As for þeft, [þefte OD.] þou shalt haue pyne;
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And mochë more, for swyche [mechil m. for sum D.] falsnes,
Þan for any ouþer falsnes þat es. [for sum þat falsnesse isse D.] [A tale]
[¶ A tale in margin HO.] A gode ensample þes clerkys wote [woot O, þat cl. wot D.]
Of a tale þat an abbot wrote, [wroot O, þat in a bok he wrot D.]
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Þat þeuys shulde [schuldyn D.] before hem loke
Ar [or D.] þey ouþer mennys þyng toke;—
yn 'vytas patrum' hyt ys wryte; [wrete O, wreten D.]
hyt ys a boke þat [þat þys cl. O, þat cl. weten D.] clerkys wete,
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And [And a OD.] ful fayre techyng ys þer-ynne [lernyng þerin D.] [folio 14b:2]
For to leue of þeft [þyfte O, to letyn of þefte þat s. D.] þe synne.
[The Tale of Zenon, the would-be Thief: how he reformd himself.]
[[Vitas Patrum, ed. Roseweyd, p. 569.—G. Paris.]]
Þys yche abbot, Ȝenon he [It was an ab. þat ȝenan D.] hyght,
And wel [weyl O.] he was with god almyght;
Vppon a day [tyme D.] he went hys wey
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To Palestyne, þat ys an [ys an, om. D.] abbey,
To make hys vysytacyun
As falleþ yn [it falliþ in his D.] relygyun;
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And as he went by [wente be O.] þe strete
he behelde a fruyt ryȝt feyre and [frut þat was ful D (om. he).] swete;
Þys yche fruyt he desyred [ilke frut he coueytid D.] faste,
And hys herte moche þarto [þar to moche O, þerto mechil (om. And) D.] he caste,
'Gourdys' [Gourdus O, turcus . . . calle D.] þus men clepe þe name;
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Þys gode man þoght, "y am to blame
Ȝyf y take ouþer mennys þyng
wyþ-outë leue of any [my D.] askyng.
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For soþe, he seyde, þan were y a þefe [þef OD (om. he seyde D).]
