Þo men þat were so blake,
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Þat no þyng myȝt hem blaker make,
Þey are lecchours foule with-ynne,
And haue no wyl to leue here synne;
Þo men þat werë [In Harl. the words after 'were' have been scratched out, but a later hand has written 'face full of blode' for them; an original 'of' can be made out before the 'full.'] rede as blode,
Line 10229
Þey are Irus, [yrous.] and wykked of mode,
here euene crystyn for to slo
with deþ, or, with pyne do wo;
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Þo þat þou sagh with swolle vysage,
Þey are enuyous ouer outrage;
And þo þat gnapped here finger endes,
Are bakbyters betwyxë frendys;
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Þo þat þou sagh, meselles be syȝt,
Þey loue more gode þan God almyȝt;
Þo þat þou sagh lyke maumetrye,
On worldly þyng [wrly (sic) þynge.] þey most affye;
Line 10240
More loue þey gode þat hé haþ sent
þan þey do hym þat alle haþ lent;
þese maner men are ȝyt yn wyl,
yn here synne to lyuë stylle;
Line 10244
And þarfore shal þe sacrament
On hem aske hardë Iugëment,
Þat þey haue receyue [receyuede.] hyt vnwurþyly, [folio 68a:2]
And serued þe fende, hys enemy.
Line 10248
Þys tale y tolde for loue of þo
Þat yn synne to housel go,
Or beþ yn wylle to turne aȝeyn;
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For alle here trauayle þey do yn veyn.
Ȝyf þou, whan þy [þyn.] housel shalt take,
Be yn wylle þy synne to forsake
For euermore yn stedfaste herte,
Line 10255
Þogh þou synne sone aftyr, [after synne sone.] and smert,
Ȝyt God takeþ hyt nat to so grete grym
As ȝyf þou yn tresoun receyuedest hym.
yn no þyng wote y more tresun,
Þan brynge þy lorde to [on.] hys felun;
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And ȝyt men sey here synne ys grefe,
