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The Ellesmere ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.

[6-text p 656] stelen the soules of Ihesu crist and destroyen his patri|moyne ‖. [791] by swiche vndigne preestes and Curates / han lewed men the lasse reuerence of the sacramentz of hooly chirche. and swiche yeueres of chirches putten out the children of Crist /. and putten in to the chirche the deueles owene sone. [792] they sellen the soules / that lambes sholde kepen to the wolf that strangleth hem /. And therfore / shul they neuere han part of the pasture of lambes / that is the blisse of heuene [793] NOw comth / hasardrie with hise apur|tenances. [¶ Of hasardrye with hise apur|tenaunces] as tables and Rafles. of which / comth deceite. false othes. chidynges. and alle rauynes. blasphemynge and reneiynge of god. and hate of hise neighebores. wast of goodes. mysspendynge of tyme. and somtyme man|slaughtre .‖. [794] Certes / hasardours ne mowe nat been with-outen greet synne . . . . . [no gap in the MS.] [795] [¶ How of Auarice. comen. lesynges. fals witnesse. and false othes.] Of Auarice / comen eek lesynges. thefte. fals witnesse. and false othes ‖. And yeshul vnderstonde that thise been grete synnes. and expres agayn the comaundementz of god as I haue seyd [796] ¶ ffals witnesse. is in word and eek in dede [¶ Of fals witnesse] ¶ In word / as for to bireue thy neighebores goode name by thy fals witnessyng. or bireuen hym his catel or his heritage. by thy fals witnessyng. whan thou for Ire / or for meede. or for enuye. berest fals witnesse / or accusest hym or excusest hym by thy fals witnesse. or elles ex|cusest thy self falsly. [797] ware yow questemongeres and Notaries ¶ Certes. for fals witnessyng was Susanna in ful gret sorwe and peyne. and many another mo / [798] ¶ The synne of thefte is eek expres agayns goddes heeste. and in [¶ Of the synne of thefte] two maneres / corporeel. or espiritueel. [799] [Corporeel] [¶ Of thefte corporeel] as for to take thy neighebores catel agayn his wyl be it by force or by sleighte. be it by Met or by mesure. [800] By stelyng eek of false enditementz vpon hym. and in borwynge of thy neighebores catel. in entente neuere to payen it agayn [folio 229a] and semblable thynges / [801] ¶ Es|piritueel thefte / is Sacrilege. that / is to seyn / hurt|ynge [¶ Of thefte espiritueel]
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The Ellesmere ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
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London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by N. Trübner,
1868-1879.

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