On þese fyue maners hymself [wyses hym self he D.] deryþ
þat on þe bokë falsly sweryþ.
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For hys loue þat deyde on [hym þat deyde vp-on D.] þe rode,
Forswere ȝow neuer for worldys [forsuerith ȝow not for wordis D.] gode.
For ȝe wyte weyl, aud haue [ȝe wetyn it wel & han D.] hyt herde,
þat trouþe ys more þan alle þe worlde. [word D.]
Ȝyt þer ys [is þer D.] anoþer sweryng
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where-þurgh comþ oftë grete cumbryng, [cumberynge O, þer þorw comyth gret coum|bryng D.]
Þe whyche [þat D.] ys, an oþe oute of mesure,
Þat he shulde haue a mysauenture
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On wyfë, and on chylde, to [wyf & child þat schulde D.] falle,
And on hys ouþer godys alle,
But he holdë at hys myght
hys oþe þat he swereþ to alle [swerþ to al O, oth he sueriþ it is al D.] ryght.
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Swyche an oþe ys grete doute [it is douȝtte D.] to swere,
For chauncë comþ [chaunsis comyn D.] on many manere.
Þou settest þy chylde to mychë rewþe
But þou holde þyn [þyn O, þin oth with D.] oþe to trewþe.
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A-nouþer oth comþ ȝyt [ȝit comyth D.] yn place, [folio 19a:2]
Þer [þat D.] a man swereþ by fallace.
Fallace ys, as who seye, [ho seiþ D.] 'gyle,'
As many one sweryn vmwhyle. [O. gloss 'sum tyme;' sum qwyle D.]
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Ȝyf þou swere to me for oght,
And a-nouþer ys yn þy þoght,
wenyst þou þan [þan, om. D.] þat þou swerest wel
when [when, om. D.] þyn oth to me ys gyle eche del?
Nay: for, [& (om. Nay) D.] as y vndyrstande of þe,
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So shal þy [þyn O, þin oth D.] as othë charged be.
Þus techyþ vs seynt Austyne
Þat was a clerk of gret dyuyne. [gret D, om. HO.]
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Y pray ȝow alle, boþe [boþe, om. D.] lefe and loþe,
