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Of him and of his tirannie��
It halp no mercy forto crie
To him which whilom dede non��
For he unto the queene anon
Was broght�察�and whan that sche him sih��
This word sche spak and seide on hih��
;O man�察�which out of mannes kinde
Reson of man hast left behinde 3490
And lived worse than a beste��
Whom Pite myhte noght areste��
The mannes blod to schede and spille
Thou haddest nevere yit thi fille。
Bot nou the laste time is come��
That thi malice is overcome��
As thou til othre men hast do��
Nou schal be do to thee riht so。;
Tho bad this ladi that men scholde
A vessel bringe�察�in which sche wolde 3500
Se the vengance of his juise��
Which sche began anon devise��
And tok the Princes whiche he ladde��
Be whom his chief conseil he hadde��
And whil hem lasteth eny breth��
Sche made hem blede to the deth
Into the vessel wher it stod��
And whan it was fulfild of blod��
Sche caste this tirant therinne��
And seide him�察 �Lo�察�thus myht thou wynne 3510
The lustes of thin appetit。
In blod was whilom thi delit��
Nou schalt thou drinken al thi fille。;
And thus onliche of goddes wille��
He which that wolde himselve strange
To Pite�察�fond mercy so strange��
That he withoute grace is lore。
So may it schewe wel therfore
That crualte hath no good ende��
Bot Pite�察�hou so that it wende�察 �3520
Makth that the god is merciable��
If ther be cause resonable
Why that a king schal be pitous。
Bot elles�察�if he be doubtous
To slen in cause of rihtwisnesse��
It mai be said no Pitousnesse��
Bot it is Pusillamite��
Which every Prince scholde flee。
For if Pite mesure excede��
Kinghode may noght wel procede 3530
To do justice upon the riht��
For it belongeth to a knyht
Als gladly forto fihte as reste��
To sette his liege poeple in reste��
Whan that the werre upon hem falleth��
For thanne he mote�察�as it befalleth��
Of his knyhthode as a Leon
Be to the poeple a champioun
Withouten eny Pite feigned。
For if manhode be restreigned�察 �3540
Or be it pes or be it werre��
Justice goth al out of herre��
So that knyhthode is set behinde。
Of Aristotles lore I finde��
A king schal make good visage��
That noman knowe of his corage
Bot al honour and worthinesse��
For if a king schal upon gesse
Withoute verrai cause drede��
He mai be lich to that I rede�察 �3550
And thogh that it be lich a fable��
Thensample is good and resonable。
As it be olde daies fell��
I rede whilom that an hell
Up in the londes of Archade
A wonder dredful noise made��
For so it fell that ilke day��
This hell on his childinge lay��
And whan the throwes on him come��
His noise lich the day of dome 3560
Was ferfull in a mannes thoght
Of thing which that thei sihe noght��
Bot wel thei herden al aboute
The noise�察�of which thei were in doute��
As thei that wenden to be lore
Of thing which thanne was unbore。
The nerr this hell was upon chance
To taken his deliverance��
The more unbuxomliche he cride��
And every man was fledd aside�察 �3570
For drede and lefte his oghne hous��
And ate laste it was a Mous��
The which was bore and to norrice
Betake�察�and tho thei hield hem nyce��
For thei withoute cause dradde。
Thus if a king his herte ladde
With every thing that he schal hiere��
Fulofte he scholde change his chiere
And upon fantasie drede��
Whan that ther is no cause of drede。 3580
Orace to his Prince tolde��
That him were levere that he wolde
Upon knihthode Achillem suie
In time of werre�察�thanne eschuie��
So as Tersites dede at Troie。
Achilles al his hole joie
Sette upon Armes forto fihte��
Tersites soghte al that he myhte
Unarmed forto stonde in reste��
Bot of the tuo it was the beste 3590
That Achilles upon the nede
Hath do�察�wherof his knyhtlihiede
Is yit comended overal。
King Salomon in special
Seith�察�as ther is a time of pes��
