Þat ȝyf ȝe kunnat, lerneþ how
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To sauë þat, God boȝt ful dere,
Þe poyntes of bapteme y rede ȝow lere;
Mydwyfe ys a perylus þyng
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But she kunne þe poyntes of crystenyng;
Ne beleueþ nat on þese shappers, [shapperes.]
Ȝoure mysdede ful mykyl deres;
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y wolde þo shappers were on lowe,
And al þo þat on hem trowe.
Þe beleue ys, 'þe fadyr and sone & holy gaste;'
Alle ouþer beleue ys wykked and waste;
Þurgh hem ys alle þyng shape & wroȝt,
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And ouþer shappers [shapperes.] ne are noȝt;
God ys shapper of alle þyng,
he wote þe mydward, and þe endyng;
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Þe oþer shappers, þat men of seye,
Hyt ys a beleue of deuyl weye.
Þe mete þat ȝe leye at þe chyldës hede [heuede.]
For swyche shappers, were bettyr leued;
Ȝyf hyt for hem þerë lye,
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Þan ys hyt [ys hyt O, ys H.] a wykked erysye; [heresye.]
ley hyt for þe loue of þe holy gaste,
Fadyr, and sone, oo God stedfaste,
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As wysly as he become a chylde,
Bore of Marye, mayden mylde,
Þat he ȝyue hyt to lyue yn ['yn' omitted.] gode grace,
And gode endyng, and se hys face.
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Ȝyf þou were euer so vnwys [folio 64b]
For to crystene a chyldë twys,
Or ȝyf þou euer consentedest þar-to
Þat any ouþer shulde so do,—
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At home, as yn pryuyte,
Anouþer tyme, þat men myȝt se,—
For ȝyf hyt were baptysed at hame
wyþ alle þe poyntes of bapteme name,
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