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< 357v Cx1: Folio 358r; The Parson's Tale 678-703 358v > Go to Cx2
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 But an Auaricious man loueth more his tresour forgid  
 And678 thrugh this synne of auarice and of Couetyse co-  
 myth thyse hard lordshippis thorugh whiche men be strey-  
 ned by talagis customs and cariagis more than her dute  
 or reson is / or els take they of her bonde men amercementis  
 Whiche myght more resonably be callyd extorsions than  
 amercementis / 679 Of whiche amercementis & raunsonyngis  
 of bonde men some lordis stywardis sayn that it is right-  
 ful / for as mykyl as a chorle hath no temporel thing that  
 it ne is his lordis as they sayn / 680 But certis thyse lord-  
 ships don wronge that bereuen her bonde folke thinges that  
 they neuer yaf hem / Augustinus de Ciuitate dei libro . ix o .  
 Sayth that 681 soth is that the condicyon of thraldom and  
 the first cause of thraldom is for synne / Genesis . vo . 682 thus  
 may ye see that the gilte deserueth thraldom and not na-  
 ture / 683 Wherfore thyse lordes shold not glorye hem in her lord  
 shippis / sith that by naturel condicion they be not lordis of  
 her thrallis / but that thraldom com first by synne / 684 And  
 ferthermore ther as the lawe sayth that temporel lordes of  
 bonde folk ben the goodes of her lordshippis / ye that is for  
 to vnderstonde the goodis of the emperour to defende hem in  
 her right but not to robbe hem ne to reue hem / 685 And ther-  
 fore sayth Seneca / Thy prudence shold lyue benygnely  
 with thy thral / 686 that thou clepest thy thral ben goddis peple  
 For humble folk ben crystes frendes / they be contubernyal  
 with the lord / 703 Now cometh disceyt betwene marchaunt  
 and marchaunt / And thou shalt understande that mar-  
 chandyse is in many maners / That one is bodily and  
 that other is goostly / that one is lefful / And that other  
  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 678
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 752
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 752

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 679
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 753
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 753

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 680
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 754
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 754

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 681
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 755
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 755

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 682
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 756
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 756

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 683
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 757
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 757

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 684
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 758
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 758

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 685
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 759
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 759

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 686
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 760
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 760

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 703
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 777
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 777