(354)
To thyne egall, concorde; vnto thy foo, [[MS. Reg. 17 D 6.]]
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Suffrauncë; & to thy self, holynesse;
To the nedy, greved with wrecched wo,
Mercy in dede, & rewë his distresse
After thy power, & releve in heuynesse; [¶ Scriptum est: Sola be|neuolencia sufficit aman|ti, si facultas deest bene|ficiendi, &c.]
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And rewe vpon hym, yf that thy myght faile,
For þat will shall þy dedë countervayle.
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Who-so it be that Iusticë verray [Si quis es qui iusticiam veram sectari desideras, time prius deum.]
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Desireth folowe, first mote he god drede,
And loue as hertly [MS. also hertily.] as he kan & may.
It not suffiseth to do no noyous dede, [Scriptum est: Non nocere, non est ius|ticia, sed mali abstinencia, &c.]
But who annoyë hym wold it forbede;
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For none anoyë is no righwisnesse,
But it is abstinence of wickkednesse.
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Of counceill & of helpe we be dettoures [MS. doctoures.] [Scriptum est: Ipso iure fra|ternitatis & societatis humane con|silii & auxilii debitores su|mus. Hoc enim volu|mus vt & ipsi nobis impen|dant consili|um, quo nos|tra erudiatur ignorancia, & auxilium quo iuretur infirmitas nostra.]
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Eche to other, by right of bretherhede;
For whan a man y-falle in-to errour is,
His brother ought hym counceille & rede
To correcte & amende his wikked dede;
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And yf he be vexed with maladie,
Mynystre hym helpe, his greef to remedie.
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[Harleian MS. 4866 begins again.] ¶ Euery man owiþ studien [to studie R.] and muse [Harl.4866 folio 43a] [[R] Vnusquis que fratrem suum docere studeat, que oporteat vel non oporteat facere, prouo|cans eum ad meliora, & consulens que recta sunt coram Deo; et hoc non verbo tan|tum, sed opere &c.]
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To teche his brothir what þing is to do,
And what be-houëly is [byhoveth for.] to refuse;
That þat is good, prouokyng him þerto;
And þus he mote conseille his brothir, lo!
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"Do þat right is, and good, to goddës pay,
In word nat only, but in werk al-way."
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