For, þou mayst sey what [qwat D.] þou wylt,
But þou beleue hyt, ellys ys alle [trowe it is ellis D.] spylt;
Alle [Al.] þat y seyd, y beleue [trowe D.] hyt weyl,
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My beleue haþ do [doun O.] þe dede [trowyng dede it D.] euery deyl."
Þe bysshop comaundyd þat she shuld noȝt
Beleue ne wurche as [trowe no wycchecraft D.] she had wroȝt.
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Here [Heyr O.] mow we wyte, [wete O, may ȝe wete D.] beleue wyl [wyle O, qwhy . . . wil D.] make
Þere þe wurde [wrde O, þo wurdis D.] no myȝt [þer wurd ne myȝt ne D.] may take.
Þe bysshop seyd þe wurdys [wrdys O, wurdis D.] echoun,
But, beleue þeryn hadde he noun.
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Nomore shall hyt [it schal D.] auaylë þe
Þat beleuest not þere [þat trust not in þat. þi D.] beleue shulde be.
Ȝyf þou herdyst a fals þyng [þynge O.] or layþ [foule [fowl O.] ] [spokyn a fals þing D.]
Þat were spoke aȝens þe feyþ, [were a-ȝens þe feith brekyng D.]
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And þou ne wuldest [þou woldyst not D.] þeraȝen seye,
But beleuyst, oþer for loue, oþer for eye, [but lete it passe f. l. or ay D.]
Þou hast synned, & aȝen went
Þys ychë fyrst [In þe ferste D.] comaundëment.
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Þus seyþ þe lawë þat men hauntes,
'Ȝyf þou forhelyst, weyl þou grauntes.' [for-hile þat it grauntys D.]
Ȝyf þou trowest or vndyrstondys [folio 4b:2]
Þat þre sustren ben [beyn O.] shapandys, [sustrys arn schaphandys D.]
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And comun þere þe chylde ys bore, [come . . . born D.]
And shapyn hyt wele [weyl O.] or euel before; [schape . . be-forn D.]
For wykked beleue þat þou art [trouþe þat þei ben D.] ynne
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Þey make þe [þy O, cause þe D.] chylde to falle yn synne;
Swyche beleue þou shuldest nat [sueche trouþes þei schulde not D.] werche
Aȝens þe beleue [trouþe D.] of holy cherche.
Þer nys no shapper33 but god almyȝt, [ys no shaper . . almyghte O, is no schappere of alle þinge D.]
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