†He moste thinke hit is his lige man,
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*And that him oweth, of verray duetee,
*Shewen his peple pleyn benignitee,
*And wel to here hir excusaciouns,
*And hir compleyntes and peticiouns,
*In duewe tyme, whan they shal hit profre.
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†This is the sentence of the philosophre:
†A king to kepe his liges in Iustyce;