And y warne þe of þys kas, [folio 44a]
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To comone with any þat cursyng has,
Þat þou wystyst opunly
were cursed with holy cherches cry.
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Ȝyf þou [þou O, om. H.] dedyst hyt by þy wylle,
wyþ-oute destresse or lordys wylle, [ylle.]
Holy cherche ys wroth wyþ þe astyt,
And halt hyt pryde and grete dyspyt,
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And seyþ þou art vnbuxum,
And manteynest an euyl custum.
Ȝyf a cursed man hadde cumpany
with one or ouþer, logh or hy,
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Or yn mete or yn drynke
At þe alehous, or ouþer gaderyng,
He ne wulde recche how long he lay
yn hys cursyng, nyȝt or day.
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For holy cherchë curseþ none
But yn vnbuxumnesse þat haþ mysgone;
Þat wyl nat stonde at hys Iustyse,
he defendyþ hym þe comune acyse,
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For to make hym be ashamed
Þat he shulde be so defamed,
And so shulde he wyte he may nat be
But at holy cherche degre. [cherches gre.]
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For swych þyng, men ofte hem meken,
And mercy at holy cherchë sekyn.
Þarfor hyt ys a grete folye,
with cursed man haue cumpanye.
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Seynt Poule seyþ, þat mochë wote,
"who-so handlyþ pycche wellyng [pycch wellynge.] hote,
He shal haue fylþe þerof sumdeyl
Þogh he kepe hym neuer so weyl."
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And Dauyd seyþ yn þe sauter,
For felaushepe, on swych maner,
"with holy man, holy shalt þou be;
