Signs of Death.
[Printed in Rel. Ant., v. 1, p. 64-5. See p. 249-50 of this Text.]
Alle his frendes he shal beo loþ, [folio 121]
And helud shal ben wiþ a cloþ,
Hyse eres shullen dewen,
& his eyen shullen dymmen,
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& his nese shal sharpen,
& his skyn shal starken,
& his hew shal falewen,
& his tonge shal stameren, oþer famelen,
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& his lippes shulle bliken,
& his hondes shulle quaken,
& his teþ shulle Ratelen,
& his þrote shal Rotelen,
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& his feet shullen streken,
& his herte shal breken;
& of al þis wordles b[l]isse,
ne woldy ȝeue a pese iwis.
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þou þat art so proud,
Ne shalt þou haue bote a clout.
The Covetous Man.
On hit is, and ne haueþ noþer [folio 121b]
sone, ne suster, ne nouþer broþer;
Ne he nere blynneþ of trauaillinge,
he nis no child of god halewinge,
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for one him self he ne þenkeþ,
for wham he wakeþ and harde swinkeþ,
he wakkeþ boþe dai and niȝt,
& leteþ his soule ben vuel diȝt.
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