And leued yn age a þousend ȝere—
Ne myȝt telle þe sorow and were, [dysesc]
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Ne þe peyne, þat þe preste shal drye, [suffre]
Þat haunteþ þat [þe.] synne of lecchery.
Þey are wroth whan any þus precheþ,
But holy wryt þus vs telleþ [vs þus telþ.] and techeþ.
Now turne we aȝen þere we spak
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Of handlyng synnë, þat yche lak;
Y tolde of handlyng synne as y kouþe,
And now wyþ [of.] foly kyssyng with mouþe.
kyssyng doþe moche more euyl
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whan handlyng cumþ of þe deuyl;
Some wene þat kyssyng ys no synne, [folio 54a:2]
But grete peryl falleþ þer-ynne.
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Be þou neuer so chaste and straunge,
kyssyng wyl þyn hertë chaunge;
Hyt ys forbode, be þou weyl ware,
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But ȝyf hyt be here, þat furþe þe [þe furþ.] bare;
Þy wyfë þou mayst kysse with ryȝt,
Ȝyt yn sum poynt mayst þou falle yn plyȝt.
Seynt Ierom, he spekeþ [spekþ O.] of þys,
Ouer moche for to daunte and kysse;
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Daunte a womman oute of skylle,
when no tyme were, she wyl þer-tyl.
Maner þer ys of foule kyssyng,
As ys of dede and of handlyng,
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Þat falleþ [falþ.] ofte yn pryuyte,
But þat shal nat be tolde for me;
Noþeles, hyt mote be tolde
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Yn shryftë, boþe with ȝunge and olde.
Sum maner kyssyng ys ful grete vyce,
And wommens hertys to sȳnne wyl tyse;
And who so delyteþ hym þer-ynne,
wommen to foly for [so.] to wynne,
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Y do hym weyl to vndyrstande,
