(20: The Sins of Knights.)
Þes kniȝttes beþ wel bolde,
For hy abbeþ aquolde
Here ani cristine were; [folio 128b]
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For-þi sa[t]anas þe holde
Þe soule wil atholde,
And makien hire oun i-fere.
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(21: The Sins of Lawyers.)
Þes plaidours beþ wel kene,
Þat werieþ red and grene.
And al þis ounriȝt demeþ:
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Hy shulen, wiþ-houten wene,
To helle þat is so kene,
Þer þe fendes remeþ.
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(22: The Sins of Chapmen.)
Þis chapmen monie bi strete,
Hy beþ swikele ounimete,
Hy ne reccheþ þan hy swerien
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For to abben here biȝete;
For-þi satanas þe kete,
Here soule wille derien.
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(23: The Working Bondman.)
Of alle men on londe,
Mest swinkeþ þe bonde,
And mest biȝet mit riȝte;
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If he couþe ounderstonde
And teþege riȝt ounder his honde,
To crist he comen miȝtte.
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Ac for alle his biswinke,
If he may comen to sottes drinke,
And stelen cristes teuþinge,
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Sstrong deþ hit wile him þenke,
Depe in helle winke
His soule he may bringe.
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(25: The Sins of Proud Ladies.)
Þes proude leuedies
Þat louen driweries,
And breken here spousinge,
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