'The grete Tresour wych verrayly
Ys shet with-Innë secrëly,
Porë folkys for to fede,
Ay, whan they ther-off ha nede;
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And specyally to hem that be
ffrendys vn-to charyte,
Wych in ther passage, nyht & day
Holden ay the ryhtë [[Righte St., ryht C.]] way.
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Allë swych (yt ys no dred)
Shal be sustenyd with thys bred,
And haue ther ful repast with-Inne,
Swych as be nat infect with synne.
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And Over-mor, (yiff thow take hed,)
Yiff the valu off thys bred
Were yshewyd al with-oute,
Men sholdë nat (yt ys no doute,)
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Haue no maner hardynesse
ffor taproche, in sothfastnesse; [Stowe folio 105a]
But rather, for verray feere,
Go, seke her bred ellys where,
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To ther sustentacïoun.
'But her ys no decepcyoun,
But curteisye & gret bounte,
Honour & lyberalyte;
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ffor, to speke in wordys fewe,
But yiff I dyde with-outë shewe
A gretë [[grete St., gret C.]] thyng by ápparence,
The wychë, [[whiche St., wych C.]] as in existence,
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Were nat with-Inne, (who lyst se,) [folio 86b] [[C. & St.]]
But verray smal off quantyte, [[C. & St.]]
Thou myyghtest than[ë] me repreve, [[C. & St.]]
And by argumentys preve [[C. & St.]]
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Ageyn me (in conclusyoun) [[C. & St.]]
A maner off decepcyoun, [[C. & St.]]
And blamë me in many wyse. [[C. & St.]]
'And yet to the I shal devyse [prose cap lxxxii] [[C. & St.]]
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Another Answere, wych to the [[C. & St.]]
Shal suffyse, yiff thow lyst se. [[C. & St.]]
I Holde yt no deceyt at al, [[C. & St.]]
Thogh to the Eye it shewë smal, [[C. & St.]]
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