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We rede in 'Vitis Patrum' how som tyme þer was ij brether þat dwelte samen many yeris, & þai varid̛ neuer nor neuer was wrothe. So on̛ a tyme þe tone said̛ vnto þe toder; "latt vs make debate betwix vs as other men̛ of þis werld̛ dois." And þe toder ansswerd̛
& sayd̛ þat he wuste neuer what debate was; & þan̛ þe toder sayd̛ vnto hym̛; "lay down̛ þi hude betwixt vs two and I saƚƚ say it is myne, & þou saƚƚ say, 'nay! it is myne.' And̛ here-of saƚƚ a debate brede betwix vs." And þai laid̛ down̛ þis hude betwyx þaim, and þe tone said̛; "it is myne"; & þe toþer said̛; "nay! it is myne." þan̛ þe tother sayd̛; "it is þyne; & þerfor̛ take it vp̛ & don̛ it on̛ þi hede & go þi ways." And þus þai partid̛ & nowder of þaim mott nor cuthe discorde with oþer.