Oure long hous hyt ys to come,
To reste yn, tyl þe day of dome.
Þerfore we shuld, ȝyf we were kynde,
kepe hyt clene with godë mynde.
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And þese prestes me þynkeþ do synne
Þat late here bestys fyle þer-ynne.
Þe gres ys hys þat þerë grenes,
Þe placë ys þe parysshenes.
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But lordës þat haue seynorye,
Þey do þeryn most vyleynye;
For þer [here.] hope ys, whan þey shul deye,
Þat yn þe cherche men shul hem leye;
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And y shal telle a lytyl wyȝt,
how a bonde man bourded with a knyȝt;
And þe borde ys gode to here,
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who-so loueþ wurdes to lere. [A tale]
[The Tale of the Reproof that a Norfolk Bondman gave a Knight for not respecting the Sanctity of a Churchyard.]
Yn Northfolk, yn a tounne,
wonede a knyȝt besyde a persone;
Fyl hyt so, þe knyȝtes manere
was nat fro þe cherche ful fere;
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And was hyt þan, as oftyn falles,
Brokë were þe cherche-ȝerde walles.
Þe lordës hyrdës often lete [folio 58a]
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Hys bestys yn-to þe cherche [cherche om.] ȝerde & ete;
Þe bestys dyd as þey mote [moste.] nede,
Fyled oueral þere þey ȝede.
A bond man say [saghe.] þat, and was wo
Þat þe bestys shuld þere go;
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He com to þe lorde, and seyd hym þys:—
"Lorde," he seyde, "ȝoure bestys go mys;
Ȝoure hyrde doþ wrong, and ȝourë knauys,
Þat late ȝoure bestys fyle þus þese grauys;
Þere mennys bonys shuldë lye,
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Bestës shuld do no vyleynye."
