He toke hys kyrtyl of, as smert,
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And ded hyt on þe man aboue,
And bad hym were hyt for hys loue.
Þe man hyt toke, and was ful blyþe; [folio 38b]
He ȝede and soldë hyt asswyþe.
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Pers stode and dyd [dede.] beholde
How þe man þe kyrtyl solde,
And was þarwith [þarfore.] ferly wroþe
Þat he solde so sone hys cloþe;
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He myȝt no lenger for sorow stande,
But ȝedë home ful sore gretand,
And seyd, 'hyt was an euyl sygne,
And þat hym self was nat dygne
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For to be yn hys preyere,
Þerfor nolde he þe kyrtyl were.'
Whan he haddë ful long grete [wepte] ,
And a party þerof began [began þer-of.] lete;—
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For, comunlych aftyr wepe,
Fal men sone on slepe,—
As Pers lay yn hys slepyng,
Hym þoght a feyrë sweuenyng.
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Hym þoght he was yn heuene lyȝt,
And of God he had a syght,
Syttyng yn hys kyrtyl clad
Þat þe pore man of hym had,
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And spak to hym ful myldëly,
"why wepest þou, and art sory?
Lo, Pers," he sayde, "þys ys þy cloth.
For he solde hyt, were [ȝyt were.] þou wroth;
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Know hyt weyl, ȝyf þat þou kan,
For me þou ȝaue hyt þe pore man.
Þat þou ȝaue hym yn charyte,
Euery deyl þou ȝaue hyt me."
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