And on a day, as fyl to be
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Þat seynt Ihōn ȝaf hys charyte,
Þe bysshope Troylë, for cumforte,
with hym wentë for [to O, om. H.] dysporte,
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To se þe folk þat þyrdyr [þyder.] come
Of many cuntres þat oute were nome.
Þat ychë tyme þat chaunce gan falle,
Seynt Ihōn hadde nat to ȝyue hem alle;
But a man, þat was þere, [folio 46b]
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Rouned yn seynt Ihōns [Iones.] ere,
'Þat he hadde broght þat ychë stounde [tyme]
To syre Troylë þyrty [þrytty.] pounde,
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And he myȝt helpë, ȝyf he wylde,
Þat hys dolë were fulfylde.'
Seynt Ihon to Troyle bygan to sermun [to speke]
with ensamples of [and.] gode resun,
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"Þat he hadde pyte of here cryyng;
To se hem wepe, was reuful þyng;
For God shal þanke alle at þe laste day yn dede,
Þat of þe pore for hys loue han pyte at nede.
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what ys hyt wrþ to preche yn cherche,
whan men yn dedë wyl nat werche?
And now hyt ys so on þy party,
Thou hast besauntes of golde redy,
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Þat þou mayst helpe, ȝyf þat þou wylt,
Þat þys pore peple be nat spylt."
what for almes, and what for despyte,
Troylë commaunded al styte
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Þat þo [þe.] þrytty pounde of golde
were ȝyue þere seynt Ihōn wolde.
To þe pore was hyt so delte and dryue,
Þat euery besaunt was furþ ȝyue.
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whan allë haddë þat þere cam,
