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 Quod he that may I yeue you and non othir  
 Ye sey me thus how that I am your brothir  
 Ye certis qd the frere trustith me right wel  
I took our dame our lettir and our seel  
 Now wel quod he and somwhat shal I yeue  
 Vnto your holy Couent whyle y lyue  
 And in thy hond thou shalt it haue anon  
 On this condicion and othir non  
That thou departe it so my dere brother  
 That euery frere haue as moche as othir  
 This shalt thou swere on thy professioun  
 Withoute fraude or cauillacioun  
 I swere it quod the frere vp on my feith  
And ther with al his hond in his he leith  
 Lo here my feith in me shal be no lak  
 Than put thy hond a doun right be my bak  
 Seyde this man and grope wel be hynde  
 Be nethe my buttok there shalt thou fynde  
A thyng that I haue hid in priuyte  
 A thoughte this frere that shal go with me  
 And doun his hond he launchith to the clifte  
 In hope forto fynde there som good yefte  
 And whan this sik man felte this frere  
Aboute his towel gropinge here and there  
 Amyd his hond he let the frere a fart  
 Ther is no Capul drawynge in a Cart  
 That mighte haue let a fart of suche a soun  
 The frere vp stert as doth a wood lioun  
A fals chorle quod he for Cockis bonys  

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In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group D, 2128
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment III, 2128

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CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

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