THE TALE（第4页）

menshallwellknowethatitisthesame

bysignes，andbyothercircumstances.

thus*quitei*folkthatdousdispleasances:*iamrevengedon*

thusspitioutmyvenom，underhue

ofholiness，toseemholyandtrue.

but，shortlymineintentiwilldevise，

ipreachofnothingbutofcovetise.

thereforemythemeisyet，andeverwas，—

radixmalorumestcupiditas.

thuscanipreachagainstthesamevice

whichthatiuse，andthatisavarice.

butthoughmyselfbeguiltyinthatsin，

yetcanimakenotherfolktotwin**depart

fromavarice，andsorethemrepent.

butthatisnotmyprincipalintent;

ipreachenothingbutforcovetise.

ofthismattereitoughtenoughsuffice

thentellithemexamplesmanyaone，

ofoldestorieslongetimegone;

forlewed*peoplelovetalesold;*unlearned

suchthingescantheywellreportandhold.

what?troweye，thatwhilesimaypreach

andwinnegoldandsilverfor*iteach，*because

thatiwillliveinpovertwilfully?

nay，nay，ithoughtitnevertruely.

foriwillpreachandbeginsundrylands;

iwillnotdonolabourwithminehands，

normakebasketsfortolivethereby，

enidlely.

iwillnoneoftheapostlescounterfeit;**imitate（inpoverty）

iwillhaveney，wool，andcheese，andwheat，