Þe kyng hym preyd, byfore hem alle,
To tellë hem what shulde befalle.
Þe prophete wuldë no þyng hyde:
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"Þe hand þat þou sawe yn þe euyntyde,
hyt was sent fro God almyȝt,
Þat hys wraþþe ys to þe dyȝt,
For þou were serued of þe vesseles
Þat of hys temple were Ieuwels; [Iuelles.]
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Þys day before, of hem þou ete,
And no wurschyp of hym [hym O, hem H.] þou lete,
Þat ys God, alle þyng weldande,
And þe and þyne haþ yn hys hande;
But to fals goddes þou madest onour
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with vessel of hys owne tresour;
And for þou dedyst boþe euyl, and seyd,
Þy kyngdom ys yn balaunce leyd,
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Tyl [Tyl H O.] ryȝt be-demeþ, [be-demede.] with euyn hand,
To wham hyt shal be ȝyue, þy land.
Þurgh dome of God, hyt ys so dryue,
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To twey maner of folke þy land ys ȝyue;
Medys, and Persys, þy land shul haue;
Þe, ne þyne, mayst þou nat saue.
Here ys wryte þe samë wyse,
Y sey to þe, [to þe O, to H.] ryȝt as hyt seyse."
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Þe [Þat.] samë nyȝt þe lande was lore,
Þe kyng was slayn, and awey bore.
Here mayst þou se, euyl-wunne þyng, [O. has in margin, 'note. of euill goten goodes.']
with eyre shal neuer make gode endyng,
Namly, with þyng of holy cherche
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Shalt þou neuer spede wel to werche.
Þat mayst þou se by parsones eyres, [folio 63a]
hyt fareþ with hem as doþe ['doþe' omitted.] with þese feyres;
Now ys þe feyrë bygged weyl,
And on þe morne ys þer neuer a deyl:
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