But þurgh ryȝt or þurgh cunnaunte, [ryȝt of comenaunt D.] —
Þou art a þefe ȝyf þou hyt haunte.
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And ȝyf [ȝif þou be D.] a lorde of a tounne
Robbe hys men oute of [& þi men robbe with-out D.] resoune,
Þogh hyt be yn [al be it in his D.] bondage,
Aȝens ryȝt [þe ryȝt D.] he doþe outrage.
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he shal so take, þat he may lyue, [leue O, schuld . . oþere myȝt D.]
And as lawe of londe wyl [wyle O, wil ȝeue D.] forȝyue;
For ȝyf [& ȝif D.] he take ouer mesure, [folio 15b]
lytyl tymë shal hyt dure. [endure D.]
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Þogh [ȝif D.] god haue ȝeue [ȝeue O, ȝouyn D.] hym þe seynorye, [lordshyp]
he ȝaf hym no leue to do [make (om. hym) D.] robborye;
For god haþ ordeyned al mennys [alle mens O, for he . . . euery mannys D.] state,
how to lyue, [leue O, schuld . . oþere myȝt D.] and yn what gate; [O. gloss 'maner.' How he schal lyuyn & on qwat g. D.]
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And þoȝt he ȝyue [þogh he ȝeue O, ȝif he ȝeue a man meche m. D.] one ouer oþer myȝt,
he wyl, [wyle O.] þat he do hym [he do no man (om. þat) D.] but ryȝt.
Þys ys þe ryȝt of goddys lokyng,
"Ȝelde euery man hys ownë [owyn D.] þyng."
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But god takeþ euermore [mechil D.] veniaunce
Of lordys, for swych myschaunce,
For swych robbery þat [as D.] þey make
Þat [þat þey O.] oftë of þe poure [pore O, of þe pore with wrong ofte þei t. D.] men take.
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y shal ȝou telle a. lytyl wyght
how hyt befel onys of [be fil of suyche D.] a knyȝt. [A tale.] [narracio D.]
[The Tale of the Knight who robd a Poor Man.]
Sum tymë was, hyt were twey [it was þer were to D.] knyȝtys
Þat loued weyl at [louedyn to-gedere with al D.] herë myȝtys;
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A sykenes [syknes O, syknesse on þat oon D.] on þe toon gan falle,
