as the peyne of the accusacioun aiuged biforn ne sholde nat
sodeinly henten ne punisshen wrongfully [Albin], a counseiller of
Rome, I putte me ayeins the hates and indignaciouns of the
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accusor [Ciprian]. Is it nat thanne y-nough y-seyn, that I have
purchased grete discordes ayeins my-self? But I oughte be the
more assured ayeins alle othre folk (s. Romayns), that for the love
of rightwisnesse I ne reserved never no-thing to my-self [to hem-ward]
of the kinges halle, sc. officers, by the whiche I were the more
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