PASSUS XIII (DO-WEL V).
[TITLE. Passus terciodecimus LCO; Passus xiijus, &c. W; Passus duode|cimus (!) de visione, vt supra R; Passus tercius decimus et Sextus [read Quintus] de dowel B.] Passus terciodecimus.
And I awaked þere-with · witles nerehande, [awaked] wakede O.]
And as a freke þat fre were · forth gan I walke [a] C om. fre] fere R; fey B. walke] walken R.]
In manere of a mendynaunt · many a ȝere after, [a mendynaunt] amendement (!) B. a (2)] RCOB om.]
And of þis metyng many tyme · moche þouȝt I hadde. [tyme] tymes R.]
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First, how fortune me failled · at my moste nede,
And how þat elde manaced me · myȝt we euere meten; [manaced] mansed R. myȝt—euere] we miȝte neuere COB.]
And how þat freris folwed · folke þat was riche, [was] weren O.]
And folke þat was pore · at litel prys þei sette, [was] weren O.]
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And no corps in her kirkeȝerde · ne in her kyrke was buryed, [ne] nor W. her (2)] hir (printed his) W; C om. was] were R.]
But quikke he biquethe hem auȝte · or shulde helpe quyte her dettes. [folio 53] [quikke] þei quyk B. he] CB om. hem] hym B; W om. or—quyte] to quyte wiþ W.]
And how þis coueitise ouercome · clerkes and prestes, [þis] COB om.; þus R.]
And how þat lewed men ben ladde · but owre lorde hem helpe,
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Þorugh vnkonnynge curatoures · to incurable peynes. [peynes] peyne C.]