So is a time natheles
Of werre�察�in which a Prince algate
Schal for the comun riht debate
And for his oghne worschipe eke。
Bot it behoveth noght to seke 3600
Only the werre for worschipe��
Bot to the riht of his lordschipe��
Which he is holde to defende��
Mote every worthi Prince entende。
Betwen the simplesce of Pite
And the folhaste of crualte��
Wher stant the verray hardiesce��
Ther mote a king his herte adresce��
Whanne it is time to forsake��
And whan time is also to take 3610
The dedly werres upon honde��
That he schal for no drede wonde��
If rihtwisnesse be withal。
For god is myhty overal
To forthren every mannes trowthe��
Bot it be thurgh his oghne slowthe��
And namely the kinges nede
It mai noght faile forto spede��
For he stant one for hem alle��
So mote it wel the betre falle 3620
And wel the more god favoureth��
Whan he the comun riht socoureth。
And forto se the sothe in dede��
Behold the bible and thou myht rede
Of grete ensamples manyon��
Wherof that I wol tellen on。
Upon a time as it befell��
Ayein Judee and Irahel
Whan sondri kinges come were
In pourpos to destruie there 3630
The poeple which god kepte tho�察�
And stod in thilke daies so��
That Gedeon�察�which scholde lede
The goddes folk�察�tok him to rede��
And sende in al the lond aboute��
Til he assembled hath a route
With thritti thousend of defence��
To fihte and make resistence
Ayein the whiche hem wolde assaille��
And natheles that o bataille 3640
Of thre that weren enemys
Was double mor than was al his��
Wherof that Gedeon him dradde��
That he so litel poeple hadde。
Bot he which alle thing mai helpe��
Wher that ther lacketh mannes helpe��
To Gedeon his Angel sente��
And bad�察�er that he forther wente��
Al openly that he do crie
That every man in his partie 3650
Which wolde after his oghne wille
In his delice abide stille
At hom in eny maner wise��
For pourchas or for covoitise��
For lust of love or lacke of herte��
He scholde noght aboute sterte��
Bot holde him stille at hom in pes��
Wherof upon the morwe he les
Wel twenty thousend men and mo��
The whiche after the cri ben go。 3660
Thus was with him bot only left
The thridde part�察�and yit god eft
His Angel sende and seide this
To Gedeon�此 �If it so is
That I thin help schal undertake��
Thou schalt yit lasse poeple take��
Be whom mi will is that thou spede。
Forthi tomorwe tak good hiede��
Unto the flod whan ye be come��
What man that hath the water nome 3670
Up in his hond and lapeth so��
To thi part ches out alle tho��
And him which wery is to swinke��
Upon his wombe and lith to drinke��
Forsak and put hem alle aweie。
For I am myhti alle weie��
Wher as me list myn help to schewe
In goode men�察�thogh thei ben fewe。;
This Gedeon awaiteth wel��
Upon the morwe and everydel�察 �3680
As god him bad�察�riht so he dede。
And thus ther leften in that stede
With him thre hundred and nomo��
The remenant was al ago��
Wherof that Gedeon merveileth��
And therupon with god conseileth��
Pleignende as ferforth as he dar。
And god�察�which wolde he were war
That he schal spede upon his riht��
Hath bede him go the same nyht 3690
And take a man with him�察�to hiere
What schal be spoke in his matere
Among the hethen enemis��
So mai he be the more wys��
What afterward him schal befalle。
This Gedeon amonges alle
Phara�察�to whom he triste most��
Be nyhte tok toward thilke host��
Which logged was in a valleie��
To hiere what thei wolden seie�察 �3700
Upon his fot and as he ferde��
Tuo Sarazins spekende he herde。
Quod on�察 �Ared mi swevene ariht��
Which I mette in mi slep to nyht。
Me thoghte I sih a barli cake��
Which fro the Hull his weie hath take��
And cam rollende doun at ones��
And as it were for the nones��
Forth in his cours so as it ran��
The kinges tente of Madian�察 �3710
Of Amalech�察�of Amoreie��
