Þat þe lawës alle to-ryues,
And þe pore men alle to-pyle;
To ryche men do þey but as þey wylle. [wyle.]
Þys ryche man, as þe gospel seys,
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was but to .o. man vncurteys,
And hadde so mochë pyne [peyne.] þarfore;
On hem wyl fallë mochë more
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Þat many pore men pyle and bete,
For God no synne wyl þey nat lete.
Swych ryche men [men H, om. O.] þat are aȝens Goddys [goddes.] pes,
Þenkeþ on Laȝare and on Dyues;
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And beþ nat pynede wyþ Satanas
For porë men, as Dyues was,
And ys, and euer [euermor.] shal be;
Ȝyt robbed he neuer [noþer.] golde ne fee.
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By þys skylle, þan mow ȝe se,
Þat ȝe are wers þan was he.
He dyde but lete an hounde hym to;
Ȝe rychë men, weyl wers ȝe do!
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Ȝe wyl noun houndës to hem lete,
But, ȝe self, hem sle and bete.
He ne dyd but werned hym of hys mete; [folio 45b:2]
And ȝe, robbe al þat ȝe mow gete;
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Ȝe are as Dyues, þat wyl naght ȝyue;
And wers, for ȝe robbe þat þey shulde by lyue.
Of mochë peyne ȝe mow ȝow drede,
For ȝe do weyl wers þan Dyues dede.
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Ȝe rychë men, God wyl ȝow charge
Þat ȝe ȝyue ȝoure almës large;
Nat ouer powere, neuer a deyl,
But ȝyue þat, þat ȝe mow [may.] ful weyl;
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And nat allonely largëly,
But with loue, þat ys, curtesy;
