By a tale, y may ȝow shewe
þat hyt ys synne to chese a shrewe;
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And ȝyt ys he yn wers entent,
þat letteþ gode mannes auauncëment.
Seynt Gregory telleþ þarfore a tale [A tale.]
þat telþ many one, what grete and smale,
he telleþ mo hymself a-lone,
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þan alle þe doctours do echone.
[The Tale of Paschasius's Punish|ment for not agreeing to the Election of the best Man for Pope.]
Yn þe cherche of Rome, he telleþ þus, [folio 73a:2]
A dekene was þat hyghte Pascasyus,
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A man of almës þan was he,
Þat ofte of þe porë had pyte;
Þat yche tyme was elleccyone
To chese here pope, as er [ere.] was wone.
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Twey men were yn choys to take,
Oþer Laurence, oþer [or.] Symake;
hys felaus alle, Symakus chese,
So þat Laurence hys voys lese;
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Pascasyus graunted neuer þartyl,
But chese Laurence at hys owne wyl;
He repented hym neuer noȝt,
But yn Laurencë stode hys þoȝt.
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Yn þys popes tyme, syre Symakus,
Deyde þe dekene Pascasyus:
Þys dekene was an holy man,
As yn þe cuntre þe famë ran,
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And dyd þys myrácle, as ȝe mowe [may.] here:
A wode man touched on hys bere,
And a party of hys cloþyng,
