(618)
¶ "Nat purpose I make othir testament,
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But of þat is in my strong chist I-bounde;
And riȝt anone, or I be hennës [hens H R.] hent,
An hundred pound ['C. li' H, hundred pounde R.] of nobles gode and rounde,
Takith to prechours; tarryeth it no stounde;
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An hundred pound ['C. li' H, hundred pounde R.] eke to þe frerës grey,
And carmës fifty [MS. 'l,' fifty R.] : tarrye it nought, I sey.
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(619)
¶ "And when I buried am, of hem the keyes [folio 76a]
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Of my chist takith, for þat [þat, om. H R.] þei hem kepe;
By euery keyë [key H R.] writen ben the weyes
Of my wille." þis golde was nat suffred slepe;
It was anone dalt, for hir hertis depe
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Stak in his bounden cofre, and al hir hope
Was godë bagges þerin for to grope.
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(620)
¶ To euery chirche and recluse of þe toune,
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Bad hem eeke of golde ȝeue [yeue eke of golde R.] a quantite:
Al as he bad, þei weren prest and boune,
And did it blyuë; but, so mot I the,
fful slily he disceyuyd þis meyne,
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His sonnës and his doughtres boþ, I mene;
Hir berdës shauëd he right smothe & clene.
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(621)
¶ When he was dede, and his exéquies do,
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Solenily [Solempnely R.] þei to þe frerës ȝide,
And bad þo keyes delyuere hem vn-to;
And as þat [þat, om. H R.] þei hem beden, so þei dide.
Tho ioyful sonës dresse hem to þe stide
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Wher as þis strongë bounden chistë [strong . . . chist H (chest) R.] stoode;
But or þei twynned þens, þei pekkid moode.
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