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The Harleian ms. 7334 of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.

[6-text p 602] dauid saith ¶ The riche folk þat embraseden and onedin in al here herte þe tresor of þis world. schuln slepen in þe slepyng of deth and no þing schuln þay fynde in her hondes of al her tresor [194] ¶ & more-ouer þe mysease of helle schal be in þe defaut of mete and drink. [195] For god saith þus by moyses ¶ Thay schul be wasted by hunger and þe briddes of helle schuln deuoure hem wiþ bittir teeth and þe galle of þe dragoun schal be her drink & þe venym of þe dragoun here morsels [196] ¶ And forþer more ouer her misease schal be in defaut of cloþing/ for þay schul be naked in body as of cloþing ¶ For þay schuln be nakid of body saue of fuyr in which þay brenne and oþer filþis. [197] and naked schuln þay be of soule. of alle maner vertues which þat is cloþing of soule ¶ wher ben þanne þe gaye robes. and þe softe scheetis and þe smale schirtes. [198] lo what saiþ of hem þe prophete Isaye ¶ vnder hem schuln be strawed motthis and here couertours schuln ben of wormes of helle [199] ¶ And forþer mor ouer here disease schal be in defaute of frendes. for he is not pouere that haþ goode frendes. but here is no frend. [200] For neyþer god ne no creature schal be frend vnto hem. and euerich of hem schal hate oþer wiþ dedly hate [201] ¶ The sones and the douȝtres schuln rebellen agayns þe fader and þe mooder and kynrede agayns kynrede and chiden and despisen euerich of hem oþer boþe day and night. as god saith by þe prophete Michias [202] ¶ And þe louyng children þat whilom [folio 256a] loueden so fleisschliche euerych oþer; wolden euerych of hem eten oþer if þay miȝten [203] for how schulden þay louen hem togider in þe peyne of helle; whan þay hated euerych of hem oþer in þe prosperite of þis lif. [204] For trustith wel her fleisshly loue was dedly hate as saiþ þe prophete dauid. who-so þat loueth wickid|nes hateþ his soule. [205] And who-so hatiþ his oughne soule. certis he may loue noon oþer wight
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The Harleian ms. 7334 of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
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London,: Pub. for the Chaucer society by N. Trübner & co.,
1885.

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