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The Harleian ms. 7334 of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.

[6-text p 601] þe world nys but a litel þing at regard of þe sorwe of helle [181] ¶ The cause why þat Iob. calleþ helle þe lond of derknes; [182] vnderstondith þat he clepith it lond or eorþe for it is stable and neuer schal fayle. derk; for he þat is in helle hat defaut/ of light material. [183] for certes þe derke light þat schal come out of þe fuyr þat euer schal brenne / schal torne him to peyne þat is in helle for it schewiþ him to þorrible deueles þat him tormenten [184] couered wiþ the derknes of deth þat is to sayn þat he þat is in helle schal haue defaute of þe sight of god ¶ For certes þe sight of god is þe lif perdurable. [185] þe derk|nes of deth ben þe synnes þat þe wrecchid man haþ doon whiche þat stourben him to see þe face of god right as a derk cloude doþ bitwixe vs and þe sonne [186] ¶ lond of myseyse; By cause þat þere ben þre maner of defautes agains þre þinges þat folk of þis world han in þis present lif þat is to sayn. honures. delices. and richesses [187] ¶ Agayns honours. han þey in helle / schame and confusioun. [188] For wel ȝe witen þat men clepyn honure þe reuerence þat men doon to þe man. but in helle is [folio 255b] noon honour ne reuerence. for certes no more reuerence schal ben doon to a kyng þan to a knaue [189] ¶ For which god saiþ by þe prophete Ieremie ¶ Thilke folk / þat me displesen schul be despit [190] ¶ Honour is eke cleped gret lord|schipe. þere schal no wight seruen oþir but of harm and of torment ¶ honour eek is cleped gret dignite and heigh|nes; but in helle schulle þay be al fortrode of deueles [191] ¶ And god saith. thorrible deueles schuln goon and comen vpon þe heedes of dampned folk. And þis is for als moche as þe heyher þat þay were in þis present lif; þe more schuln þay ben abatid and defouled in helle [192] ¶ Agayns riches of þis world schuln þay han mysese of pouert. A þis pouert schal be in .iiij. þinges [193] In defaut of tresor of which as
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The Harleian ms. 7334 of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
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London,: Pub. for the Chaucer society by N. Trübner & co.,
1885.

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