ai bi?ou?tten hem in ?is wyse,
?at folk was ful of Coueitise,
And tresore onon of sende, 1119
And casten aboute siluer & golde,
Take it vp who ?at wolde,
Largely to spende. 1122
Nou?th for ?an in euery strete
?e presse was swi?e grete,
?ai mi?tten hem nou?th defende; 1125
?ai leten lygge ?
at tresoure,
And
foloweden
?
at confessoure
?at day to ?e ende.
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(95)
? Ri?th at seint Bonefas chirche,
To seint Alexi ?ai gonne wirche
A riche monument: 1131
Seuene dayes his frendes duelleden ?ere
ffor his body ?at lay on bere,
And si?ens hom ?ai went. 1134
His fader / his moder / & his wijf,
Lyueden after in holy lijf
Trewely wi? gode entent. 1137
And whan ?ai dyeden alle ?
