And for þy ryches þou shalt haue wo.
Now ys Laȝare euer yn solace,
And þou yn sorow with-outë grace;
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Þe endles ende may no man telle
Betwyxe vs here, & ȝow yn helle;
Betwyxe oure ioye, and ȝourë peyne,
ys endles tyme, and vncerteyne.
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Swych sykernes ys betwyx [sekernes ys betwene.] ȝow two,
Þat noun of vs to ȝow may go.
None of vs to ȝow may come,
But echone haue hys ownë dome."
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Þan preyde þe ryche man, Abraham,
þat he wlde sende Lazare, or sum oþer wham,
To hys breþryn allë fyue,
Þat þey loke hem so, yn here lyue,
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Fro auaryce and fro glotonye
And ȝyue to porë men bleþlye,
"Þat þey neuer hedyr be sent,
with me, yn þys hete, to be brent."
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Abraham ne graunted hym noght [folio 45a]
Þat þe ryche man hym besoght,
"Þey haue," he seyd, "alle þe prophete dedys,
And holy wryt, þat men on redys,
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To teche hem boþë ryȝt and skyle,
Do þeraftyr, ȝyf þey wyle."
Þan spake þe rychë man,
"Nay, fadyr Abraham, nay, þey ne kan;
But wuldest þou do aftyr my rede,
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To reyse a man þat haþ be dede,
þat myȝt hem þe peynës telle
Þat þey shul suffre and yn dwelle,
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Þan shulde þey do ryȝt penaunce
For to askapë þys myschaunce."
Abraham wulde nat graunte
Þe ryche man þat cunnaunt,
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A dedë man vp for to reyse,
"Syn Moyses sawes þey wyl nat preyse,
