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< 343r Cx1: Folio 343v; The Parson's Tale 358-369 344r > Go to Cx2
Caxton 1, folio343v image
 the superfluyte or disordinat skarcete of clothing is reproua  
 ble / 358 Also þe synne of ornement or in apparaill as in thinges  
 that apperteyne to ridyng / as in many delicat horses þt be hol  
 den for delite by cause they be so fair fat & costlewe / 359 And also  
 many a vicyous knaue maintenyd be cause of hem / And  
 in curyous harneys as in sadels / cropers / peytrellis / & bridel s  
 couyrd with precious cloth & riche barres & plates of gold &  
 siluer 360 For whiche god saith by Zacharie the prophete / I wil  
 confounde þe riders on suche horsis 361 These folk taken lityl re-  
 gard of riding of goddes sone & his harneys whan he rood  
 vpon an asse & had non other harneys but þe clothis of his po-  
 ure disciplis / Ne we rede not þt he rode euer on ony other best .  
 362 I speke thus the of superfluyte / not for the honeste whan  
 reson it requireth / 363 And fertherouer certes pryde is gretly  
 notifyed in holdyng of grete meyne whan they be of lityl  
 prouffit / 364 and namely whan the meyne is felenous & dama-  
 geous to the peple by hardynes of her lordship or by wey of  
 office / 365 For certes such lordis sellyn her lordshipps to þe deuil  
 of helle / whan they susteyne þe wickednes of her meyne / 366 or els  
 whan these folk of lowe degre as they þt holden hostelryes sus  
 teyne thefte by their hostelers & that is in many maners of  
 disceytes / 367 suche maner of folk ben the flyes þt folowen þe hony  
 Or els the houndes that folowen þe carein which forsaid folk  
 strāglen spirituelly her lordship 368 For which thus saith dauid  
 Wickednes mot come on the lorshipps / & god gyue that they  
 mowe descende doun in to helle / For in her houses is inyquyte &  
 shreudnes & not god of heuyn / 369 & certes yf þu do no mendement  
 right as god yaf his blessing to laban be cause of Iacob & to  
 pharao for þe seruise of ioseph / right so wil god ieue his malison  
  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 358
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 432
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 432

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 359
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 433
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 433

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 360
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 434
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 434

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 361
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 435
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 435

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 362
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 436
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 436

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 363
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 437
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 437

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 364
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 438
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 438

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 365
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 439
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 439

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 366
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 440
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 440

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 367
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 441
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 441

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 368
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 442
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 442

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 369
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 443
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 443