¶ Wisdam and wit nou · is not worþ a Russche
But hit beo [cardet] with Couetise · as cloþers doþ heor wolle, [[cardet] cardit TH2; carket V.]
Þat Conterfeteþ disseites · and Conspiret wronges, [Conterfeteþ] can construe þe T; conspiret] conspire T.]
And ledeþ forþ A loueday · to lette þe treweþe; [ledeþ] lede T.]
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Þat suche craftes cunnen · to counseil beoþ I-clept, [to—Iclept] ben yclepid to counseil T.]
And ben serued as syres · þat serueþ þe deuel. [þat] and H2.]
¶ Iob þe Ientel · in his Ieestes seide,
Quare via impiorum prosperatur, bene est omnibus qui praue et inique agunt?[seide] seide it T. bene] ve TU. praue] peruerse U. (This quotation oc|curs in U elsewhere; see note to Pass. X. l. 145.)] ¶ Ac he þat holy writ haþ · euer in his mouþe, [folio 401b:1] [holy—euer] haþ holy writ ay T.] Line 24 And con tellen of Tobie · And þe Twelue Apostles, [And þe] & of þe T.] And prechen of þe penaunce · þat Pilatus wrouhte [And] Or T. Pilatus] pilatis T.] To Iesu þe Ientil · þat Iewes to-drowe On Cros vppon Caluarie · as Clerkes vs telleþ;— [telleþ] techiþ T.] Line 28 ¶ Luytel is he loued or leten bi · þat such a lessun Redeþ, [Redeþ] techiþ T.] Or Daunseled or Drawen forþ · þis Disours witen þe soþe; [Daunseled] dauntid T.] For ȝif Harlotrie ne Holpe hem þe bet · (haue God my soule!) [þe bet] betere T. soule] trouþe T.] More þen Musyk · or Makyng of Crist, [Crist] god almiȝt T; god al|myȝty H2.] Line 32 Wolde neuer kyng ne kniht · ne Canoun of Seynt poules Ȝeuen hem to heore ȝeres-ȝiue · þe value of a grote!
BOte Munstralsye and Murþe · A-Mong Men is nouþe; [Bote] T omits.]
Lecherie and losengrie · and loseles tales,
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And geten gold with grete oþes · beoþ gamus nou A dayes. [And—with] Glotonye & T. beoþ] þise arn T.]
