And ȝyt do mochë more outrage;
To þe mydnyght ys but a þrowe,
But hyt be, tyl þe cok krowe.
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Þese men are clumbë on a grece
To glotonyë with þat spece.
Also fallë men yn plyght,
Þat sytte vp [Þat sytte vp on þe Þursday nyght.] þe Þarsday at nyght.
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And ouerlong ete flesshe and drunke
Aftyr þat mydnyght ys runge,
Or fysshe or flesshe [Or whyte or fysshe.] þat suffreþ dede,
Þat shulde on þe Fryday faste watyr & brede;
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Swych etyng þey shul sore abeye,
But þey amende hem are þey deye.
Þe Fryday nyght ys,—þys shalt þou leue,—
Aftyr þe Þursday at eue;
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Þe nyght cumþ byfore þe day,
Þat ys now of þe newë lay.
As y haue tolde of rere sopers,
Þe same falleþ of erly dyners;
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Dyners are oute of skyl and resun
On þe Sunday, or hye [ar hygh.] messe be doun.
Þogh þou haue haste, here ȝyt a messe,
Al holy, and no lesse,
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And nat symple, [symply.] a sakare,
For hyt ys nat y-now [ynogh.] for þe,
But hyt be for lordys powere,
Or pylgrymage þat haþ no pere.
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Are þou oght ete, þys ys my rede,
Take holy watyr and holy brede;
For yn auenture kas, hyt may þe saue,
Ȝyf housel ne shryftë þou mayst haue.
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Alle oþer tymes ys glotonye,
But hyt be grete enchesun why.
On oþer hygh dayys, [days.] ȝyf þat þou may,—
Þogh þat hyt be nat Sunday,—
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Here þy messë ar þou dyne; [folio 49a]
