Peter Alphonse

“ Than the philosophre saide to the Right: 'Now comaunde yee that the cliere oile of the v ful tonnes be mesured and thow shalt knowe and wite how moche ther be of cliere oile; and in like wise of the v half tonnes and thow (f. 127b) shalt knowe how moche ther be of cliere oile. Than the thikke oyle of the v ful tonnes so measured and thow shalt know how moche thikke oile be in hem, and in like wise of the V half tonnes, if ther be asmoche as in the ful tonnes, know thow for a soth the oile is stolen. ”

“ The Richeman heryng [4] this saide to the chield, 'O my friende, com and help me to digge vp myn oile that to thy kepyng now I have comaunded,' and of his labour takyng a Reward. The yongman forsoth heryng his price and his praier graunted to the Richeman and after his power halp hym. The richeman nat foryeteful of his fraude and guyle brought men as to bie the oile. To whom whan he had brought [hem, he] opened the ground and v ful tonnes and V half tonnes ther thei founden. ”

“ Iste cum magno labore corpori suo vix etiam quae natura exigit suppeditabat. ↑ Lat. (I, 23, l. 3) coactus necessitate. ↑ Lat. videns. ↑ The English omits multis referentibus. ↑ Lat. (I, 23, l. 26) qum eas ad placita dimittere noli. ”