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will_v no_o solemnyte_n have_v in_o their_o buriing_n but_o be_v put_v in_o earth_n anon_o and_o that_o the_o shall_v be_v spend_v about_o the_o buri_a they_o bid_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v yoven_v to_o the_o poor_a folk_n blind_a and_o lame_a pauper_fw-la common_o in_o such_o prive_a buriynge_n be_v full_a smalle_fw-mi dole_n and_o lytel_n alm_n yoven_v and_o in_o solemn_a buriynge_n be_v great_a dole_n and_o moche_n alms_n yoven_a for_o moche_v poor_a people_n come_v thanne_n to_o seek_v alms_n but_o whanne_v it_o be_v do_v prive_o few_o wit_n thereof_o and_o few_o come_v to_o axe_n alms_n for_z they_o wot_v not_o whanne_v ne_o where_o ne_o who_o they_o shall_v axe_n it_o and_o therefore_o i_o leave_v siker_o that_o sum_n fall_v executoure_n that_o will_v keep_v alle_fw-mi to_o themselves_o bigamne_fw-la first_o this_o error_n and_o this_o folye_a dives_fw-la and_o yet_o man_n hold_v it_o a_o great_a ê‘fection_n these_o day_n pauper_fw-la though_o man_n bury_v their_o friend_n 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do_v so_o and_o speak_v so_o that_o man_n may_v hold_v the_o a_o true_a man_n and_o than_o man_n shall_v leave_v the_o by_o yhe_n &_o nay_o better_o than_o other_o with_o their_o great_a oath_n and_o if_o thou_o be_v variing_n and_o untrusti_fw-la in_o thy_o word_n and_o in_o thy_o deed_n man_n will_v neither_o bileve_v the_o by_o oath_n ne_o without_o oath_n dives_fw-la therefore_o sum_n say_v the_o cryste_n forbid_v all_o manner_n swear_v whamne_v he_o say_v in_o his_o gospel_n ego_fw-la auten_v dico_fw-la vobis_fw-la non_fw-la iurare_fw-la oinno_fw-la mt_n u.c._n i_o say_v to_o you_o that_o you_o swear_v in_o no_o manner_n pauê‘_n that_o be_v not_o the_o englisse_n of_o cristes_fw-la word_n but_o this_o be_v the_o englisshe_n i_o say_v to_o you_o that_o you_o swear_v not_o in_o every_o manner_n that_o be_v to_o say_v for_o everye_o cause_n not_o light_a line_n custumable_o also_o he_o bid_v by_o tho_o word_n that_o man_n shall_v not_o swear_v by_o creature_n as_z for_o wytnes_n 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so_o in_o ê‘iurye_n for_o man_n drede_v less_o to_o lie_v and_o to_o forswear_v they_o whanne_v they_o swear_v by_o creature_n than_o whanne_v they_o swear_v by_o god_n allone_n the_o viij_o chaptre_n another_o manner_n swear_v be_v by_o execration_n and_o impcation_n that_o be_v whanne_a man_n or_o woman_n in_o his_o swear_n pray_v open_o or_o prive_o against_o hin_a self_n or_o against_o any_o thing_n that_o he_o lovyth_v or_o any_o other_o thing_n but_o it_o be_v as_o he_o say_v and_o thê°_n sum_n man_n sweryth_v by_o his_o heed_n sum_n man_n by_o his_o thedame_n for_o as_o seynt_a austyn_a say_v he_o that_o sweryth_v so_o he_o bind_v himself_o &_o leith_n his_o heed_n &_o his_o thedame_n in_z plegge_a to_o god_n and_o pray_v to_o god_n that_o he_o lose_v his_o heed_n and_o his_o thedame_n &_o nevyr_n thryve_v but_o it_o be_v as_o he_o saithe_v or_o but_o he_o do_v as_o he_o say_v or_o hotith_v sum_n