Here endith a compendiouse treetise dyalogue. of Diues [and] paup[er]. that is to say. the riche [and] the pore fructuously tretyng vpon the x. co[m]man̄mentes ...

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Here endith a compendiouse treetise dyalogue. of Diues [and] paup[er]. that is to say. the riche [and] the pore fructuously tretyng vpon the x. co[m]man̄mentes ...
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[London :: Printed by Richard Pynson,
1493 (5 July)]
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Conduct of life -- Early works to 1900.
Dialogues, English -- Early works to 1800.
Ten commandments -- Early works to 1800.
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"Here endith a compendiouse treetise dyalogue. of Diues [and] paup[er]. that is to say. the riche [and] the pore fructuously tretyng vpon the x. co[m]man̄mentes ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A08936.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 17, 2024.

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The x. chapter.

WHerfore leue freend ye shal vnderstonde that in vi ma¦ners a man is forsworne First if he swere ayenste his conscience. as whā he swerith false wytting¦ly though he do it for drede Also if he swere a thinge vnleful and ayenst charite / as if he swere to sle a man or defoule a womā wt his body / or yt he shalle neuir doo almesse to pore men / ne come in his neighbours hous Also if mā do ayenst his othe whiche is lee∣ful alle though he do it for drede of deth / if the othe turne to none euyl ende Also if he swere treuth for disseyte and gyle as I sayde nowe late Also if he swere vnwi¦sely / as saith Durandus in sum¦ma sua. extra. de iureiurando c. sicut. &c. tua. And if he do it wt auysement or vsaūtly / it is dede¦ly synne. And he saith there that euery othe made vnwisely is per¦iurye. Also if he compelle. a nother to swere wyttyng wele that he wole forswere him. As the lawe shewith wele xxii. q̄. iiii Inter cetera. And seynt austyn also ī a sermone that he maketh in the decollacion of seynt Iohn Baptyste. Where he tellith.

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That on a tyme a gode symple true man had lent a certeyn mo∣ney to a false man / whiche forso¦ke it. and saide that he lente him none / wherfore the true man {pro}∣uokyd hym to swere. Wyttynge wele that he wolde forswere him and so he dyd. and the true man loste his money And the nighte folowyng the true man thought that he stode bifore a grete iuge. Whiche said to him on this wyse why didest thou that man swere sithen thou wyste wele that he shuld forswere him Lorde saide he for he denyed me my gode. Thanne the iuge saide to hym. It had be better to the for to ha∣ue loste thy gode / thanne to slee his soul that god bought so dere with his precious blode. And a∣non he dyde hym bete harde and sore / in somoche that whāne he awoke his backe apperyd fulle of woundes and al forbeten ful blake and blo. But whanne he repentyd him and axed mercye. his synne was foryouen him

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