To consente to a fals Iuggyng,
Or hyredyst a voket to [for.] swyche þyng,
Or myghtyst haue sturbled hyt, & wust noght, [folio 36b]
But for coueytyse þe wrong were wroght,
Moche shal God challengë þe,
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Þat day þat þou Iuged shal be.
As for [Of.] lordynges cunseylours,
wykked legystrys or fals a-countours,
Þey ne recche of no ryȝt fey,
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Ne more þe lordynges [lordes.] þan do þey;
Cunseyl to wykked lawes þey ȝeue,
So þat þe pore men mow nat lyue:
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Þarfor, þey and here lordyngys
Doun moche wrong yn many þyngys;
Þarfor shul þey and here cunsayl
Go to helle, boþe top and tayle.
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Many man ys broght ful bare
For cunseylours þat coueytous are;
And many a land yn grete errours
Are ouer-turned þurgh cunseylours.
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Among hem, stywardes mow be tolde,
Þat lordyngës courtys holde,
For nyrhand euery a styward,
Þe dome þat þey ȝeue, ys [ys ȝeue.] ouer hard;
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And namely to þe porë man,
Þey greuë hym alle þat þey kan.
who-so-euer to mercy wyl hym drawe,
he seyþ, he shal do hym but lawe;
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But who so shal þe lawe alle do,
And no mercy do þar-to,
he may neuer for mercy craue
To God whan he wulde mercy haue;
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For ȝyf God shal deme with lawe ryȝt,
Shal no man come to heuene lyȝt.
But þurgh grace and hys mercy,
Þan are we saued certeynly.
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