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scotfree_a but_o also_o poor_a folk_n needy_a &_o feeble_a also_o he_o bid_v that_o man_n shall_v not_o bid_v the_o scotfree_a folk_n &_o their_o friend_n to_o fee_v with_o no_o wicked_a intention_n in_o hope_n of_o false_a wyn_v for_o pomp_n for_o gluttony_n for_o lechery_n or_o to_o gete_v they_o a_o great_a worldly_a name_n but_o principaly_a for_o to_o norisshe_v pea_n &_o charite_n and_o in_o token_n that_o festis_fw-la make_v with_o good_a intention_n both_o to_o scotfree_a &_o poor_a be_v plesaunt_n to_o god_n criste_fw-fr clepith_n we_o all_o scotfree_a &_o poor_a to_o the_o endless_a feest_fw-mi and_o crist_n himself_o though_o he_o be_v poor_a in_o our_o manhede_v he_o be_v not_o feeble_a blind_a ne_fw-fr