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

[6-text p 656] stelen þe soules of ihū crist and destroyen patri|moygne. [791] by suche vndigne prestis and curates. han lewed men þe lasse reuerence of þe sacrament/ of holy chirche and suche ȝeueres of chirches putten out þe children of crist. and putten in to þe chirche þe deueles oughne sone. [792] þay sellen soules þat lambes schulde kepe to þe wolf þat stranglith hem. And þerfore schul þay neuer haue part of þe pasture of lambes þat is þe blisse of heuen [793] ¶ Now comeþ hasardrie wiþ his appur|tenaunce. as tables. and rafles. of whiche comeþ deceipt. fals othis. chidynges and alle raueynes. blasphemyng. and reneying of god and hate of his neighebors. wast of goodes out of tyme. and som tyme man|slaughter. [794] ¶ Certes hasardours ne mowe not be wiþoute gret synne whil þay haunte þat craft [795] ¶ Of auarice comeþ eek lesynges. þefte and fals witnesse and fals oþes ¶ And ȝe schul vndirstonde þat þese ben grete synnes and expresce agains þe comaundementȝ of god as I haue sayd [796] ¶ Fals witnesse is in word and eek in dede. In word; as for to bireue þin neighebor his good name by þy witnessinge. or bireue him his catel or his heritage by þy fals witnesse. whan þou for Ire or for meede. or for envie berest witnes or accusist him or excusist him by þy fals witnes. or ellis ex|cusist þiself falsly. [797] ware ȝow questemongers and notaries ¶ Certis for fals witnessynge was Susanna in ful gret sorwe and peyne and many anoþer mo [798] ¶ The synne of thefte is eek expresse agayns goddes hestis & þat in tuo maners corporel and spirituel. [799] Corporel; as for to take þy neighebours catel agayns his wille. be it by force or by sleight. be it by mette. or by mesure. [800] by stelynge eeke of fals enditements vpon him and in borwyng of þin neghebores catelle in entent neuer to paye/ and in semblable þinges. [801] Es|pirituel þefte. is sacrilege þat is to sayn hurt|ynge
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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 662
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London,: Pub. for the Chaucer society by N. Trübner & co.,
1885.

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