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| Þus seyþ seynt Poule, and moche more, | ||
| Yn pystyl of hys lore. |
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| As y have tolde of rere a sopers, | a late | |
| Þe same falleþ of erly dyners; | ||
| Dyners are oute of skyl and resun | ||
| On þe Sunday, or hye messe be doun.[1] | ||
| Þoghe þou have haste, here ʓyt a messe, | ||
| Al holy,b and no lesse, | b completely | |
| And nat symple a sakare,c For hyt ys nat ynow for þe, | c the consecration part | |
| But d hyt be for lordys powere | d unless | |
| Or pylgrymage þat haþ no pere. | ||
| Are þou oghte ete, þys ys my rede, | ||
| Take holy watyr and holy brede; | ||
| For, yn aventure kas, hyt may þe save, | ||
| L̄yf housel e ne shryfte þou mayst have. | e Eucharist | |
| Alle ofer tymes ys glotonye | ||
| But hyt be grete enchesun f why. | f reason | |
| On oþer hyghe dayys, ʓyf þat ou may, | ||
| Þoghe þat hyt be nat Sunday, | ||
| Here þy messe or þou dyne, | ||
| L̄yf þou do nat, ellys ys hit pyne;g | g woe | |
| Lordes þat have preste at wyl, | ||
| Me þenkeþ þey trespas ful yl | ||
| Þat any day ete, are þey here messe. | ||
| But ʓyf h hyt be þurghe harder dystresse. | h unless | |
| Þe men þat are of holy cherche, | ||
| Þey wete weyl how þey shul werche; | ||
| But swych i y telle hardyly, | i such | |
| Þat swych a preste douþ glotonye |
- ↑ Ere appears in this piece as or and are.
