& succession of tyme/ he departed to them alle his
goodes temporell/ And as longe as he gaf to them they
obeyed hym & were right diligent to plese and serue
hym/ so hit befell that on a tyme that he had alle
gyuen in so moche that he had ryght nought/ Than hit
happend that they to whom he had gyuen his goodes/
whiche were wonte to be amyable & obeyssant to hym
as longe as he gaf. Whan tyme cam that he was
poure and knewe that he had not they becam unkynde
Disagreable and disobeyssant/ And whan the fader sawe
that he was deceyuyd by his debonayrte and loue of
his doughters/ He desired and couetyed fore teschewe
his pouerte/ At laste he wente to a marchant that
he knewe of olde tyme. And requyred hym to lene
to hym. x. thousand pound for to paye and rendre agayn
wyth in thre dayes/ And he lente hit hym/ and whan
he had brought hit in to his hows/ Hit happend that
hit was a day of a solempne feste/ on whiche daye he
gaf to his doughters and her hufbonde a right noble
dyner/ and after dyner he entrid in to his chambre
secretly wyth them/ And drewe out of a coffre that
he had do make all newe shettynge with iii. lockis/
the menoye that the marchant had lente hym And poured
out vpon a tapyte that his doughtres and theyr hufbondes
myght see hit/ And whan he had shewid hit vnto them
he put hit vp agayn and put hit in to the cheste saynynge
that hit had ben all his And whan they were departed
he bare the money home to the marchant that he had
borowed hit of/ And the next day after his doughters
and theyre hufbondes Axid of hym how moche moneye was
in the cheste that was shette wyth. iii. lockis/ And
than he fayned and saide that he had therein. xxv.
thousand pound/ whiche he kepte for to make his testament
and for to leue to his doughters and hem/ yf they wolde
here hem as well to hym ward as they dyde whan they
were maried/ And than whan they herde that/ they were
right Ioyous and glad And they thoughte and concluded
to serue hym honorably as well in clothynge as in
mete and drynke & of alle other thynges necessarye
to hym vnto his ende And after this whan the ende
of hym began tapproche/ he callyd his doughters and
her husbondes and sayd to hem in thys mauere/ y’e
shall vnderstande that the moneye that is in the chest
shette vnder. iii. lockes I wylle leue to yow Sanynge
I wyll that y’e gyue in my prefence er I dye
whilis I lyue to the frere prechours. C. pound
and to the frere menours. C. pound/ And to the
heremytes of saynt Augustyn .I. pound to thende that
whan I am buryed and put in the erthe y’e may
demande of them the keyes of y’e cheste where
my tresour is Inne/ whiche keyes they kepe/ and I
haue put on eche keye a bille & writynge In witnessinge
of the thynges abouesayd/ And also y’e shall
vnderstande that he dyde do to be gyuen whilis he
laye in his deth bedde to eche churche and recluse
and to poure peple a certayn quantyte of moneye by
the handes of his doughters husbondes/ whiche they
dyde gladly. In hope to haue shortly the money
that they supposid had ben in the cheste/ And whan