Some hir churc[h]es never ne sye, 765 Ne never o peny thider ne sende; Though the pore parishens for hunger dye, O peny on hem wil they nat spende.
Frere, whan thou receivest a peny for to say a masse, whether sellest thou goddes body for that peny, or thy prayer, or els thy travail?
Now if the party (which he thus talketh withall) profereth hym a peny or .
Let me se, I wyll yet waste a peny Upon suche thynges and if thou have eny.
I shorowe my cote, A peny I trow is ynough on bokes, It is not so soone goten, as this worlde lokes.
Item, for De Regimine Principum, which conteyneth xlv^ti leves, aftir a peny a leef, which is right wele worth iijs.
I putte yow in certeyn that I wull nevyr pay him peny of that duty that ys owyng to hym, thow he sue me for yt, not of myn owyn pursse; for I wul nat be compellyd to pay yowyr dettes azens my well, and thow I wuld, I may nat.
My modyr wyll nowthyr geve nor lend non of you bothe a peny forward.
And towards night our host Tozayemon Dono of Sackay arived heare, but (as he tells me) hath not brought a peny of money, as not haveing sould any of our goodes.
And of euery of these houshouldes hath euery of the fiue ordres of freres a peny a quarter for euery ordre, that is for all the fiue ordres fiue pens a quarter for every house.
Being thus dispatcht he layes downe Jacke A peny for the shot: 'Sir, what shall this doe?
Now he had hyred two men to stande at the gate with a boxe (as the facion is), who toke of euery persone that came in a peny, or an halfe peny at the least.
Who wolde beleue that this marchaunt, whiche is both wyse and subtyle, wolde truste this ideot, that can speke neuer a redy worde, of xl peny worth of ware?
Go nowe forthe, Lytell Johan, And the trouth tell thou me; If there be no more but twenty marke, No peny that I se.
Go nowe furth, Littell Johnn, The truth tell thou me; If there be no more but ten shelinges, No peny that I se.
When other butchers no meat could sell, Robin got both gold and fee; For he sold more meat for one peny Then others could do for three.
But when he sold his meat so fast, No butcher by him could thrive; For he sold more meat for one peny Than others could do for five.
XI But when he sold his meat so fast, No butcher by him could thrive; For he sold more meat for one peny Than others could do for five.
X When other butchers no meat could sell, Robin got both gold and fee; For he sold more meat for one peny Than others could do for three.
God, that rewardeth every gode dede, schal pey for hym the remenant to yow, for every peny an C.
No: on the barren Mountaine let him sterue: For I shall neuer hold that man my Friend, Whose tongue shall aske me for one peny cost To ransome home reuolted Mortimer Hot.
There shall be in England, seuen halfe peny Loaues sold for a peny: the three hoop'd pot, shall haue ten hoopes, and I wil make it Fellony to drink small Beere.
Ne yit is he not thriven so That he hath geten a peny or two, That quitly is his owne in hold.
For were I frere of that hous Ther good feith and charite is, I nolde cope us with thi catel, Ne oure kirk amende, 3010 Ne have a peny to my pitaunce, So God my soule save!
I boughte hire barly-malt, She brew it to selle, 2910 Penyale and puddyng ale She poured togideres, For laborers and for lowe folk That lay by hymselve.
Oure pardon and oure preieres So beth they nought parten, Oure power lasteth nought so feer, But we som peny fongen.
Ther is payn andpeny ale, As for a pytaunce y-take; Cold flesch and cold fyssh, For veneson y-bake.
Go now forth, Lytell Johan, The trouthe tell thou me; Yf there be no more but ten shillings, Not one peny that I se.
Go nowe forthe, Lytell Johan, 165 And the trouth tell thou me; If there be no more but twenty marke, No peny that I se.
With a proude potter I met, And a rose garlande on his head, The floures of it shone marvaylous freshe; This seven yere and more he hath used this waye, Yet was he never so curteyse a potter, 130 As one peny passage to paye.
O base, quoth the other, Horslitter: I protest as poore a man as I am, I would have allowed my wife a three-peny trusse of cleane Straw.
To save Candles, says he; a Peny saved is a Peny got.
Now you must imagine there was not a peny owing in the house, for he had paid as liberall as Cæsar, as far as Cæsar's wealth went.
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