But auaryce, wulde þat none had oght.
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Coueytyse, cumþ oþerwhyle of gode;
But auaryce wyþdrawyþ mannys fode.
Coueytyse, to gode men mowe hyt charge;
But auaryce, ys noþer gode ne large.
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Coueytyse, ys of wylle, as ys a bayte,
But auaryce, ys nygun haldyng strayte;
Coueytyse, cumþ of kynde of blode;
But auaryce, ys noþer kynde ne gode.
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As y kan telle, þys ys þe assyse,
Betwyxe auaryce and coueytyse.
Here, y aske at þe bygynnyng,
Ȝyf þou with wrong ȝerned oþer mennys þyng,
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Or falsly purchased: þat ys grete synne,
So with wrong mennys gode [þynge.] to wynne.
Ȝyf þou withholde, and ȝelde hyt noght,
Auaryse to hellë haþ þe broght.
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Yn [O. omits 'yn.'] þy lyfe, [lyue.] y rede þou ȝelde hyt aȝen,
Þy saluacyun ys ellës alle veyn.
Ȝyf þou madest euer any delay,
And ledyst one lyte fro day to day
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with þy wurdys pryuyly,
Or perauenture al on hy,
For to haue hys þyng with wrong,
Euyl coueytyse þou mengest among.
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Þogh þou broghtest hyt neuer to dede,
Ȝyt ys þy wylle moche for to drede.
Or ȝyf þou dedyst euer [euer dedest.] þy myght
To false a chartre, þat ys grete plyght.
Þat ys a dede of tresun
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Ȝyf hyt be of dysheresun, [dyserytsun.]
Ouþer of lond, ouþer of rent,
Oþer of ouþer gode þat God man haþ lent;
But þou þe peynë nyȝt and day [folio 36a:2]
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To amende þat charge, ȝyf þat þou may,
