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De Superbia et eius dependencijs circumstancijs spectantibus
[Harl. MS. 1758 folio 212b][387] NOw is it bi-houeli thyng to tellen whiche ben dedly synnes. that is to seie. kaitifnesse of synnes alle they renne in colis. But in dyuers maner. Now ben thei clepid kaitifes. ffor as meche as thei ben chief & spryngen of alle other synnes. [388] ¶ Of the rote of these .4. synns. Then is pride the generall rote of alle harmes ¶ ffor of this rote spryngen certeyn branchis. as. Ire. Enuye. Accidie. or slewthe. Auarice or couetise to comyn vndirstondyng. Glotenye & lecherie. [389] And eueryche of these cheef synnes hath his branchis & his twigges as schall be declarid in her chapitres folwyng.