For þat he dyd, þere-at y logh."
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Þan wyst þe prest, þurgh þat syȝt
Þat he was weyl with God almyȝt.
For Ianglers, þys tale y tolde,
Þat þey yn cherche here tungës holde.
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Speke to God yn þy preyere,
And þat shal nat þe fendë here.
Þou Iangler, take þou godë kepe,
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hyt were wel bettyr þou were on slepe;
Ȝyf nyt ne be amended here, [O. inserts—Wyþ shryfte of mouth and pen|aunce clere.]
Elleswere shalt þou a-bye hyt dere.
Sacrylage also may be for tyþe;
yn þat, synne men ful oftë syþe.
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Of allë þyng, þat þe neweþ,
Tyþe ryȝtly, ór elles hyt þe reweþ.
Of þe werst þou shalt nat ȝyue,
For þan lesest þou þy gode yn þy lyue;
Ne ȝyue hyt nat with wykked wyl,
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For al þe touþer, mayst þou þan spyl;
Ȝyue God þe best þat þou mayst haue,
And alle þe touþer he wyl þe saue. [
O. inserts—
But þou do so, wyte þou weylHe wyl þe reuë eury deyl.
]
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Foure þynges are ȝyuë specyaly [folio 62a:2]
To euery man þat tyþeþ ryȝtly; [nota bene]
Þe fyrst ys, long lyfe to haue;
Þe touþer, þe yn gode hele to saue;
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Þe þryd ys, gracë gode with-ynne; [to wynne.]
Þe fourþe, forȝyuenes of þy synne:
Ȝyf þou wylt haue any of þyse,
Tyþë weyl, and on gode syse. [assyse.]
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ȝyf þou turnedest, for worldes wynnyng,
halewed place, or holy þyng,
Cherche ȝerde, or þere chapyl was,
Tymber, stones, eren, or glas,
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Curteynes, or ouþer vestyment,
Or any oþer vesselement
Þat falleþ to holy cherches seruyse,
