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Caxton 1, folio239v image
 By symonye or by othir circumstauncis  
 Thus quyte I folk that doth vs displesauncis  
 Thus spit I out my venym vnder hewe  
 Of holynes to seme holy and trewe  
But shortly myn entent I wol deuyse  
 I preche of no thing but of couetyse  
 Therfore my teme is yet and euer was  
 Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas  
 Thus gan I preche the same wyse  
To suche as be vsyng the syn of aueryse  
 But though my self be gilty in that synne  
 Yet can I make other folk to twynne  
 From auarice / and sore to repente  
 But that is not my principal entente  
I preche no thing but for couetyse  
 Of this mater it ought y now suffyse  
 Than telle I of ensamplis many on  
 Of olde storyes / longe tyme agoon  
 For lewd pepyl louyn talis olde  
Whiche thingis can they weel reporte & holde  
 What trow ye whylis that I may preche  
 And forto wynne gold & siluer forto teche  
 That I wil lyue in pouert wilfully  
 Nay nay I thoughte it neuer trewly  
For I wol preche and begge in sondry londis  
 I wil not do no labour with my hondis  
 And make baskettis and lyue therby  
 Be cause I wol not begge Idelly  
 I wil non of the apostolis countirfete  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PD, 95
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group C, 423
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VI, 423

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PD, 100
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group C, 428
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VI, 428

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PD, 105
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group C, 433
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VI, 433

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PD, 110
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group C, 438
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VI, 438

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PD, 115
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group C, 443
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VI, 443