Ȝe suffre holy cherche to [to H, om. O.] be shent;
Ȝourë synnë shal be greuous,
whan þys dekene Pascasyus,
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For so lytyl, to purgatorye ȝede,
For whom was shewed myrácle yn dede.
Aȝens God, he ys nat quyte,
Þat suffreþ for hys owne profyte,
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Holy cherche, wrongly be ȝyue
To þo men þat wykkedly lyue;
Þey shul be a-couped of tresoun,
As traytours yn eleccyoun;
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Many shul go a deuyl wey,
Or be encumbred or [ar.] þey dey.
Ȝyt shal y telle, among þese talys,
A tale þat now late fyl yn Wales:
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yn þe tyme of seynt Dauy
Fyl þys þyng, a grete ferly.
[A Tale of Warning against buying Bishoprics, and worshipping Bad Bishops' Bodies.]
As þe munkës shulde do werche
werk þat fyl vn-to here cherche,
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As þey dalue dowun yn þe clay,
Þey fonde a bysshope alle hole lay,
with flesshe and blode, and hole sendal, [folio 73b:2]
And, wyþ ouþer vestement alle,
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As fresshë as he were depeynt.
þey wende he had be a corseynt;
þey toke hym vp, euerychone,
And, leyd hym vppon a stone, [a tumbe of stone.]
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And wurscheped hyt moche with-alle,
For þey wende myrácles shulde falle.
At hygh feste tymës of þe ȝere
Þey ensensed þe body as [as H O,? for 'at.'] þe hygh autere.
A nyȝt, whan þe sekesteyn yn bede was leyd,
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Hym þoȝt one come, and to hym seyd,
