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magnam_fw-la indigentiam_fw-la bladi_fw-la ideo_fw-la vestrum_fw-la pauperibus_fw-la venditis_fw-la in_o duplo_fw-la plusquam_fw-la emistis_fw-la vestra_fw-la horrea_fw-la plena_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o populus_fw-la fame_n oruciatur_fw-la and_o fol._n 23._o col_fw-fr 3._o sic_fw-la faciunt_fw-la isti_fw-la grossi_fw-la usurarij_fw-la qui_fw-la volunt_fw-la decipere_fw-la pauperem_fw-la dando_fw-la ei_fw-la bladum_fw-la ut_fw-la tandem_fw-la possint_fw-la habere_fw-la svam_fw-la haereditatem_fw-la but_o he_o discourse_v of_o this_o more_o large_o elsewhere_o show_v how_o in_o a_o cheap_a year_n they_o will_v say_v to_o the_o poor_a farmer_n that_o bring_v they_o their_o rend_a corn_n sell_v it_o sell_v it_o and_o keep_v the_o money_n to_o yourselves_o for_o we_o need_v it_o not_o yet_o and_o so_o will_v watch_v these_o poor_a soul_n as_o it_o be_v by_o the_o way_n and_o in_o the_o end_n will_v call_v for_o all_o the_o arrearage_n when_o it_o be_v dear_a so_o that_o they_o be_v not_o able_a 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day_n but_o upon_o all_o the_o sin_n that_o ever_o we_o commit_v even_o from_o our_o birth_n if_o it_o be_v possible_a to_o remember_v they_o chap._n 3._o strain_v pease_n madam_n be_v not_o to_o be_v forget_v you_o know_v how_o to_o handle_v they_o so_o well_o that_o they_o will_v be_v delicate_a and_o pleasant_a to_o the_o taste_n by_o these_o strain_a pease_n our_o allegorise_a flute_n pipe_v nothing_o else_o but_o true_a contrition_n of_o heart_n which_o be_v one_o part_n of_o penance_n note_v this_o further_a that_o pease_n never_o see_v kind_o in_o well_o water_n nor_o conduit_n water_n but_o only_o in_o river_n water_n which_o mystical_o signify_v that_o true_a repentance_n can_v seethe_v right_o that_o be_v can_v be_v make_v perfect_a with_o well_o water_n or_o conduit_n water_n by_o which_o be_v mean_v tear_n of_o attrition_n but_o he_o that_o will_v have_v they_o to_o seethe_v well_o must_v of_o necessity_n take_v river_n water_n that_o be_v true_a contrition_n for_o by_o 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i_o promise_v to_o handle_v in_o this_o chapter_n viz._n how_o intolerable_a the_o covetousness_n of_o the_o clergy_n be_v but_o what_o may_z some_z say_v may_v we_o not_o discover_v this_o impudent_a covetous_a deal_n by_o sundry_a place_n of_o this_o book_n as_o namely_o by_o that_o which_o have_v be_v already_o speak_v in_o this_o chapter_n it_o be_v true_a i_o confess_v but_o now_o my_o purpose_n be_v to_o detect_v monstrous_a impudency_n or_o if_o i_o may_v so_o speak_v the_o very_a quintessence_n of_o impudency_n yea_o of_o impudence_n accompany_v with_o most_o abominable_a impiety_n and_o the_o example_n which_o i_o will_v produce_v for_o this_o purpose_n be_v so_o authentical_a that_o they_o can_v possible_o deny_v it_o except_o they_o will_v deny_v their_o own_o hand-writing_n for_o see_v here_o their_o own_o word_n which_o they_o have_v engrave_v in_o gothian_a letter_n in_o a_o table_n of_o stone_n which_o be_v at_o least_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v not_o long_o since_o fasten_v 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est_fw-la be_v ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la sum_fw-la tâ—stis_fw-la hîc_fw-la vos_fw-la mundare_fw-la potestis_fw-la fratres_n haurite_fw-la de_fw-la trunco_fw-la pocula_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la hîc_fw-la aliquid_fw-la sinite_fw-la very_fw-la velut_fw-la israëlitae_fw-la crede_fw-la mihi_fw-la crede_fw-la coeli_fw-la dominaberis_fw-la aede_fw-la nam_fw-la pro_fw-la mercede_fw-la christo_fw-la dices_fw-la mihi_fw-la cede_fw-la hâ—c_fw-la datur_fw-la exponi_fw-la paradisus_fw-la venditioni_fw-la currant_n ergo_fw-la boni_fw-la rapientes_fw-la culmina_fw-la thrâ—ni_fw-la vis_fw-fr retinere_fw-la forum_n mihi_fw-la tradas_fw-la pauca_fw-la bonorum_fw-la pro_fw-la summa_fw-la quorum_fw-la reserabitur_fw-la aula_fw-la polorum_fw-la hîc_fw-la si_fw-la largè_fw-fr des_fw-fr in_o coelo_fw-la sit_fw-la tua_fw-la sedes_fw-la qui_fw-la serit_fw-la hîc_fw-la parcè_fw-la parcè_fw-la comprendet_fw-la in_o arce_fw-la cur_n tardas_fw-la tantum_fw-la nummi_fw-la mihi_fw-la des_fw-fr aliquantum_fw-la pro_fw-la solo_fw-la nummo_fw-la gaudebis_fw-la in_o aethere_fw-la summo_fw-la denos_n some_o quater_fw-la unum_fw-la semel_fw-la haec_fw-la sacra_fw-la mater_fw-la annos_fw-la condonat_fw-la sanctus_fw-la pater_fw-la ista_fw-la coronat_fw-la tot_o quadragenas_a that_n &_o abluit_fw-la hic_fw-la tibi_fw-la poenas_fw-la mil_n missis_fw-la decies_fw-la socius_fw-la si_fw-la des_fw-fr ibi_fw-la fie_v the_o subject_n or_o matter_n of_o these_o verse_n which_o i_o speak_v for_o their_o sake_n who_o understand_v not_o latin_a not_o have_v translate_v they_o because_o their_o grace_n consist_v in_o the_o rhyme_n be_v nothing_o but_o this_o that_o he_o which_o give_v to_o the_o box_n go_v straight_o to_o heaven_n and_o the_o more_o he_o give_v the_o high_a shall_v his_o place_n be_v and_o he_o that_o give_v nothing_o shall_v never_o come_v there_o for_o hîc_fw-la datur_fw-la exponi_fw-la paradisus_fw-la venditioni_fw-la which_o be_v thus_o much_o in_o good_a english_a here_o paradise_n be_v set_v to_o 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