And here, at þys ychë pas,
Y shal ȝow tellë of a kas
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Þat fyl now late yn Kesteuene;
But þe name y wyl nat neuene.
[The Tale of the Two wicked Kesteven Executors.]
A man, shortly for to sey, [A tale.]
Whan he wyst þat he shuld deye,
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Twey lewed men hys executours [executurs O, executour H.] he ches,
As þou shalt here, wykked and les.
Þat tyme hyt happed for to be,
Hys sone was oute of þat cuntre.
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Whan þe dede was yn hys graue,
þey toke alle þat þey myȝt haue.
þe sonë herd[ë] þat tydyng,
And come home fo þe énteryng;
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But he [he ne O.] myȝt, with no procurement,
Se ones hys fadres testament,
For þe katel was a-counted
More þan þe testament amounted,
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And þey wuldë [wlde O.] nat fulfylle
þe testement of þe dedës wylle.
Þe sone besoght hem þat þey wylde
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Þe testement of hys fadyr were fulfylede: [fulfylde O.]
Þan bygan [bygunne O.] þey hym for to þrete, [folio 43a]
And spakë to hym wurdys [wrdes O.] grete;
For tene, þey seyd [And seyd for tene O.] þey wulde [wlde O.] nat do
For hym þat þey were ordeyned to.
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Þe chylde besoght[ë] God almyȝt
To take veniaunce on here vnryght.
hyt was nat a moneþ aftyrward,
þe ton [toon O.] fyl yn a chaunce ful hard:
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