[Sidenote: At an hour before the sun went down the lord sees other men standing idle. Tells them to go into the vineyard.] At þe day of date of euen-songe, On oure byfore þe so{n}ne go dou{n} He seȝ þer ydel men ful stronge & sa[y]de to hem[17] w{i}t{h} sobre sou{n}; 532 “Wy stonde ȝe ydel þise dayeȝ longe.” Þay sayden her hyre watȝ nawhere bou{n}. “Gotȝ to my vyne ȝemen ȝonge & wyrkeȝ & dotȝ þ{a}t at ȝe mou{n}.” 536 Sone þe worlde by-com wel brou{n}, Þe su{n}ne watȝ doun &[18] hit wex late; To take her hyre he mad su{m}ou{n}; Þe day watȝ al apassed date. 540 [Sidenote 17: MS. _hen_.] [Sidenote 18: MS. & &.] [Headnote: THE PAYMENT OF THE LABOURERS.] X. [Sidenote: [Fol. 46b.]] [Sidenote: As soon as the sun was gone down the “reeve” was told to pay the workmen. To give each a penny. The first began to complain.] The date of þe daye þe lorde con knaw, Called to þe reue “lede pay þe meyny, Gyf hem þe hyre þat I hem owe, & fyrre, þat non me may repreue, 544 Set hem alle vpon a rawe, & gyf vchon i{n}-lyche a peny. Bygyn at þe laste þat sta{n}deȝ lowe, Tyl to þe fyrste þat þ{o}u atteny;” 548 & þe{n}ne þe fyrst by-go{n}ne to pleny & sayden þat þay hade trauayled sore, Þese bot an [h]oure hem con streny, V{us} þy{n}k v{us} oȝe to take more. 552 [Sidenote: Having borne the heat of the day he thinks that he deserves more. The lord tells him that he agreed only to give him a penny.] More haf we serued v{us} þy{n}k so, Þat suffred han þe dayeȝ hete, Þe{n}n þyse þat wroȝt[e] not houreȝ two, & þ{o}u dotȝ hem v{us} to cou{n}terfete. 556 Þe{n}ne sayde þe lorde to on of þo, “Frende no wrang[19] I wyl þe ȝete, Take þat is þyn owne & go; & I hyred þe for a peny a grete, 560 Quy bygy{n}neȝ þ{o}u now to þrete; Watȝ not a pené þy couenau{n}t þore? Fyrre þe{n} couenau{n}de is noȝt to plete, Wy schalte þou þe{n}ne ask more? 564 [Sidenote 19: MS. _wanig_.] [Headnote: THE APPLICATION OF THE PARABLE.]