Swychë men, here synne þey synke,
þat recchë nat þer-on to þynke.
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Some men, whan here synne ys wroȝt,
Hyt no more [more eft.] cumþ yn here þoȝt,
And ȝyueþ no fors, [force.] þat he forȝeteþ
hys synne; and hym þe fend eteþ.
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leuer ys hym late hem alle weyue,
þan any hard penaunce receyue.
Ȝyf þou wylt haue þe sacrament,
Þe behoueþ ȝyue weyl bettyr entent,
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And recordë euery dede
with sorow of herte, and with drede,
And forþynke, with mochë mone,
Þat þou ne mayst þenk on echone;
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And ȝyf þou shryue þe euery deyl
Of þo, þat þe meneþ weyl,
Þat þou ne lettë for no shame
To tellë opunly þy blame:
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Swyche a man þat þus ys shryue,
May be asoyled, and penaunce ȝyue.
penaunce may be ȝyue to none
But he shryue hys synnes echone,
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And be of godë répentaunce;
No prest may elles ȝyue hym penaunce;
Penaunce pyneþ þy flessh and ['and' omitted.] þe fende,
And plesyþ God, and makyþ hym frende.
Aftyr, ȝyf þou þenk on þat
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Synne þat þou yn shryfte forȝat,
Þou art holde to telle hyt þy prest [folio 72a:2]
whan þou hast mynde þer-of yn brest.
whan þou hast þy synne forsake,
And þy penaunce þer-forë take,
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Forȝete nat þan þat þou ne do
