wykkedly þey beleue [beleueþ.] a-mys.
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Holy cherche makeþ no menyng, [folio 75a]
For swyche þyng defende anelyng;
But yn euery an euyl strong—
lygge þou shortë whyle or long—
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Þou shalt aske þys sacrament,
with gode wyl and gode entent,
Syn hyt auayleþ but lyghtly
But hyt be asked derwurly. [derwrþely.]
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Þy gode wyl shal stonde for oght,
Ȝyf þou hyt aske, and haue hyt noȝt;
For some are now a-lyue þou seest,
And dede are he may haue þe preste;
Þarfore, askë hyt be tyme,
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For, deþ cumþ now as yn swyme;
yn euery sykenes, aske hyt al-weys;
God almyȝty ys ryȝt curteys,
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he seeþ þy wyl, what þou wuldest [wst.] haue,
Hys mercy ys þe more þe to saue.
Ihesu, y þanke þe of þy grace,
Þat hast lent me [me lent.] wyt and space,
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Þys yn Englys for to drawe,
As holy men haue seyd yn sawe;
For lewed men hyt may auayle,
For hem y tokë þys trauayle.
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Of þys sacrament wyl y blynne;
Of shryfte, to telle, y wyl bygynne;
God ȝyue me gracë so to seye,
Of shryfte to shewë þe ryȝt weye, [shewe ryghtly weye.]
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Þat we receyue, are we be went,
with-outë synne, þys sacrament.
Here bygynneþ shryfte.
[prolog]
The lyȝt of grace þat neuer haþ ende,
From whom al cumþ, and to al men sende;
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