Gladli [Gladly thow] ȝeue þi tiþis & þin offrynge [offrynges] boþe;
Þe poore & þe beedered, loke þou not [bedered þat þey be thee nat] loþe;
Ȝeue of þin owne good, and be [ȝeue thow hem of thy good and be þou] not to hard,
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For seelden is þat [seldom ys the] hous poore þere god is steward.
6Weel he proueþ
Þat þe poore loueþ,6 [6-6 Welle he tresoreth that the poore honowreth]
Mi leue child.
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Whanne [And when] þou sittist in þe chirche, þi beedis þou schalt [bedys to] bidde;
9Make þou no iangelynge To freende nor to sibbe;9
lauȝe þou [lawe þou nat] to scorne nouþer [neyther] oolde bodi9 ne ȝonge,
But be of fair beerynge & of good tunge;
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Þoruȝ þi fair beerynge
Þi worschip haþ encresynge,
Mi leue child.
¶ If ony man biddiþ [Yef any man bid] þe worschip, and wolde wedde þee,
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Loke þat þou scorne him not, [nat. (Throughout, nat is written for not.)] what-so-euere he be,
But9 schewe it to þi freendis, & for-hile þou [forhele] it nouȝt; [page 104]
Sitte not [nat. (Throughout, nat is written for not.)] bi him, neiþer stoonde, [stand] þere synne myȝte be wrouȝt,
For9 a sclaundre reisid ille9 [9-9 Omitted.]
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Is yuel for to stille,
Mi leue childe.
