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[The Ninth Commandment.]
The nynþe comaundment yn oure tellyng
Ys “coueyt nat þy neghbours þyng,”
For to reue hyt hym wykkedly
with wrong pleys or ouþer maystry,
No with glosyng, no with queyntyse,
No wyþ destressë, on noun wyse,
No wyþ wykked procurement,
To make hym lese hys tenement.
Ys “coueyt nat þy neghbours þyng,”
For to reue hyt hym wykkedly
with wrong pleys or ouþer maystry,
No with glosyng, no with queyntyse,
No wyþ destressë, on noun wyse,
No wyþ wykked procurement,
To make hym lese hys tenement.
And for hyt haþ þe same assyse
Þat longeþ vn-to coueytyse,
y wyl now ouer-lepe hyt here,
And aftyrwarde ȝe mowe hyt lere
whan y speke of þe dedly synne
Of coueytyse, hyt ys þer-ynne;
For hyt ys one of þe seuene,
Among hem y wyl hyt neuene;
And of hys spycys telle ȝow neyde,
As holy man haue wryten and seyde.
Of þys nynþe wyl y endë now,
And of þe tenþë speke to ȝow.
Þat longeþ vn-to coueytyse,
y wyl now ouer-lepe hyt here,
And aftyrwarde ȝe mowe hyt lere
whan y speke of þe dedly synne
Of coueytyse, hyt ys þer-ynne;
For hyt ys one of þe seuene,
Among hem y wyl hyt neuene;
And of hys spycys telle ȝow neyde,
As holy man haue wryten and seyde.
Of þys nynþe wyl y endë now,
And of þe tenþë speke to ȝow.
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