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5.573: The croft hatte "" Coveite-noght-mennes-catel-ne-hire-wyves-<br />
5.574: Ne-noon-of-hire-servaunts-that-noyen-hem-myghte.''<br />
5.575: Loke thow breke no bowes there but if it be [thyn] owene.<br />
5.576: "Two stokkes ther stondeth. ac stynte th[ow] noght there:<br />
5.577: Thei highte ""Stele-noght'' and "" Sle-noght'' — strik forth by bothe,<br />
5.578: And leve hem on thi lift half and loke noght therafter,<br />
5.579: And hold wel thyn haliday heighe til even.<br />
5.580: "Thanne shaltow blenche at a bergh, "Bere-no-t-ais-witnesse'';<br />
5.581: He is frythed in with floryns and othere fees manye:<br />
5.582: Loke thow plukke no plaunte there, for peril of thi soule.<br />
5.583: " Thanne shalt thow see "" Seye-sooth-so-it-be-to-doone<br />
5.584: In-no-manere-ellis-noght-for-no-mannes-biddyng.''<br />
5.585: "Thanne shaltow come to a court as cler as the sonne.<br />
5.586: The moot is of Mercy the rnanoir aboute,<br />
5.587: And alle the walles ben of Wit to holden Wil oute,<br />
5.588: And kerneled with Cristendom that kynde to save,<br />
5.589: Botrased with "" Bileef-so-or-thow-beest-noght-saved.''<br />
5.590: "And alle the houses ben hiled, halles and chambres,<br />
5.591: With no leed but with love and lowe speche, as bretheren [of o<br />
wombe].<br />
5.592: The brugge is of " Bidde-wel-the-bet-may-thow-spede;''<br />
5.593: Ech piler is of penaunce, of preieres to seyntes;<br />
5.594: Of almesdedes are the hokes that the gates hangen on.<br />
5.595: "Grace hatte the gateward, a good man for sothe;<br />
5.596: His man hatte ""Amende-yow'' — many man hym knoweth.<br />
5.597: Telleth hym this tokene: ""Truthe[w] the sothe —<br />
5.598: I parfourned the penaunce that the preest me enjoyned<br />
5.599: And am sory for my synnes and so I shal evere<br />
5.600: Whan I thynke theron, theigh I were a Pope.'<br />
5.601: "Biddeth Amende-yow meke hym til his maister ones<br />
5.602: To wayven up the wiket that the womman shette<br />
5.603: Tho Adam and Eve eten apples unrosted:<br />
5.603: Per Evam cunctis clausa est et per Mariam virginem iterum patefacta est.<br />
5.604: For he hath the keye and the cliket, though the kyng slepe.<br />
5.605: And if Grace graunte thee to go in in this wise<br />
5.606: Thow shalt see in thiselve Truthe sitte in thyn herte<br />
5.607: In a cheyne of charite, as thow a child were,<br />
5.608: To suffren hym and segge noght ayein thi sires wille.<br />
5.609: "Ac be war thanne of Wrathe, that wikked sherewe:<br />
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