The Multitext Edition > Oxford, Corpus Christi College MS. 198
The Man of Law's Tale
Folio 75r
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O hateful harm condicioū of pouert
With thurst with cold with hunger be confoundetħ
To asken helpe þe schameþ in þin hert
If þou now axe wiþ neede art þou so wounded
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That verray neede vnwrappeth al þi wounde hid
Maugre þin heed þou most for Indigence
Or stele or begge or borwe þi dispence
Thou blamest crist and seist ful bitterly
He mys departeþ richesse temporal
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Thy neyghebour þou witest synfully
And seist þou hast to litel and he haþ al
Parfey seistow somtyme he rekene schal
Whan þat his tail schal brennen in þe gleede