Þere þey last here werk [i-]lefte.
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Ryȝt þere, þey fyrst bygan,
And perced þurgh vn-to þys man.
Þe man yn godë state þey fonde,
lyuyng with-outë wem or wounde;
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Euerychone, þey hadde grete ferly,
And þat was gretë resun why;
Alle þo men were yn grete were,
How he had lyued alle þat ȝere.
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But he tolde hem euerychone
How he hadde lyued þere alone;
"Y haue lyued gracyous lyfe,
Þurgh þe curtesye of my wyfe,
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For euery day she haþ me sent
Brede and wynë to present;
But o day certys ete y noȝt,
For, no mete was to me broȝt."
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Þey led [ledde.] þys man vnto þe tounne,
And tolde þys myracle vp and dounne,
Fyrst, þur[o]gh þe cyte, [folio 71b:2]
And seþþë [seþþe O, seþ H.] þur[o]gh þe cuntre.
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Þey asked hym, at þe laste,
Þat day þat he dyd[ë] faste;
He tolde hem þe day[ë]s name,
And hys wyfë seyd þe same;
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Þat day she offred neuer a deyl;
Þe gode fryday, he myȝt be weyl.
Now mow ȝe here, þat almës dede,
Gostëly a man wyl fede,
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And so mow ȝe weyl vndyrstande
Þat God ys payd of gode offrande.
But fór alle þys tale, yn ȝoure lyues, [note.]
Truste ȝe nat moche ón ȝoure wyues,
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Ne on ȝoure chyldryn, for no þyng,
But makeþ ȝe self, ȝoure offryng:
