Alle þe woke, for worldës shame,
He ȝede to þe cherche, but lytyl to frame;
whan he hadde long a-bydë so,
And, no skaþë come hym to,
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Þys þoght he yn hys herte ful raþe, [folio 65a]
For he hadde þarfore no skaþe,
he wendë God had hyt forgete
As ouþer men do þat haue forlete;
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Or þoȝt þat he hadde hyt forȝyue,
And hym neded nat þer-of be shryue,
Ne shulde þerof come no myschaunce,
For he was of so longe suffraunce.
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But God, þat fórȝeteþ no þyng,
he sente þarfore grete heuenyng;
Þe seuenþe day þys man deyde,
As þe holy man vs seyde;
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Sone aftyr þat byryed he [he byryede.] was,
Veniaunce come for þat trespas;
Vpp of [Out of.] hys graue a fyre vpp smote—
Ful stynkyng and ful hote—
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And brenned [brende.] þat cursed body alle,
And stone and erþe, boþe grete and smalle;
Alle was so brend yn-to þe grounde,
Þat of hys body myȝt noȝt be founde.
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Here mow ȝe here apertly why
God toke veniaunce greuusly,
Þat God shewed so moche hys Ire,
For he synned þat tyme with hyre
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Þat he [he O, om. H.] lyfte of þe fonte stone:
hyt ys a warnyng to vs echone
þat we kepe þe sacrament,
Oure bapteme þat God haþ sent; [lent.]
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And þat we bettyr hyt holde
For þys tale þat y ȝow tolde.
Ȝe, Ihesu lordë, þou hyt graunte
