e fifte p{ar}t. _Textus._ ? Whan it was in ?e soure hungry
tyme ?ere was establissed or cried greuous {and} inplitable coempciou{n}
?at men seyn wel it schulde greetly to{ur}me{n}tyn {and} endamagen al ?e
p{ro}uince of co{m}paigne I took strif a?eins ?e p{ro}uost of ?e
pretorie for comune p{ro}fit. ? And ?e kyng knowyng of it I ouercom it
so ?at ?
e
coempciou{n}
ne was not axed ne took effect.
? Paulyn a
counseiller of Rome ?e rychesse of ?e whyche paulyn ?e houndys of ?e
palays. ?at is to seyn ?e officeres wolde han deuoured by hope {and}
couetise ? ?it drow I hym out of ?e Iowes .s. faucib{us} of hem ?at
gapede{n}.
