Þey wuld nat, for loue ne awe, [O. gloss 'drede.']
Ȝeue hym crystyn mennys [ȝeuyn . . mannys D.] lawe;
'Requiem' ne shulde be note [wyþ note O, r. schulde noon D.] be sunge
Ne seyd for hym, wyþ mannys tunge.
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'Lux perpetua,' and he, were wroþe,
For [For, om. D.] yn hys lyue he solde hem boþe.
A nyȝt, when men hadde here [qwen men holde D.] reste,
he okered pens yn hys [goulyd pens he put in (om. He) D.] cheste;
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And also, vpp [vpp, om. D.] -on þe day lyȝt
he gadered gode [pens D.] with alle hys myȝt.
Þan semyþ hyt weyl yn oure lay
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Þat he solde [he selliþ (om. þat) D.] boþe þe nyȝt and þe day;
'Requiem,' (þe reste with outen ende,) [folio 18a:2]
Þar-to [to þat D.] shal he neuer wende;
Ne 'lux perpetua' [l. p. ne D.] —þe endles lyȝt—
Þer-of shal he neuer haue syȝt;
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where [þer D.] he ys wurþy, þer shal he be;
yn hym nas neuer no [founde D.] charyte.
Now of þeft haue we [þan haue I D.] seyd,
And þese [þys O, of þese gouleris D.] vsurers made vp-breyde.
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god ȝeue vs gracë þefte to fle,
And al [alle O.] okerers wel [wylle D, alle gouleris, euele mote þei be D.] to amendyd be.
[The Eighth Commandment. [Non loquaris contra proximum falsum testi|monium:· ¶ Octauum mandatum D.] ]
Now of þe eytþë wyl we speke, [Telle we now of þe eyȝttande D.]
Þat fals sysours vse moste to breke. [han most in hande D.]
'Þous halt no fals wytnes bere,
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Þyn euene crystyn for to dere.' [O. gloss 'harme.]
who-so with hys mouþe, one, [& how þat w. his mouth D.] seys,
And with hys herte þenkeþ [þenkþ O, þinkiþ oþer D.] ouþer weys,—
