Þenne schaltou wite here,
Mon-slauȝt is in þreo manere,
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In þreo manere hit is ful smerte:
Of hond, of tonge, and of herte.
Of hond hit is wiþ-outen meþ
Whon a Mon wiþ wepene sleþ,
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Or whon he putteþ him in dede [Sp. in loco mortis]
In prisun or in oþur stede—
Þat ilke doing cause may be
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Of his deþ, as I sei þe. . . . . [Some vv. wanting (manslaughter by tongue).]
Monslauȝt of herte is also here
In oþur two vuel manere:
Whon Mon coueyteþ oþures deþ in hiȝe,
Or for de-faute leteþ him dye
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And nil not helpen him in þat mester
Ne him deliuere, ȝif he ha pouwer.
ÞEn is hit þe þridde heste:
To do no lecherie, mest ne leste.
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He þat wol lyue wiþ-outen dyȝing
In þe blisse of heuene-kyng,
Him weore neod to kepe ful boun
His dedlyche lyf from corupcioun,
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ffrom þat corupciun, sei I,
Þat wol come of his bodi.
ÞE ffeorþe heste is, witerli:
To do no þefþe ne Robberi.
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He þat wol spare oþurmennes lyf,
Bi-nyme him nouht wiþ no strif,
Þorwh wȝuche bi-nymynge
Þou maiȝt bi-reue his lyuynge.
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ÞE ffyfþe heste þen is þis:
Þow schalt bere no fals witnes
Aȝeynes þin euen-cristen þen,
Ne also þou schalt not cumforten hem
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Þat wolden liue in reste and ro (!) [Cf. Th.: þou sall noght bere f. w. agaynes thyne euencristyn with hym þat will noye hym or sla hym.]
Heore neihȝebors harm to do.
ffor bi a fals witnesse i-bore
A Mon may worldli beo forlore.
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Ȝif þou no counseil in no res
To him þat wolde liuen in pes
