(606)
¶ I kan nat sey how þei slepten þat nyȝt;
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Also it longith [longeth R, logith H.] nat to my matere;
But on þe morwë, at brodë day liȝt
The fadir roose; and for þei shulden here
What þat he dyd, in a boystous manere
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Vnto his chist, which þat [þat, om. H R.] three lokkys hadde,
He went, and þer-at wrested he ful sadde.
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(607)
¶ And when it was I-opned & vnshytte, [folio 74b]
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Þe bagged gold by þe marchaunt hym lent
He hath vncofred, and streyte forþ with it
Vnto his beddis feete gone is & went.
What doth þan þis fel [felle R.] man & right [right, om. H R.] prudent,
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But out þis golde on a tippet hath shotte,
That in þe baggës leftë [left H R.] þere no grotte.
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(608)
¶ And al þis did he noght but for a wyle,
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As þat ye shul wel knowen aftirwarde;
He shope his sonnës & doughtres begile. [to begile R.]
His noysë made hem dressen hem vpwarde;
Þei cast her erës to his chambre-warde,
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And herd of golde þe russhyng and the soun,
As that he rudëly threwe hem adoun.
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(609)
¶ And to þe parclos þei hem hast and hye,
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To wyte and knowë what her fadir wrought.
In at þe chynnës of þe borde þei prye,
And sigh how he amonge þe nobles sought
If défectif were any, as hem þought;
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And on his nayl he threwe hem oft & cast,
And baggëd hem and cofred at the last;
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