Þou stelyst hyt, and þefte [& as a þef D.] hast wroght.
Ȝyf þou wyþholdest [withdrawe D.] a mannys seruyse [folio 17a]
For euyl herte or fals [for D.] queyntyse,
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Or withdrawest [wyþdrahst O, with-drawyst ony mannys D.] any manere pay,
And ledyst hym furþe [& taryest hym D.] fro day to day,
But ȝyf hyt be [Harl. omits 'be'; be O, be be D.] with grete resun,
Of þeftë þou art [art þe O, art þou D.] enchesun.
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For þe gospel commaundeþ ryȝt
'holde nat [withholde non D.] hys seruyse ouer nyght;'
whan þe man haþ do [qwan a m. h. don D.] hys dede,
God wol [wyle O, wil D.] þat he haue hys mede.
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what sey [qwat seyn (om. þes) D.] men of þes fals husbandys
Þat ere aweye falsly [falsly ere awey O, falsly eryn a-wey oþer D.] mennys landys;
Of a land, þurgh and þurgh,
Takyn and eryn awey a furgh? [takiþ welny a wey a forw D.]
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Þat ys boþe thefte and [ȝit it is a þefte & a D.] robberye,
And hyt ful derë shal he a-bye. [he O, om. H., & ful dere he schal it a-bey D.]
Of swychë, fewe men [fo men god D.] hem amende,
For þey beyn [þo men arn D.] þe deuylys frende.
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Tauuarsyns [gannokerys D.] and vserers,
Þys are, Lucyfer, þy [arn lucyferys D.] peres;
For þey are alle [þei arn D.] þe deuyl betaght
Þat okeryn falsly þe worldes aght. [gode [þat is for goule & for wordis auȝt D.] ]
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Okyr ys also, [goul it is D.] ȝyf þou hyt haunte,
To lenë þyng to [vp D.] certeyn cunnaunt;
Also, to bye [a noþer to beyȝe D.] a þyng byfore,
halfe vn-to þe [þe OD, om. Harl.] sellers [soweris D.] lore;
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For ȝyf þe byer may weyl [ȝif þe beyȝere myȝt wel D] lene
Þat þyng [þynge O.] with-outë losse or [trey & D.] tene,
