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

[6-text p 629] [500] agayns god is it. whan a man grucchith agayn pyne of helle or agayns pouerte. or of losse of catel. or agayn reyn or tempest [folio 266a] or elles grucchiþ þat schrewes han prosperite or ellis þat goode men han ad|uersite. [501] and alle þese þinges schulde men suffre paciently. for þay come by rightful iuggement and ordinaunce of god [502] ¶ Som tyme cometh grucching of auarice as Iudas grucched aȝens þe Maudeleyn whan sche anoynted þe hed of oure lord ihū crist with hir precious oynement. [503] þis maner murmur is swich as man grucchith of goodnes þat himself doþ or þat oþer folk doon of here owne catel [504] ¶ Som tyme comeþ murmur of pride. as whan Symon þe pharise grucchid agayn þe maudeleyn whan sche approchid to ihū crist and wepte at his feet for hir synnes. [505] And somtyme it sourdith of enuye whan men discoueren a mannes harm þat was priue or bereþ him on hond þing þat is fals [506] ¶ Murmuryng eek is ofte among seruauntȝ þat grucchen whan here souerayns bidden hem to doon leeful þinges. [507] and for as moche as þay dar nouȝt openly wiþstonde the comaundementȝ of here souerayns; ȝit wol thay sayn harm and grucche and murmure priuely for verray despit / [508] whiche wordes men clepe þe deueles pater noster. þough so be þat þe deuel hadde neuer pater noster but þat lewed men calle it so [509] ¶ Som tyme it comeþ of Ire of priue hate þat norischeth rancour in herte as I schal declare. [510] þanne comeþ eek bitternes of herte. þorugh which bitternesse euery good deede of his neighebore semeþ to him bitter and vnsauery [511] ¶ But þanne comeþ discord þat vnbyndeth alle maner of frendschipe. þanne comeþ scornynge. of . . . . . [no gap] his neighe|bor al do he neuer so wel. [512] þanne comeþ accusyng. as whan man seketh occasioun to annoyen his
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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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Page 635
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London,: Pub. for the Chaucer society by N. Trübner & co.,
1885.

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