Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

1l6 II. THOMAS OCCLEVE.;;;;;60This sely man contynued his outrage,Til all^ his goode was wasted and goneAnd they feit his expenses swage,And were to hym vnkynde right anone.For after hade he cherisshyng noneThey wery were of his companye,And he was wise and shope a remedye.602 He to a marchaunt gothe of his notice,Which that his trusty frende hade be fulk yore,Besechyng hym that he wold hym cheuyceOf ten thousand pounde, no longer ne moreThan dayes thre, and he wold it restoreAt his day ; this was done, the soz^mie he hent,And to his owen hous therwith he went.603 And on the morwe praide he to sopereHis sones bothe, and his doughters also.They to hym came, withouten eny daungereHow that they ferd[en], lete itpasse and go.They ferden wele, without wordes mo.To his kunnyng grete disport he hem made,He did his myght to chere hem and glade.604 After soper, whan they her tyme sye,They toke her leve, and home they wold algateAnd he answerd and seide hem sikerly,* This nyght shulk ye not passe out at this yaie,Your hous is ferre, and it is derk and lateSpeke it not, for it shalk not betide.'And so d\\e nyght he made hem to abide.605 The fader logged him, of sly purpos,In a chambre next to his ioynyng.