[82] _i. e._ him. The Orig. reads _them_.
+ _Of the boy that bare the frere his masters money._ xlix.
_4 lines wanting._
Ye, quod the frere. Than wente the man to the boye and sayd: syr, thy
mayster byddeth the gyue me xl pens. I wyll nat, quod the boye. Than
called the man with an hye voyce to the frere and sayd: syr, he sayeth
he wyll not. Than quod the frere: bete him; and whan the boye harde his
mayster say so, he gaue the man xl pens.
By this ye may se, it is foly for a man to say ye or nay to a matter,
excepte he knewe surely what the matter is.