A man þat serued hym to fote and honde;
he drogh hys hosen of, and hys shone,
And efte was redy hem on to done;
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At euery tyme þat he þedyr cam,
hys shone and hys hosen, of he nam,
And serued hym at euery a tyde,
Yn þe water, and eke besyde.
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Þys prest, þat cam [com.] þedyr so ofte,
Þat þys man serued so softe,
he ne asked hym neuer more
when he was, ne how he come þore;
But euery tymë was redy
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And serued hym peynyblëly. [penyblely O, peynybly H.]
Þys prest þoȝt he serued hym weyl,
"hys trauayle wyl y quyte sum deyl."
On o day he þedyr þoȝt,
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And, twey loues with hym he broȝt;
yn-to þe baþ, ȝede þe prest,
And, wesshe [wysshe.] hym, as he dyd neste:
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Þys man was þere hym aȝayne;
To serue hym weyl, he dyde hys mayne;
Þys preste, whan he shuld furþë go,
He ȝaue þe man þese louës two,
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And þanked hym moche, hys seruyse,
And more he wuldë ouþer wyse.
Þys man answered þe prest aȝeyn:
"Þys brede þou broȝtest to me yn veyn,
For neuer morë shal y ete
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Bredë, ne noun ouþer mete.
Y am a man, þat ys dede,
Þat neuer more shal etë brede."
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Þe preste asked "on what manere
Ys hyt þat þou wonest þus here?"
Þys yche man answered and seyd,
"Y was lorde here, are y deyde;
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