'that no man shall levë me:
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now I ha told the of my sake.
'touchinge the bonche vpon my bake,
I wyll to the now specifye
what thynge it dothe signefye.
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this is the boch gret and hydous,
with whiche this folke relygïous
bene ybonchyd, full many on;|
som, I say, nat everychon,
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suche as by transgressyon
kepe not theyr professyon,
as they be bound by theyr degre.
'and by example, (as thow mayst se,)
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so as a boche or a fellon
ar cawsyd of corruptïon
of wyckyd humours & corrupt blood,
of colore adust, fervent and wood,
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and othar suparfluyte;
ryght so, ryches and gret plente
ar cawsë that a rychë man,
as the gospell rehers[ë] can, [The readable part of MS. Cotton Tiberius, A. vii, begins here.]
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May in-to heven have none entre, [Stowe folio 314b] [Tib folio 39a] [[St. & Tib.]]
But euen lyke as ye may se, [[St. & Tib.]]
A camell may hym-silffe applye [[St. & Tib.]]
To passen thorugh a nedelyes eye, [[St. & Tib.]] [Tib folio 39a]
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Whiche is a thyng not credible, [[St. & Tib.]]
But a maner impossible, [[St. & Tib.]]
Thys beste is so encomerous, [[Stowe]] [prose cap xxxiii]
Off bak corbyd and tortuous, [[Stowe]]
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And so to passë, no thyng able. [[Stowe]]
'And euene lyk in caas sembláble,
ffolkis off relygyoun,
Bounde by ther professyoun
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ffor to lyue in pouerte
Off ther ownë volunte,
And to pouert hem [[hym C., them St.]] silffe proffesse,
Ȝeue they be bocchyd with [[by St.]] richesse,
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To gadre vp good [[good St., and Tib.]] in ther bandoun,
Tresoure, and greet pocescyoun; [[St. & Tib.]]