swear_v by_o their_o soul_n by_z their_o chaffer_n &_o by_o all_o the_o good_a 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the_o nombre_fw-fr of_o x._o &_o yet_o be_v they_o all_o knytt_n in_o one_o precept_n of_o kind_n how_o god_n law_n be_v liken_v to_o a_o sautrie_n and_z to_o a_o harp_n ca._n twelve_o ¶_o declaration_n of_o this_o text_n he_o that_o offend_v in_o one_o offendithe·_a in_fw-ge all_fw-ge ca._n xiii_o how_o pceptis_fw-la of_o the_o first_o table_n be_v ê¯phendyd_v in_o the_o pcept_n of_o kind_n &_o of_o vengeance_n of_o manslaughter_n &_o of_o murdre_fw-fr ca·_fw-la xiiii_o ¶_o god_n defendith_v not_o sle_v of_o beestis_fw-la but_z only_a manslaughter_n with_o outen_o gifte·_a how_o man_n may_v sin_n in_o sle_v of_o beestis·_fw-la ca._n xv_o in_o what_o manner_n and_o to_o who_o manslaughter_n be_v leful_a god_n and_o the_o law_n slay_v wicked_a doer_n and_o iuges_fw-la slay_v as_o god_n mynistres_n &_o his_o officer_n ca._n xuj_o ¶_o why_o the_o sword_n be_v grauntyd_v to_o pnstis_n &_o mynistres_n of_o the_o old_a law_n &_o why_o the_o sword_n of_o shed_v of_o blood_n be_v forboden_a pnstis_n of_o the_o new_a law_n also_o what_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o auter_n representith_n ca_fw-mi xvii_o ¶_o how_o the_o law_n punyssh_v clerk_n sheder_n of_o blood_n many_o case_n of_o irregularite_n for_o manslaughter_n wyman_n that_o do_v miss_v craftis_n or_o unleful_a craftis_n to_o let_v them self_o fro_o bere_v of_o child_n &_o all_o that_o come_v to_o sle_v though_o they_o sle_v not_o be_v mansleer_v ca._n xviii_o many_o other_o case_n of_o irregularite_n for_o manslaughter_n ca._n nineteeen_o ¶_o a_o exposition_n of_o this_o text_n he_o that_o have_v not_o a_o sword_n self_z he_o his_o cote_n and_o by_o he_o a_o sword_n etc._n etc._n and_o of_o the_o dethe_v of_o many_o and_z saphira_o att_o seint_a petyr_n word_n ca._n xx_o ¶_o a_o iuge_n know_v a_o man_n ungilty_a shall_v not_o dampne_a the_o man_n though_o the_o quee_a or_o the_o wytnesse_n say_v that_o he_o be_v guilty_a &_o what_o the_o iuge_n shall_v do_v in_o such_o a_o case_n ca._n xxi_o ¶_o skill_n why_o it_o be_v unleful_a in_o any_o case_n a_o man_n or_o a_o woman_n to_o sle_n them self_o ca_fw-mi xxii_o ¶_o why_o it_o be_v more_o sin_v to_o sle_v a_o rightous_a man_n than_o a_o wicked_a man_n in_z what_o manner_n it_o be_v unleful_a a_o man_n to_o sle_v his_o wyf_v for_o avoutry_n &_o that_o it_o be_v more_o sin_v a_o man_n to_o sle_v his_o fader_fw-mi or_o mother_n than_o his_o wif._n ca._n xxiii_o ¶_o why_o god_n suffer_v be_v and_o bateyle_n three_o thing_n be_v needful_a that_o a_o bateyl_n be_v rightful_a how_o clerk_n &_o other_o man_n may_v defend_v themselves_o how_o subgette_n be_v excuse_v of_o fight_v by_o precept_n of_o their_o prince_n and_o soudeoure_n also_o and_o how_o not_o ca_fw-mi xxiiii_o the_o sixth_o precept_n ¶_o nine_o spice_n of_o lechery_n and_o in_o how_o many_o manner_n a_o man_n may_v sin_n with_o his_o wyf_v ca._n i._n ¶_o why_o matrimony_n be_v ordain_v &_o of_o the_o three_o good_a thing_n of_o matrimony_n