som other fredom mighte ben hoped. I wolde thanne han
answered by the wordes of a man that highte [Canius]; for whan
he was accused by Gaius Cesar, [Germeynes sone], that he
(Canius) was knowinge and consentinge of a coniuracioun
y-maked ayeins him (sc. Gaius), this Canius answerede thus:
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"Yif I hadde wist it, thou haddest nat wist it." In which thing
sorwe hath nat so dulled my wit, that I pleyne only that shrewede
folk aparailen felonies ayeins vertu; but I wondre greetly how
that they may performe thinges that they hadde hoped for to