Þan art þou clene, þou shalt beleue,
Of Adams synnë, and of Eue.
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Þarfore hyt ys þe fyrst sacrament
Þat þou art to, fyrst made present;
Lokë þat þou kunne hyt knowe; [folio 63b:2]
hyt makeþ þe hygh, þere þou were lowe,
hyt makeþ þe fre, þat er were þralle,
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Fro þe fendës seruage alle,
Þat þe þar neuer þe fendë drede
But hyt be þurgh þyn owne mysdede.
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Ȝyf a chylde be dedë bore—
Þogh hyt were quyk yn wombe byfore—
And, receyue nat þe bapteme,
Of heuene may hyt neuer cleme;
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with-outë doute, beleue ȝe þys,
Þat hyt shal neuer come to blys;
Ne peyne of hetë, ne of colde,
Hyt shal non fele, no ryȝt hyt wolde;
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Hyt noght mysdyd, ne serued wo,
Ne [No.] to nonë shal hyt go;
Þys ys peyne with-outen ende,
hyt shal neuer to Ioyë wende.
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Gretë grace ys to hem lent,
Þat here receyue þys sacrament.
Also, ȝe þat heue chyldryn al day,
loke ȝe be stedfast yn oure [ȝoure.] lay,
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Þat nonë haue yn hertë doute,
Ne to wycchecrafte leste no [ne.] loute.
Þou settest þy self yn borghgage
To teche þe chylde whan hyt haþ age;
Ȝyf þou se hyt mysdo or seye,
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Þou shalt teche hyt better wey,
Ȝyf hyt be so þat þou maght,
Þou [þou O, þat H.] art holde þat hyt be taght;
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Quyte þe weyl [weyl so.] oute of borghgang,
Þat þou ne haue for hyt no wrang.
loke also, ȝyf þou euer ware
