Robert of Brunne's "Handlyng synne".

whan y spake of sacrylage. [[p. 292]] Line 11132
Ne þou oghtes [oghtest.] nat to be enchesun To sturble mannys deuocyoun. Ȝyf þou ne wylte Goddes seruyse here, lette none ouþer of here preyere; Line 11136 Fole ys, þat foly þat ['þat' omitted.] wyl nat drede, And more þat letteþ alle oþer gode dede. Ryȝt so [so O, om. H.] seyþ Salamon þe wyse, Vs alle of foly to [for to.] chastyse. Line 11140
Clerk to bete, or handes on ley yn vyolence, hyt ys grete eye; Hyt longeþ to þys sacrament Þurgh bysshopës commaundëment; Line 11144 yn sacrylagë þer y spake, [[p. 280]] y touched of þat ychë lak; And yn þe ten commaundëmens, [[p. 72, 77]] y wene y touched of þys defens; Line 11148 Þarforë, now hyt ys beste, Of þys sacrament to reste.
God grauntë þesë lordynges, weyl to do yn allë þynges, Line 11152 And late hem neuer here soulës lese For no wrongës [no wrons O, wronges H.] þat þey chese!

[Of the Sixth Sacrament,—Marriage.]

The syxte sacrament ys matrymony, Þére hyt ys do ryȝtwusly; Line 11156 God comaundeþ yn hys boke Þat man shuldë hyt weyl loke; For he stabled hyt yn paradys, [folio 74a:2] hyt ys holde yn þe morë prys; Line 11160 And yn Kana [kana of.] Galyle He turnede water yn wyne to be.
Aȝens þys ychë sacrament
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Robert of Brunne's "Handlyng synne".
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Mannyng, Robert, fl. 1288-1338.
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London :: Pub. for the Early English text society, by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., ltd.,
1901-[03].

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