Þan art þou stalworth þurgh hys powere,
And þy charter made more clere.
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Þe bysshope ys as [as O, a H.] lorde or [or þe.] kyng
To conferme þy crystenyng;
He confermeþ þat we haue take
whan we haue Satan forsake,
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Oure crystendom, þat hyt be sekyr
To fende vs aȝens þe fendës bekyr,
Þan ys oure charter quyte and clere,
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Confermyng with þe bysshopes powere.
And ȝe shul alle weyl vndyrstande, [folio 65b]
whan chyldryn are blessed of þe bysshopys [of bysshop.] hande,
Þat blessyng ys contermacyoun
Aȝens þe fendes temptacyun,
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And makeþ vs stalwurþe yn batayle
whan þe fende wyl vs asayle;
Þan are we made Goddes champyons,
Aȝens þe fendës, Goddys felons;
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þan haue we receyued fully myȝt
Aȝens þe fendë for to fyȝt;
And ȝyf we be yn beleue stedfaste,
we haue powere, dowun hym to kaste.
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Certes, þo men moche mysdo,
Þat [Þat þey H, Þat O.] a-byde long, are þey go þar-to;
And wommen, gretly ouer alle þyng,
þat wyl nat here chyldryn bryng
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To receyue þe sacrament
At þe bysshopes confyrment; [conferment O, cofyrment H.]
For some wete weyl, þat chyldryn kepe,
Þat many are drecched yn here slepe;
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Þe fende hem sheweþ grete affray,
To some on nyȝt, and some a [on.] day,
How þat he, may hem greue, [[6 syllables]]
To make ouþer men mysbeleue;
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