[6-text p 318]
IN flaundres whilom was a compaignie
Of ȝonge folke þat hawten folye
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As Riott . Hasard . stewes . and tauerns
[ [[Addit. 25,718 reads "And suche oother diuers mischaunces", leaf 55]] Where as with harpees lutes and gyternes [Harl. 7335 folio 161b] ]
þei daunce and pleie and dise boþe daie and nyht
And eten and drenke al-so ouer al here myht
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Thorwhe whiche þei done þe deuel sacrifise
Wiþ-inne þe deueles temple in cursed wyse
The superfluys abhomynable [folio 175a]
Here oþes bene so grete and dampnable
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þat it is grisely for to here hem swere
Oure blissed lordes body þei to-tere
Hem þouht . Iewes rent him nouht ynowhe
And yche of hem att oþer sinnes lowhe
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And riht anone þan came tomblesters
ffetis and smal and ȝonge fruytsters
Singers wiþ harpes baudes waferes
Such bien þe deuel officiers
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To kendel and blowe þe fire of lychery
þat is annexed to glotonye
þe holy writte take .I. to wittenesse
þat lycherie is in wyne and dronkennesse
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Lo howe þat dronken lothe vnkindelye
Lay be his douhtres tuo vnweteynglye
So dronke he was he nest what he wrouht
And þerfore sore repent him ouhte [[spurious]]
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Herodes who so wil þe story seche
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þere maie ȝe leren and be ensample teche [[spurious]]
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