þat we mow holdë þat cunnaunte
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þat we at þe fonte stonë make,
Ihesu to serue, and Satanas forsake.
[Of Confirmation.]
The secunde sacrament, y vndyrstonde,
Ys graunted of þe bysshop honde;
Men kalle hyt 'confyrmacyon,'
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A sykernesse neuer more vndon
wyþ no lawe, ne with no skylle, [folio 65a:2]
But ȝyf ȝe self algatë wylle; [See French, 1. 7232, next page.]
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As ȝyf þou boghtest house and [or.] land
with charter at þy neghburs hande,
Þou mayst holde hyt for euer-more,
So bapteme þe saueþ ones þore;
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And ȝyf hyt be graunted of þe kyng,
Þat þou hast boght, þan ys syker þyng;
Syker ys, þat yn rolle ys leyde,
For þan may hyt neuer be wyþseyde;
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þe rollyng fordoþe croppe and rote,
And ryȝt of þo þat wulde þe mote; [plete]
Rollyng, and þe grete assyse,
Aftyr hem may no lawë ryse.
Line 9804
Þus fareþ hyt of confyrmacyun
Aftyr tyme þat bapteme ys doun;
Confyrmacyun ys more ne lesse,
But aftyr crystenyng, gode sykernesse;
Þys [þy.] bapteme ys charter of ryȝt
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Þat fordoþë Adams [adames.] plyȝt,
And, þat ys of grete pouste,
Þat fro þe fende hyt byeþ þe fre,
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And defendeþ þe þyn [þyn O, yn H.] erytage,
Þat þou mayst holde hyt yn alle þyn age,
And saue þy statë euery deyl,
Ȝyf þou kepe þy charter weyl;
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Ouer þys, ȝyf hyt be þy lordes wylle
Þat he þy charter wyl fulfyle,
