And oþer [ouþyr O.] þat haue be seyn [seye O.] & wetyn; [han be seyn ȝe noun wete D.]
None ben þare-yn, [be þer ynne O, Now am þerin. D.] more ne lesse,
But þat y founde wryte, [fonde wrete O, þan I fond wreten D.] or had [hadde O, & haue D.] wytnesse.
Þarefore may hyt, [it may D.] & gode skyl [skyle O, skele qwhy D.] why,
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'Handlyng [Handlynge O, handlyng of D.] synne' be [be O, be callyd D, ys H; still, is is a root, and in the Northern dialect we find I is, they is, etc. Phil. Soc. Proc. ii. 150-1.] clepyd oponly;
For hyt toucheþ no priuite,
But opyn [opon O.] synne þat called may be.
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Begynne we þan to telle yn hast, [haste O, þanne now yn hast D.]
with fadyr and sone and holy gost, [hely gaste O.]
And yn wurschyp [wrshepe O, In þe wurschepe D.] of oure [our O.] lady,
And al [alle O, alle seyntis þat ben hir by D.] þe halewys þat beyn hem by:
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Þey ȝeue [ȝyue O.] vs grace ryȝt [ryþ O, om. D.] so to deme,
Vs to profyt, [proffyte O, note D.] and god to queme.
[Commandments]
[The First Commandment. [Amen // Primum mandatum D.] ]
[Non habebis deos alienos coram me. D.]
The first commaundment [comaundement O, ferste comaundement of euerychon D.] ys of echone
'Þou shalt haue [houyn D.] no god but one,'
Né but o [on .o. O, And in oo g. þou schal D.] god shalt þou leue,
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Ne on no þyng þat wyl [þynge þat wyle O, to don no þing þat schal D.] hym greue.
Now [loke þou D.] beþenke þe weyl on þys,
Ȝyf þou aȝen þys haue [hast O.] do ouȝt mys. [do owht a-ȝens hym a mys D.]
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The fyrst askyng [askynge O, ferste askyng D, D om. ys.] ys yn oure boke, [folio 2a]
'Ȝyf þou euer god forsoke;'
Any tymë, as for nede, [ony t . . drede D.]
Or for folye, [foly OD.] or for drede, [nede D.]
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Or ouþer chaunce þat you weyl woste, [wost O.]
Forsoke fadyr and sone and holy goste. [gost O.]
