¶ The second fable is of the woman and of the ypocryte
He generacion or byrth of the ypocryte
is moche dampnable and
euylle / As it appiereth by this
fable / and as poge reherceth to
vs whiche ſayth / that ſomtyme
he fond hym ſelf in a good felauſhip / where he
herd a fable / whiche was there reherced / Of
the whiche the tenour foloweth / and ſeyth the
ſayd poge / that of alle the goodes of this world /
the ypocrytes ben poſſeſſours / For how be hit /
that an ypocryte haue ſomtyme wylle for to
helpe ſomme poure and Indygent / Neuertheles
he hath a condycyon within hym ſelf / that is to
wete / that he ſhold rather ſee a man at the poynt
of dethe than for to ſaue his lyf of an halfpeny /
And this preſumpcion is called ypocryſye / as ye
ſhal here herafter by the fable folowyng the
whiche ſayth that one beynge in the felauſhip of
Poge reherced / that ſomtyme the cuſtomme of
alle the poure was that they wente before the
folkes dores withoute ſayenge ony word It
happed thenne on that tyme that a poure man
