Comaundement yn þe olde lawe was,
'Ones yn þe ȝere to shewe þy trespas;'
þe newe law ys of [of þe.] more onour
'Ones to receyue þy creatoure,'
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Ones yn þe ȝerë, to knowleche,
Þy lorde to pes, for drede of wreche.
Þat prest, y blame ouer alle þyng,
Þat with-oute skylle lettyþ to synge;
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For many a soulë myȝt be saued
with þe messe þat he haþ leued;
For al[lë] þat yn peynë ys,
Abydeþ þe socoure of þe messe;
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For euery messe makeþ memórye
Of soules þat are yn purgatórye;
Mochë þanke shal þat prest haue,
Þat helpeþ, hem for to saue;
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For no þyng may hem so moche auayle
Of here peyne and here trauayle,
As þe sacrament of þe autere,
Ne makeþ hem of peyne so clere.
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And þat may y [y O, om. H.] shewe apertly
By a tale of seint Gregorye;
Seynt Gregory telleþ for þe same, [A tale.]
[The Tale of the Priest who was waited on by a Dead Lord whom he afterwards sang out of Purgatory.]
þer was a prest, Felyx was [was H, om. O.] hys name;
Bysyde hys wonyng yn a paþ
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was a wasshyng yn an hote baþ;
Þys prest þedyr [ofte þyder.] oftë ȝede [folio 68b:2]
To wasshe hym whan he haddë nede.
Þys prest þere euer redy fonde
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