And wurmës shul fyl þy þrote,
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And þe fouler shal þy body stynke,
For thy ryche metë, and þy drynke.
Euery man ȝyue tente to þys,
And se how vyle hys body ys.
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Twey dayys or þre mow hyt loke [kepe]
Mete, ar man hyt ete or toke;
But as sone as hyt ys yn þe ȝoten,
Yn half a day þan ys hyt roten;
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Ryȝt vyle, and alþer meste,
Þan hyt ys of any ouþer beste.
Se weyl þys! þan mayst þou fynde,
how vyle þan ys þyn ownë kynde.
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Þys rychë man that y of telle,
Wente nat oonly þarfor to helle,
But, for þat he wuldë noght
Ȝyue to Laȝare þat he besoght,
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Ne noȝt only for glotonye,
Ne auaryce, ne for beryng hye,
Noȝt for-þy, þe leste of þys,
Myȝt brynge a man to Iuwys.
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why was God moste wyþ hym wroth? [folio 45b]
For he dyd þe pore man loth, [harme]
And for he dyd hys [hys O, he H.] houndes oute late
To byte þe Laȝare at þe ȝate;
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And, for he dyde hym þat dyspyte, [despyt.]
God wrathede hym astyte,
And deyneþ nat to nemne hys name,
For he dede þe pore man shame,
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But calleþ hym yn þe gospel, ryche,
As vnkyndë and vnbryche.
For ful comunly shalt þou fynde
Oftë rychë men vnkynde.
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Lorde! how shul þese robbers fare,
Þat þe pore pepyl pelyn ful bare,—
Erlës, knyȝtës, and barouns,
And ouþer lordyngës of tounnes;
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Iustyses, shryues, [shereues.] and baylyuys,
