he ys holde to helpe [þou art bounden to helpyn D.] hym with-alle,
Or holy cherche seyþ, þat he hyt stalle. [seith þou it stal D.]
Okeryng ys on many [goulyng haþ a noþer D.] manere,
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Mo þan y kan telle now here.
But wete ȝe weyl, swyche gode shal go
As hyt come, with sorowe and wo;
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For some haue [summe han (om. For) D.] so grete cumbrement
Þat þey may make no testament;
For holy cherche neuer vndyrstode
To haue of okerer[ë]s gode. [han ony of goulerys good D.]
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[The Tale of Seint Forsyne's Visit to Hell.]
[[Acta Sanctorum, Jan. iii. 404.—G. Paris, Hist. Litt. de la France, xxviii. 196.]]
[folio 17a:2] A tale ys tolde of Seynt Forsyne, [A tale]
wharefor he suffryd onys [qwerfore . . meche D.] pyne.
Þys samë tale [þat ilke D.] tellyþ seynt Bede
yn hys gestys þat men [gestys men it D.] rede.
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whan [qwan D.] seynt Fursyne had lyued long,
Þyr toke hym þan [hym took þanne (om. þyn) D.] an euyl strong;
Þat tymë þat he wende [tyme wende he al for D.] to deye,
Come one to hym and [þer cam an aungel to hym D.] þus gan seye,
"Rys vp, Fursyne, and go with me!
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Merueyl mochë shalt þou [mechil þou schalt D.] see."
wheþer he wulde, or he ne wulde, [qwheþer he wolde or he nolde D.]
he toke hym vp, and furþe he shulde;
Many stedys he late [lete O, many a place he lete D.] hym se,
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Merueylys and grete [grete & of D.] pryuyte;
he shewed hym þe [hym þe OD, om. Harl.] depnes of helle,
And þe peynes þat þeryn dwelle;
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Seþþe þey toke a weye ryȝt [gate ful D.] euene,
