ȝyf þou telle hem, þan [þowh þou . . ȝit D.] mayst þou erre;
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And ȝyf þow trow [trowe O.] hem, þat ys wel [weyl O, and þou trowe hem ȝit is it þe D.] werre;
For þou mayst dreme of sum [myȝt dreme ryȝt D.] euyl þyng [þynge O.]
Þat may turne to better for þy preyyng. [preyynge O.]
"Þou, leudman, ȝyf [ȝeue O, lewde man ȝeue good D.] godë tent, [tente O, good entent D.]
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Trow [Trowe O, Trowe not aȝens D.] noght aȝen þe comaundment."
Ȝyf þou beleue [trowe D.] yn wycchëcraft
To chaungë þyng [þynge O.] be þe deuylys craft, [deuyls crafte O, with deuelys awȝt D.] —
Swych beyn [swech arn D.] þe deuyl betaght,
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with holy chyrche þey ben [with þe holy gost þei arn D.] vnsaght,
And allë þo [alle þo D, also Harl.] þat on hem trowe
Mow [Mowe O.] drede hem self to brenne yn lowe [fyre] ; [mon dredyn hem to be in helle lowhe D.]
And þogh þey fynde hyt soþe oþer whyle, [& ȝit þei fynde suyche sumqwhile D.]
Hyt ys þurgh [& þat is þorw D.] þe fendës gyle.
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Þe fend fondyþ with alle hys myȝt [myghte O.]
To put [putte O.] sumwat [sumqwat D.] yn herë syght
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Þat shal make hem swych þyng [þynge O.] beleue [Þat þei schulde trowe & leve D.]
And god almyȝty myspay and [& so al myȝtty god to D.] greue.
For þer [it D.] was neuer womman ne man
Þat any wycchëcraft be-gan,
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Þat euer myȝt [myghte O.] bryng hyt to an ende, [a nende O, neuere m. truly brynge to þe ende D.]
But fals beleue þat wyl hem shende. [be-leue hem hadde blende D.]
þe wurdys [wrdys O.] certys beyn ryght [of hem be D.] noght, [folio 4a:2]
But fals beleue makeþ dede y-wroght. [wroghte O. be fals b. þe dede is wrouȝt D.]
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For whan þou trowyst [trowst O, qwan þou trowist D.] yn a fals þyng [þynge O.]
þe deuyl hyt shewyþ for þat trowyng. [trowynge O.]
lo here a tale of a wycche,
Þat leued no better [more D.] þa[n] a bycche. [A tale.]
