For þere ys moche veniauuce þerynne; [ynne O.]
yn þys worldë, [wrlde O.] shamely dede; [deþ]
Line 2053
And seþyn, helle; for god hyt forbed. [lines 2053-4, om. D.]
God forbedyþ men [man D.] to stele [folio 14b]
Any maner of worldës [wrldys OD.] wele.
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"Þou man, beþenke þe wel before [be-forn D.]
how þou mayst þerfore be lore, [for þou . . . for lorn D.]
And what þou shalt haue [qwat . . . han D.] þarefore,
yn þys world, and elyswhore."
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But manyone wyl neuer beware
Tyl sum myschaunce make hem aȝenchare; [myshap bringiþ hym in car D.]
Slayn, [takyn & slayn D.] or, yn prysun [prysone O, presoun D.] be,
Or hanged, þat al þe worlde may se.
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So shul men þe body shende;
And ȝyt to peyne þe soule shal [þi soule to peyne D.] wende.
wuldë men se what myschaunce
Cumþ for þeft, [þyfte O, comyth for þefte & ȝit D.] and what penaunce,
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Þeftë [þyfte O.] shulde nat be so lefe;
A foule poynt [poynt O.] ys, be clepyd a þefe. [name it is to be callyd þef D.]
Ouþer poyntes of wykkednes
Mow be soffred, sum more, sum les;
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But þefte [þyfte O.] serueþ of wykkede note, [seruyse]
hyt hangeþ hys [þe D.] mayster by þe þrote,
Or doþe hym lese hys godë fame, [good name D.]
Or bryngeþ hym oute [ellyswher O, ellis qwere D.] of þe towne forshame.
'Þefte shal neuere more be hyd,
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For, here or elyswhore, [O. hyt out . . wyþ OD, (D om. hym, hyt, þe).] hyt shal be kyd;'
Þus seyþ þe prophete þat men on leuys,
And [þat D (om. 2nd to).] spekeþ to fals men and to þeuys.
Þe synne ys nat forȝyuen [is not forȝoue D.] þe man
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But he restore þat he haue [haþ O, b. þou r. þat þou hast D.] tan;
For ȝyf þou make any man [ȝyf þou ony good D.] falsly tyne, [lese]
