OF JUSTICE AND EQUITY.
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a decree that he should be present at their consultations whenever he would. (31)
APPLICATION.
My beloved, the boy is any one whose life is pure; the father is a prelate: and the mother is the world.
TALE XLVII.
OF JUSTICE AND EQUITY.
A certain tyrannical and cruel knight retained in his service a very faithful servant. One day, when he had been to the market, he returned with this servant through a grove; and by the way lost thirty silver marks. As soon as he discovered the loss, he questioned his servant about it. The man solemnly denied all knowledge of the matter, and he spoke truth. But when the money was not to be found,
