Yn place þere wymmen chyldryn bare;
Ȝyf þou sawe hyt yn perel of dede,
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And þou ne coudest do bote ne rede,
Ne seyë wurde, ne helpe at nede,
So þat hyt to þe deþë ȝede;
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Þou shalt þerforë perel haue; [folio 64a]
Vnkunnyng shal þe nat saue;
For euery man, boþe hygh and logh,
Þe poyntes of bapteme oweþ to knowe,
To helpe chyldryn yn many kas;
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Men wete neuer what nede one has.
who so ne kan, y rede hym lere
Yn syȝte, yn dede, and he may here.
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Y shal ȝow teche, as y herde telle
Onës a frerë menor spelle:
"Ȝyf þou se a chylde yn swyche perel
Þat none may saue hyt with no wylle,
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Sey þan þus, ȝyf þou haue haste,
"y crysten þe yn þe name of þe fadyr & sone & holy gast,"
And ȝyue, what þou wylt, hyt a name,
And kast on water; þan ys hyt frame;
And ȝyf þou ȝyue hyt namë none,
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Noþer Robert, Wyllyam, no [ne.] Ione,
Loke þat þese wurdës be weyl seyd,
And water þer-on algate leyde;
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And þat þyr be none ouþer waste,
But yn þe fadyr and sone, and holy gaste;
Þese wurdes forȝete þou naght,
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Ne watyr, what as euer elles be [ys.] wroȝt."
Mydwyuës þat wyþ wymmen wone,
Alle þe poyntes, behoueþ hem kone;
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Prestes shuld teche hem þe ordynaunce,
what þey shuld sey and do yn chaunce,
And examyne her [examyne here O, examyne H.] what she couthe,
what she shuld do, and seye with mouþe.
