[Of Usurers.]
And [An.] okerere may þar-to [þar to may.] be tolde,
For coueytous man ys okerere bolde.
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y haue ȝow toldë of þys lak
yn þe seuenþe comaundement whan y spak.
Þys to sey, y am hardy,
Þese chapmen haunte hyt comunly.
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Ȝyf þou borow of a marchaunte,
And makest [makst.] for wynnyng certeyn cun|naunt,
'Gete þou wynnyng, or gete þou lore,
Þou shalt ȝyuë so þar-fore;'
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For soþe ȝe fallë boþe yn synne,
And he ys a-cursed þat takeþ þe wynne.
with oker forsoþë boþe ȝe lyue;
Þat he wyl take, þat wylt þou ȝyue.
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Okerers, and kauersyns,
As wykked þey are as sarasyns.
who so myȝt preuë whych þey wore— [folio 37b]
were þey lewed, or were þey [þey yn.] lore—
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Þey shulde nat come yn Crystys herde,
Ne come yn cherche ne chyrchë ȝerde.
Noþeles, þurgh þys skylle
Þey mowe be saued, ȝyf þat þey wylle,
leue þat synne, and do no more,
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And do at holy cherches lore;
And ȝyue aȝeyn þat ychë þyng
Þat þey haue take yn okeryng;
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ȝyf þey mow nat aȝen hyt ȝyue,
Helpe þe pore men þer-with to lyue,
largëly and with gode wylle,
And þey mowe peyse [pese.] here dedys ylle.
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A gode ensample now ȝe here,
