Þat þe shuld helpe yn alle þy nedes,
Tyl þou com to amendëment [folio 72b:2]
with penaunce, þat ys, þys sacrament.
Yn sacrylage, y tolde a tale
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how cursyng breweþ mochë bale,
Þat alle þe ȝere hopped aboute,
Þat wulde nat þe prestys byddyng doute.
Now wyl we leuë, at þys [þys O, þs H.] tyme,
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Of penaunce morë for to ryme,
For y shal tellë þer-of more
At shryftë, whan y comë þore;
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God ȝyue me gracë so to telle,
To shamë alle þe fendes of helle!
[Of the Fifth Sacrament—Holy Orders.]
NOw of þe fyfþë sacrament,
Þe order of þe bysshopes presentement.
þys falleþ to þese lordynges,
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As popës, emperoures, and kynges,
And to alle þat clerkys auaunce
To holy cherches portynaunce; [purtynaunce.]
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Swyche men, þat are of grete nobley,
Yn þys sacrament þan synne þey,
Þat þey graunte, for mede þat þey take,
Vnwurþyly, a bysshope to make,
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Of whom þat ys þe famë ryfe
Þat he ys, of febyl lyfe,
Or oþer to auaunce, hyt ys folye,
wyþoutyn resonable clergye.
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Clerk behoueþ [behouede.] hym for to be,
Þat shulde receyue swyche dygnyte
For to gouerne holy cherche;
with clergy, behoueþ hym algate werche.
But now ys fulfylled þe prophecye
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Þat, sorë wepyng, seyþ Isaye,
"Ryȝt swych shal be þe prest [[6 syllables]]
