¶ De Septem peccatis mortalibus.
[387] NOw is it bihouely thyng to telle / whiche ben dedly synnes / that is to seyn / chieftaynes of synnes / alle they renne in o lees / but in dyuerse manere / now ben they clepid chieftaynes / for as muche as they ben chief / and sprynge of alle othere synnes [388] ¶ Of the roote of thise .vij. synnes / thanne is pryde / the general roote of alle harmes / for of this roote / spryngen certeyn branches / as Ire /. Enuye /. Accidie / or Sleuthe /. Auarice / or Coueitise /. to commune vnderstondynge /. Glotonye /. and lecherye ‖ [389] and euerich of thise chief synnes / hath hise branches and hise twigges / as shal be declared / in hire chapitres folwynge /
[De] Superbia [[from margin: no break in MS.]]
[390] and though so be / þat no man kan outrely tellen the nombre of twigges & of the harmes þat comen of [[The] braunches [of] Pryde] Pryde / yet wol I shewe a partie of hem / as ye shul vnderstande [391] ¶ Ther is / Inobedience / Auantynge / Ypocrisye / Despit Arrogaunce / Inpudence / Swellynge of herte / Insolence / Elacion / Inpacience / Stryf / Contumacie / Presumpcion / Inreuerence / Pertinacie / Veyne glorie / and many another twig þat I kan nat declare [392] ¶ In|obedient is he / þat desobeieth for despit / to the comande| [[Ino]bedience:] mentz of god / & to hise souereins / & to his goostly fader [393] ¶ Auantour / is he þat bosteth / of the [folio 246a] harm / [[Auan]tyng.] or of the bowntee þat he hath doon [394] ¶ Ypocrite is he / that hideth / to shewe hym / swich as he is / and sheweth hym / swich as he nawght is / [395] ¶ Despitous [De[spitous]] is he / that hath desdeyn of his neighebore / that is to seyn / of his euenecristen / or hath despit/ to doon / that hym oghte to do [396] ¶ Arrogant is he þat thynketh / [Arroga[nt]] þat he hath thilke bountees in hym / þat he hath nat/ or
