Yn coueytyse synnen marchauntys [marchaundes.] mekyl,
Yn feyrë wurdys and yn fykyl,
And heteþ hym godë þat he byeþ,
And swereþ þarto, and algate lyeþ.
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For fals peys and [and for.] fals mesure
here soulës haue mysáuenture.
Also hyt longeþ to coueytyse
Ȝyf þou hyre one out of seruyse
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Þurgh ȝyft or þurgh procurment,
Þou synnest gretly yn swych atent:
Enuye hyt ys, and falsnes yn dede,
But ȝyf hyt were for þe morë nede.
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ȝyf þou boghtest of any seriaunt
pryuyly, yn stylle cunnaunt,
Þyng þat þou wystyst wel was stole,
And þurgh þy byyng was forhole,
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Hyt ys coueytyse and þeft pryue
To bye þyng out of commalte. [comnalte.]
ȝyf þou receyuedyst any what
Of onë þat hys þyng forgat;
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But þou ȝyue hyt hym aȝeyn,
Or þe valeu for certeyn,
Þou art falle þan yn þe vyce
Of, coueytyse, þeft, and auaryce.
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Or [Or ȝyf.] þou ledyst [leddest.] any man to þe ale
And madest hym drunk with troteuale,
And he solde hys þyng to þe
More þan he wulde yn soberte,
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Hyt semeþ þou art a gylour,
And coueytous, and trechour.
For men þat loue to do gylerye,
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At þe alehous make þey marchaundye,
To loke ȝyf þey kunne com with-ynne,