what_o nironâ—ye_n bitokn_v &_o the_o wedding_n ring_n ca._n two_o ¶_o what_o myscheyf_v cummyth_n of_o avoutry_n &_o what_o vengeance_n god_n have_v do_v therefore_o in_o holy_a wrytte_n of_o the_o prophesy_v of_o boneface_n matter_n of_o the_o lechery_n of_o englonde_n and_o how_o the_o ground_n &_o the_o beginning_a of_o every_o peple_n be_v lauful_a generation_n in_o wedlok_n ca._n iii._n ¶_o when_o god_n make_v matrimony_n &_o have_v law_n a_o good_a declare_v of_o these_o word_n of_o adan_n this_o bone_n be_v now_o of_o my_o bone_n &c_n &c_n why_o woman_n be_v make_v of_o the_o ryb_n of_o man_n &_o nat_n of_o earth_n as_o adan_n be_v ca._n iiii_o ¶_o auoutry_n be_v more_o grevous_a sin_v in_o the_o husbonde_n than_o in_o the_o wyf_v a_o great_a ê“cesse_n of_o seint_a austyn_a rebuke_v man_n avoutrer_n ca._n v._n ¶_o seint_a austyn_a aunswerith_n to_o the_o false_a excusation_n of_o man_n lechoure_n how_o crist_n savyd_v the_o woman_n take_v in_o avoutrie_n they_o that_o shall_v punysshe_v sin_v shall_v be_v ungilty_a in_o that_o sin_n case_n in_o which_o the_o husbond_n may_v not_o accuse_v his_o wyf_v of_o avoutrie_n ca·_fw-la vi_fw-la ¶_o in_o what_o manner_n a_o man_n may_v forsake_v his_o wyf_v for_o fornication_n of_o the_o irregularite_n of_o a_o man_n know_v his_o wyf_v after_o that_o he_o knowith_v that_o she_o have_v do_v fornication_n only_a death_n deê‘tith_n &_o brekith_v the_o bond_n of_o true_a matrymonye_n &_o of_o two_o manner_n dethe_v of_o entre_fw-fr into_o religion_n of_o weddyd_v folk_n bifore_fw-la they_o know_v to_o gidre_fw-fr flessh_o the_o wife_n have_v as_o great_a occasion_n in_o that_o that_o longith_n to_o faith_n of_o matrimonye_n again_o her_o husbond_n as_o her_o husbonde_n against_o she_o and_o cause_n why_o ca·_fw-la seven_o ¶_o simple_a fornication_n be_v deadly_a sin_n these_o word_n crescite_fw-la et_fw-la multiplicamini_fw-la that_o be_v wax_v you_o &_o be_v you_o multiply_v be_v speak_v only_o to_o man_n &_o woman_n weddyd_v to_o giddre_fw-fr &_o why_o crist_n will_v his_o mother_n be_v weddyd_v or_o he_o be_v conceyve_v ca._n viij_o ¶_o weddyd_v man_n and_o woman_n may_v live_v chaast_a if_o it_o like_v they_o both_o for_o many_o cause_n or_o deyn_v god_n man_n and_o woman_n not_o to_o know_v to_o giddre_fw-fr flesshe_o but_o in_o wedloke_n what_o sin_n a_o woman_n avoutresse_n dothe·_a ca._n ix_o ¶_o a_o woman_n lecchoure_n be_v the_o fiend_n snare_n &_o a_o man_n lechour_n be_v the_o fiend_n net_n common_o more_o malice_n be_v in_o man_n than_o in_o wyman_n of_o excusation_n of_o ada_z and_z why_o he_o sin_v more_o than_o eve_o why_o crist_n bicame_v man_n and_o nat_n woman_n ca._n x._o ¶_o sampson·_n david·_v &_o salomon·_v disceyve_v themselves_o or_o wyman_n disceyve_v they_o petyr_n whanne_v he_o forsake_v criste_n be_v more_o in_o defaute_fw-fr than_o the_o woman_n that_o speak_v to_o he_o man_n lechoure_n diffame_v chaste_a wyman_n that_o will_v not_o assent_v to_o they_o ca_fw-mi xi_o ¶_o blame_a or_o lack_v of_o wicked_a wymen·_n 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