Of Amon and of Jebuseie��
And many an other tente mo
With gret noise�察�as me thoghte tho��
It threw to grounde and overcaste��
And al this host so sore agaste
That I awok for pure drede。;
;This swevene can I wel arede�察�
Quod thother Sarazin anon��
;The barli cake is Gedeon�察 �3720
Which fro the hell doun sodeinly
Schal come and sette such ascry
Upon the kinges and ous bothe��
That it schal to ous alle lothe��
For in such drede he schal ous bringe��
That if we hadden flyht of wynge��
The weie on fote in desespeir
We scholden leve and flen in their��
For ther schal nothing him withstonde。;
Whan Gedeon hath understonde 3730
This tale�察�he thonketh god of al��
And priveliche ayein he stal��
So that no lif him hath perceived。
And thanne he hath fulli conceived
That he schal spede�察�and therupon
The nyht suiende he schop to gon
This multitude to assaile。
Nou schalt thou hiere a gret mervaile��
With what voisdie that he wroghte。
The litel poeple which he broghte�察 �3740
Was non of hem that he ne hath
A pot of erthe�察�in which he tath
A lyht brennende in a kressette��
And ech of hem ek a trompette
Bar in his other hond beside��
And thus upon the nyhtes tyde
Duk Gedeon�察�whan it was derk��
Ordeineth him unto his werk��
And parteth thanne his folk in thre��
And chargeth hem that thei ne fle�察 �3750
And tawhte hem hou they scholde ascrie
Alle in o vois per compaignie��
And what word ek thei scholden speke��
And hou thei scholde here pottes breke
Echon with other�察�whan thei herde
That he himselve ferst so ferde��
For whan thei come into the stede��
He bad hem do riht as he dede。
And thus stalkende forth a pas
This noble Duk�察�whan time was�察 �3760
His pot tobrak and loude ascride��
And tho thei breke on every side。
The trompe was noght forto seke��
He blew�察�and so thei blewen eke
With such a noise among hem alle��
As thogh the hevene scholde falle。
The hull unto here vois ansuerde��
This host in the valleie it herde��
And sih hou that the hell alyhte��
So what of hieringe and of sihte�察 �3770
Thei cawhten such a sodein feere��
That non of hem belefte there��
The tentes hole thei forsoke��
That thei non other good ne toke��
Bot only with here bodi bare
Thei fledde�察�as doth the wylde Hare。
And evere upon the hull thei blewe��
Til that thei sihe time�察�and knewe
That thei be fled upon the rage��
And whan thei wiste here avantage�察 �3780
Thei felle anon unto the chace。
Thus myht thou sen hou goddes grace
Unto the goode men availeth��
But elles ofte time it faileth
To suche as be noght wel disposed。
This tale nedeth noght be glosed��
For it is openliche schewed
That god to hem that ben wel thewed
Hath yove and granted the victoire��
So that thensample of this histoire 3790
Is good for every king to holde��
Ferst in himself that he beholde
If he be good of his livinge��
And that the folk which he schal bringe
Be good also�察�for thanne he may
Be glad of many a merie day��
In what as evere he hath to done。
For he which sit above the Mone
And alle thing mai spille and spede��
In every cause�察�in every nede 3800
His goode king so wel adresceth��
That alle his fomen he represseth��
So that ther mai noman him dere��
And als so wel he can forbere��
And soffre a wickid king to falle
In hondes of his fomen alle。
Nou forthermore if I schal sein
Of my matiere�察�and torne ayein
To speke of justice and Pite
After the reule of realte�察 �3810
This mai a king wel understonde��
Knihthode mot ben take on honde��
Whan that it stant upon the nede��
He schal no rihtful cause drede��
Nomore of werre thanne of pes��
If he wol stonde blameles��
For such a cause a king mai have
That betre him is to sle than save��
Wherof thou myht ensample finde。
The hihe makere of mankinde 3820
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