CLXXV.
Confessio eciam a morte corporali
liberat.
We rede how som tyme in þe cetie of Arthebatencis [MS. Harl. In ciuitate Attrabanense. MS. Arund. In civitate Atrabacesi.] , a yong pure clerk sayd̛ vnto a goldsmytℏ þat þer sulde com̛ vnto his howse a merchand̛, þat wald̛ by of hym̛ syluer vesseƚƚ of dyvers form̛. And when̛ he had told̛ hym̛ þis, þis goldsmytℏ wold̛ fayn̛ hafe solde his chaffer, & commawndid̛ one of his men̛ to go home & feche suche vesseƚƚ & bryng þaim vnto suche a clerke howse. And a sister of þis goldsmytℏ broght þaim þedur þis clerk lay in wayte of hym̛ & his suster as þai come in at þe dure, & slew þaim bothe, & cut þaim in pecis & keste þaim in a sege. And when̛ þis goldsmytℏ meneya saw he tarid long & come not home, þai went vnto þis clerkis howse & spirrid̛ after þer maister & his suster. And þis clerk̘ denyed̛ hym̛ & sayd̛ he come nott þer; & þai areste hym̛ & a bruder & a sister þat he had, & broght þaim befor̛ þe [MS. repeats, þe.] iustice of þer law, & þer þai cuthe not agaynsay þer gilde, for þe man̛ was fon̛ with þaim, & þe syluer vesseƚƚ bothe; and þai war demyd̛ aƚƚ to be brent. þan̛ þis suster said̛ vnto hur [After, hur, h, erased.] brother þe clerke;