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

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;;;;;ZO IL THOMAS OCCLEVE.And right anone, or I be hens hent,An hundred pounde <strong>of</strong> nobles gode and roundeTaketh <strong>to</strong> ]>e prechours, tarieth it no s<strong>to</strong>undeAn hundred pounde eke <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> freres greyAnd <strong>to</strong> karmes fifty ; tarye not, I you prey.619 And whan I buryed am, <strong>of</strong> hem <strong>the</strong> keyesOf my cheste taketh, for <strong>the</strong>y hem kepeBy every key writen ben <strong>the</strong> weyesOf my wille ;' this gold was not suffred slepe,It was anone delt, for her hertes depeStak in his bounden c<strong>of</strong>re, and alk her hopeWas goode bagges, <strong>the</strong>r}'nne for<strong>to</strong> grope.620 To euery chirche and recluse <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>to</strong>unBade he yeve eke <strong>of</strong> golde a quantiteeAlk as he bade, <strong>the</strong>i were prest and boun,And did it blive ; but, so mote I <strong>the</strong>e,Fully slily dece}'ued he this meyne.His sones and his doughtres bo<strong>the</strong> I meneHer berdes shaued he both smo<strong>the</strong> and clene.621 Whan he was dede, and his obsequies doSolempnely, <strong>the</strong>y <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> freres yede.And bade tho keyes deliuer hem vn<strong>to</strong>And, as <strong>the</strong>y hem beden, so <strong>the</strong>y dede.Tho ioyfull(? sones dressen hem <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> stedeWhere as <strong>the</strong> strong bounden chest s<strong>to</strong>ode.But or <strong>the</strong>y twynned <strong>the</strong>ns <strong>the</strong>y pekked moode.622 They opened <strong>the</strong> cheste, and fonde right noughtBut a passyng grete sergeantes mace,In which <strong>the</strong>re gaily made was and wroughtThis same scripture, * I, lohcrn <strong>of</strong> Canace,

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