Mete

Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

The court has the power to mete out sentences.

Match'd with an agèd wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race

Every generation metes out substantially the same punishment to those who fall far below and those who rise high above its standards.

For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

the Power that fashions man Measured not out thy little span For thee to take the meting-rod In turn,

I could not finde any man for whose name this booke was more agreable for hope [of] protection, more mete for submission to iudgement, nor more due for respect of worthynesse of your part and thankefulnesse of my husbandes and myne.