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[Of Simony.]
To coueytyse longeþ symonye,
Þe whych haunteþ almost al clergye.
Symonye ys, as men telle,
when ȝyftys of holy cherche men selle.
Þe whych haunteþ almost al clergye.
Symonye ys, as men telle,
when ȝyftys of holy cherche men selle.
Ȝyf þou oþer ȝaue or sent
Of holy cherche to haue vaunsement,
Or any ȝaf hyt for þe loue of þe,
And þou art nat wurþy vaunsed to be,
þan art þou come, þurgh þat queyntyse,
To symonye and coueytyse.
Ȝyf þou þan þat auaunsement holde,
Þou art a wulfe of Goddys folde;
A wulf, y sey, take þou gode kepe,
For þou shalt answere for þe shepe.
A clerk þat hys orders takeþ
For ȝyft or present þat he makeþ,
He ys nat wurþy hem to haue,
Hym were bettyr to be a knaue,
And so were hem þat so hem selles
For ȝyftys, and for no godenes elles.
Þese holy men þat hauë ben,
And holy wryt haue red and sen,
Sey, þat swych ȝyftys are lore,
And, now ys noun ware before.
For swych men selle þe holy gast
To hem þat he loueþ last.
Of holy cherche to haue vaunsement,
Or any ȝaf hyt for þe loue of þe,
And þou art nat wurþy vaunsed to be,
þan art þou come, þurgh þat queyntyse,
To symonye and coueytyse.
Ȝyf þou þan þat auaunsement holde,
Þou art a wulfe of Goddys folde;
A wulf, y sey, take þou gode kepe,
For þou shalt answere for þe shepe.
A clerk þat hys orders takeþ
For ȝyft or present þat he makeþ,
He ys nat wurþy hem to haue,
Hym were bettyr to be a knaue,
And so were hem þat so hem selles
For ȝyftys, and for no godenes elles.
Þese holy men þat hauë ben,
And holy wryt haue red and sen,
Sey, þat swych ȝyftys are lore,
And, now ys noun ware before.
For swych men selle þe holy gast
To hem þat he loueþ last.
Coueytous men and lechours,
Of holy cherche þey haue onours:
Þys mow men se alle day with ye;
Cursed be syr symonye!
Of holy cherche þey haue onours:
Þys mow men se alle day with ye;
Cursed be syr symonye!
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