¶ Of the Boy That Bare the Frere His Masters Money. XLIX
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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.