surgiens | 496 |
| Mel 1268 I sey yow that the surgiens and phisiciens han seyd yow in youre conseil discreetly, as hem oughte, | 498 |
| Mel 1271 And, sire, right as they han answered wisely and discreetly, | 504 |
| Mel 1276 And as touchynge the proposicioun which that the phisiciens encreesceden in this caas -- this is to seyn, | 510 |
| Mel 1280 that right as they han doon me a contrarie, right so sholde I doon hem another. | 514 |
| Mel 1281 For right as they han venged hem on me and doon me wrong, | 514 |
| Mel 1296 that seyden alle by oon accord, as ye han herd bifore, | 536 |
| Mel 1299 And, sire, as to the firste point, that toucheth to the kepyng of youre persone, | 538 |
| Mel 1307 for ther nys noon so good a phisicien as thy trewe freend.' | 550 |
| Mel 1311 enquere thanne as subtilly as thou mayst of his conversacion, and of his lyf bifore, and feyne thy wey; | 556 |
| Mel 1311 enquere thanne as subtilly as thou mayst of his conversacion, and of his lyf bifore, and feyne thy wey; | 556 |
| Mel 1311A seye that [thou] wolt thider as thou wolt nat go; | 558 |
| Mel 1313 And after this thanne shul ye kepe yow wisely from all swich manere peple as I have seyd bifore, | 560 |
| Mel 1327 But nathelees, I sey nat thou shalt be so coward that thou doute ther wher as is no drede. | 580 |
| Mel 1330 For the book seith, `With scorneres make no compaignye, but flee hire wordes as venym.' | 584 |
| Mel 1331 " Now, as to the seconde point, | 584 |
| Mel 1331A where as youre wise conseillours conseilled yow to warnestoore youre hous with gret diligence, | 586 |
| Mel 1333A swiche as han castelles and othere manere edifices, and armure, and artelries, | 588 |
| Mel 1337A as wel to kepen his persone as his goodes, is | 598 |
| Mel 1337A as wel to kepen his persone as his goodes, is | 598 |
| Mel 1341 Now, sire, as to the thridde point, where as youre olde | 602 |
| Mel 1341 Now, sire, as to the thridde point, where as youre olde | 602 |
| Mel 1349A swiche as doon yow reverence withouten love, | 612 |
| Mel 1353 And certes, sire, as I have seyd biforn, ye han greetly erred | 616 |
| Mel 1363 And certes, as to the firste poynt, it is wel knowen whiche folk been | 630 |
| Mel 1365 Lat us now considere whiche been they that ye holde so greetly youre freendes as to youre persone. | 634 |
| Mel 1376A And certes, as in that, hir condicioun is bet than youres. | 646 |
| Mel 1379 For, as by right and resoun, ther may no man taken vengeance on no wight | 650 |
| Mel 1380 whan it is graunted hym to take thilke vengeance hastily or attemprely, as the lawe requireth. | 652 |
| Mel 1384 For sikerly, as for to speke proprely, we may do no thyng | 658 |
| Mel 1384A but oonly swich thyng as we may doon rightfully. | 658 |
| Mel 1385 And certes rightfully ne mowe ye take no vengeance, as of youre propre auctoritee. | 660 |
| Mel 1389A of whiche we be nat war, as at this tyme. | 664 |
| Mel 1390 And as touchynge the fourthe point, that Tullius clepeth `engendrynge,' | 666 |
| Mel 1392A and muchel sorwe and wastynge of richesses, as I seyde. | 670 |
| Mel 1393 " Now, sire, as to the point that Tullius clepeth `causes,' which that is the laste point, | 670 |
| Mel 1401 The cause final was for to sle thy doghter. It letted nat in as muche as in hem was. | 680 |
| Mel 1401 The cause final was for to sle thy doghter. It letted nat in as muche as in hem was. | 680 |
| Mel 1402 But for to speken of the fer cause, as to what ende they shul come, or what shal finally | 680 |
| Mel 1405A certes, I kan nat wel answere, as for no soothfastnesse. | 686 |
| Mel 1413 Thou ne hast nat doon to hym swich honour and reverence as thee oughte, | 694 |
| Mel 1435 And yet seye I moore, that right as a singuler persone synneth in takynge vengeance of another man, | 720 |
| Mel 1438 And as Cassidore seith, `A man dredeth to do outrages whan he woot and knoweth | 724 |
| Mel 1443 and he shal punysse hem as the lawe axeth and requireth. " | 732 |
| Mel 1450 And, as the same Senec seith, `The moore cleer and the moore shynyng that Fortune is, | 740 |
| Mel 1453 And where as ye seyn that Fortune hath norissed yow fro youre childhede, | 744 |
| Mel 1459 And he shal venge yow after that hymself witnesseth, where as he seith, | 752 |
| Mel 1478 I seye ye been nat of myght and power as now to venge yow, | 776 |
| Mel 1480 And therfore seye I that it is good as now that ye suffre and be pacient. | 778 |
| Mel 1482A with as strong a man as he is -- it is peril, | 782 |
| Mel 1482A with as strong a man as he is -- it is peril, | 782 |
| Mel 1484 And therfore sholde a man flee stryvynge as muchel as he myghte. | 784 |
| Mel 1484 And therfore sholde a man flee stryvynge as muchel as he myghte. | 784 |
| Mel 1495 for whiche defautes God hath suffred yow have this tribulacioun, as I have seyd yow heer-biforn. | 800 |
| Mel 1499 and in as muche as hym thynketh his synnes moore hevy and grevous, | 804 |
