is a deed man; it seemeth therefore that all his freres ben
cursed.
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46. Why wil ye not touche no coined money with the crosse,
ne with the kinges heed, as ye don other jewels both of golde and
silver? Certes, if ye despyse the crosse or the kinges heed, than
ye be worthy to be despysed of god and the kinge. And sith ye
will receyve money in your hertes and not with youre handes, it
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seemeth that ye holde more holinesse in your hondes than in your