"Ensense þe body no more so,
Ne do no wurschep þar-vnto."
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Þe sekesteyn, for alle þat defense,
Ȝyt he ȝaue þe body ensense.
Anouþer nyȝt, fór þat same,
Efte þe sekesteyn he gan blame,
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and seyd, "holde hyt no more yn prys,
þat yche body, þat þere lys."
þe munkë seyd, "telle me why
þat he to wurschep [to be wrshepede.] ne ys wurþy."
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"loke to morne, and þou mayst wyte
what lyþ yn hys mytyr wryte."
þe munkë ros vp on þe morne,
And, fonde yn hys mytyr horne
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Þesë verse wryte on a scrowe,
For þat he shulde þe bettyr trowe:
Þese are þo ychë twey verse,
Þat to holynes are reuers,
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Quem lapis ille tegit, sandalia viliter emit;
Estuat in baratro, pessimus ille latro.
"he þat þys stone hyleþ one [on.] lyche,
wykkedly boȝt hys bysshopryche.
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yn helle he welleþ pynë [yn pyne.] grefe,
For alþerwerst [alþerwest.] þan was he þefe."
Alþerwerst [alþerwest.] þen shal hem be,
Þat for mede come to dygnyte.
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hyt ys nat to speke, ne to ['to' omitted.] preche, [folio 74a]
Þe clergye werche [wercheþ.] moche aftyr wreche.
Ne þou shalt no dedë werche,
Noþer to iangle, yn holy cherche;
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Namely yn tyme of holy feste,
Þán shuldë men iangle leste.
Þat tyme make many one, gaderyng
yn holy cherche of ydul þyng;
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And of alle shalt þou ȝelde acounte,
To whos godenesse hyt shuld amounte.
y haue touched of þys [swych.] outrage
