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of cristen . wole I leve none a.lyve .
¶ To Constantinople . he sent anone .
of Senatours . whiche [Th]at hym.self . lest
And . so. amonge . othere . pope . John .
and . bad . hem . laboure . for her owne . best .
And rightfully . [th]ei made . her request
[th]at Justyne . shulde [th]is maundement relese .
For . [th]e cristen . myght not be in . rest
but yf he graunted . Arryens pece .
¶ The emp[er]oure . his malice understode
benygnly . he graunted hath here bone .
And wele ./ he [th]ought . [th]at hit was as gode
[th]at mattere for to cese . til est sone .
And bettre myght it afterward . be done
by gode avice . of wyser ordenaunce .
the . Arriens . so he lete alone .
to use . forthe her olde . governaunce .
¶ These . messagers . to [th]e Kynges . [th]ay
retourned . not so . hastely . ageyn .
as he desired . at assygned . day .
where fore in hert . he had grete disdeyn .
And .. Boece . [th]at lay in prisoun . & peyn.
exiled in [th]e citee of Apavye .
In . Mylayne . [th]an he . made hym to be slayne .
In Pavye . bene his bones . sikrely .
¶ And whan . [th]es . messagers atte last
retourned were in hert he gan . to . brenne .
and .pope . John . in prisoun . [th]an he . cast .
Alle ferre . in to . [th]e . Citee . of Ravenne .
and made . hym closed .in a narowe denne .
where . he ne myght t[ur]ne hym.self ne wende .