þat falslychë, for enuye, [þat falsly & felounly D.]
On here neghburs wyl gladly [wyle g. O, wil þey D.] lye,
And seye [to seyn D [folio 12a] .] forsoþe þat he haþ wroght
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Þyng [þynge O.] þat neuer ȝyt was do ne [no O, he neuere dede ne D.] þoght.
þey sle hem allë [al O, slen hym al D.] þat þey may,
whan here gode los þey fordo for ay. [qwan þei þe wrong don say D.]
yn alle [al O, slen hym al D.] þe wrlde, no ys more felonye, [felounly D.]
Þan of þy neghbur next þe by. ['They byed on him.' Halliwell's Gloss. 'O. Norse bia, to spot or besmirch.']
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Ȝyf þou euer dedyst [dedyst euere D.] þyn entent
yn fals cunsél [cunseyl O.] or cómaundment,
Þat a man to þe deþe [deþ O, to dethe D.] were dyght
with wrong dome, or euyl syght;
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Þoght hyt semyd [semede ȝif al semede it D.] with þe lawe
To ȝeue þe dome, hyt ys grete awe [lawhe . . . awhe D.]
who-so demyþ felunsly, [deme felounly D.]
And noþer wyþ pyte ne [and hath no pyte no no D.] mercy;
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he [ne] shal no mercy haue,
Þat alle wyl sle, and no man [al wyle . . . O, alle wil slen & non wil D.] saue.
y shal ȝow telle for swychë [swych O, of suyche a D.] dome
A tale þat sum tyme fyl [fil sumtyme D.] yn Rome.
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Of [out of D.] holy wryt, þe englysh [englysshe O, ynglysch D.] y toke,
'Dialogus,' [Dealogo D.] men clepyn [clepe O, clepyn D.] þe boke.
Þys tale ys wryte þer-yn [þer yn ys wrete O, wretyn þer-in D.] redy,
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And [It D.] fyl yn þe tyme of seynt Gregory.
[ ['Narracio' in margin D.] The Tale of the Knight who had a Vision of the Judgment.]
yn Romë fyl a grete moreyne, [folio 10a] [gret moryne O, gret moreyn D.] [A tale.]
A pestelens [pestlensse O, A man-qualm, a veniaunce of peyn D.] of men, a veniaunce to pyne,
For some þat ȝedë [ȝeden D.] yn þe strete