| Mel 1499 and in as muche as hym thynketh his synnes moore hevy and grevous, | 804 |
| Mel 1501A to take the pacience of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, as seith Seint Peter in his Epistles. | 808 |
| Mel 1526 " A, " quod dame Prudence, " ye seyn youre wyl and as yow liketh, | 840 |
| Mel 1528 For Cassidore seith that `as yvele dooth he that vengeth hym by outrage as he that dooth the outrage.' | 842 |
| Mel 1537A as now for to deffende yow, but for to venge yow; | 854 |
| Mel 1541A or medleth with swych thyng as aperteneth nat unto hym.' | 862 |
| Mel 1543 For right as he that taketh a straunge hound by the eris is outherwhile biten with the hound, | 864 |
| Mel 1554 For right as the body of a man may nat lyven withoute the soule, | 880 |
| Mel 1562 And right so as by richesses ther comen manye goodes, | 892 |
| Mel 1572 And as the same Salomon seith, `Bettre it is to dye of bitter deeth | 906 |
| Mel 1586 nature as a man to encressen his owene profit to the harm of another man. | 926 |
| Mel 1596 For the devel ne taketh nat lightly unto his werkynge swiche as he fyndeth occupied in goode werkes. | 940 |
| Mel 1600 For right as men blamen an avaricious man by cause of his scarsetee and chyncherie, | 946 |
| Mel 1613 For deeth is the ende of every man as in this present lyf.' | 960 |
| Mel 1619 And as wel as ye wolde eschewe to be called an avaricious man or chynche, | 968 |
| Mel 1619 And as wel as ye wolde eschewe to be called an avaricious man or chynche, | 968 |
| Mel 1620 as wel sholde ye kepe yow and governe yow in swich a wise that men calle yow nat fool-large. | 968 |
| Mel 1634A we sholden have so greet joye as whan oure conscience bereth us good witnesse.' | 986 |
| Mel 1661 `Als lightly,' quod he, `may oure Lord God Almyghty yeve victorie to a fewe folk as to many folk, | 1024 |
| Mel 1664 And, deere sire, for as muchel as ther is no man certein if he be worthy that | 1026 |
| Mel 1664 And, deere sire, for as muchel as ther is no man certein if he be worthy that | 1026 |
| Mel 1667 and happeth outher while that as soone is the grete man slayn as the litel man; | 1030 |
| Mel 1667 and happeth outher while that as soone is the grete man slayn as the litel man; | 1030 |
| Mel 1668 and as it is writen in the seconde Book of Kynges, | 1032 |
| Mel 1669 for as lightly is oon hurt with a spere as another'; | 1034 |
| Mel 1669 for as lightly is oon hurt with a spere as another'; | 1034 |
| Mel 1670A in as muchel as a man may goodly. | 1036 |
| Mel 1670A in as muchel as a man may goodly. | 1036 |
| Mel 1686 For right as men seyn that `over-greet hoomlynesse engendreth dispreisynge,' so fareth it by to greet humylitee or mekenesse. " | 1054 |
| Mel 1688A as I do myn owene, and evere have doon; | 1058 |
| Mel 1693 seke pees and folwe it, as muchel as in thee is.' | 1064 |
| Mel 1693 seke pees and folwe it, as muchel as in thee is.' | 1064 |
| Mel 1702 But seyeth and conseileth me as yow liketh, for I am redy to do right as ye wol desire; | 1072 |
| Mel 1702 But seyeth and conseileth me as yow liketh, for I am redy to do right as ye wol desire; | 1072 |
| Mel 1711A so manye faire resouns as ye putten to me and shewen. | 1086 |
| Mel 1716 For, as I have seyd yow heer biforn, God hath suffred yow | 1092 |
| Mel 1717 And if ye do as I sey yow, God wol sende youre adversaries unto yow | 1094 |
| Mel 1743 And therfore, deere and benygne lady, we preien yow and biseke yow as mekely as we konne and mowen | 1122 |
| Mel 1743 And therfore, deere and benygne lady, we preien yow and biseke yow as mekely as we konne and mowen | 1122 |
| Mel 1749 that he wole enjoyne us swich a peyne as we mowe nat bere ne susteene. | 1128 |
| Mel 1767 for to maken oure obligacioun and boond as strong as it liketh unto youre goodnesse, | 1152 |
| Mel 1767 for to maken oure obligacioun and boond as strong as it liketh unto youre goodnesse, | 1152 |
| Mel 1775 For Senec seith, `Ther is the remissioun and foryifnesse, where as the confessioun is,' | 1160 |
| Mel 1781 for right as by the conseil, assent, and help of youre freendes | 1168 |
| Mel 1783 For the lawe seith, `Ther nys no thyng so good by wey of kynde as a thyng | 1170 |
| Mel 1785A as it is aboven expressed and declared, | 1176 |
| Mel 1796 And therfore I conseille that ye sende youre messages, swiche as been discrete and wise, | 1186 |
| Mel 1817A of so greet a lord and so worthy as ye been. | 1212 |
| Mel 1847 And as touchynge that ye seyn ye wole exile youre adversaries, | 1246 |
| Mel 1854 and thanne were it likly to retourne to the werre as it was biforn. | 1254 |
| Mel 1861 as whan he is debonaire and meeke, and appeseth him lightly.' | 1262 |
| Mel 1878 yet for as muche as I see and biholde youre grete humylitee | 1282 |
| Mel 1878 yet for as muche as I see and biholde youre grete humylitee | 1282 |