Sey of þy self no [to.] trespas,
Ne more synne, þan þou done has;
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Ne forhele nat þy mysdede;
Goddes veniaunce shalt þou drede.
[The Bible-Tale of Ananias and Sapphira.]
Seynt Luke seyþ hys autoryte,
Yn þe bygynnyng of crystyanyte,
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Þe apostoles wente [ȝede.] aboute to preche—
Þe crystyndom for to preche [teche.] —
how men shuld þe worlde forsake,
And what mede þarforë take;
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Ryche men solde here lande and fee,
And come to þe apostoles yn pouerte.
A ryche man, þat hyghte Ananye,
He solde hys godë plenerlye; [al plenerlye.]
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þe syluer þat he þarfore tolde,
þerof a party he ded withholde;—
Hys wyfe cunseyled wel þar-to
Þat he shulde nat awey alle do;—
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Þe touþer partë, alle he lete,
And keste hyt at seynt Peter fete. [folio 78a]
Seynt Petyr parceyued anoun
þat þyr was þere [þyr was þere O, þer was H.] gylë doun:
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he seyd, "y comaundë þe,
Alle þat þyr was, þou shewe hyt me."
Ananyas þan swore hym þore,
he solde hys þyng, for no more.
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Seynt Peter, þan seyd [seyde þan.] astyt,
"why lyest þou on þe holy spyryt?"
þys Ananyas fyl dowun dede,
As, blak, as any lede. [[6 syll.]]
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