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and bigynneth his tale
WHilom / ther was dwellynge in my contree
An Erchedekne / a man of hy degree
That boldely / dide execucion
In punysshynge of ffornicacion
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Of wicchecraft and eek of Bawderye
Of diffamacion / and auoutrye
Of chirche Reues / and of testamentz
Of contractes / and eek of lakke of sacramentz
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Of vsure / and of Symonye also
But certes / lecchours / dide he grettest wo
They sholde synge [[From here to the end of this line is in a later 15th-century hand in the MS.]] n if that they were hent
And smale tyth [[From here to the end of this line is in a later 15th-century hand in the MS.]] eres were foule yschent
If any person / [[From here to the end of this line is in a later 15th-century hand in the MS.]] wold vp-on hem pleyne
Ther myghte [[From here to the end of this line is in a later 15th-century hand in the MS.]] asterte hym no pecunial peyne
ffor smale [[From here to the end of this line is in a later 15th-century hand in the MS.]] tithes & for smal offryng
He made the [[From here to the end of this line is in a later 15th-century hand in the MS.]] peple ful pitusly to syng
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ffor er the [[From here to the end of this line is in a later 15th-century hand in the MS.]] bysschop caght hem with hys hooc
They were [[From here to the end of this line is in a later 15th-century hand in the MS.]] in the erchdeknys book/
And thanne [[From here to the end of this line is in a later 15th-century hand in the MS.]] had he thurgh hys Iurisdiccion
Power / to [[From here to the end of this line is in a later 15th-century hand in the MS.]] do on hem correccion
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He hadde a Somnour / redy to his hond [folio 74b]
A slyer boy / nas noon in Engelond
ffor subtilly / he hadde his espiaille
That taughte hym / wher hym myghte auaille
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He koude spare / of lecchours / oon or two
To techen hym / to foure and twenty mo
ffor theigh this Somnour / wood were as an hare
To telle his harlotrye / I wol nat spare
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