knowlachyng behoueþ vs allë make;
And þurgh a-nother resun ryȝt gode,
Syn Ihesu Cryst toke flesshe and blode,
And was cloþed yn oure man-hede,
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And wyst oure wykkednes & oure nede,
To man behoueþ vs to telle oure trespas,
Syn he knew alle þat yn man was.
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For whan we shryue vs to þe preste,
To God we shewe vs yn mannes [mannes O, goddes H.] breste;
Þan wotë boþë God and man, [folio 75b]
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Oure lyfe, þat alle may wete [wyte.] and kan;
Now we shul, telle ȝow sone,
what ys to leue, and what to done.
[12 points of shrift]
The fyrste poynt of shryfte.
Þe fyrst poynt of þy shryfte oweþ to be,
'with þy gode wyl and hertë fre,
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whan þou art yn þy lyfë best,
Awey þou shalt þy synnë kest;'
For þan wurschepest þou God aboue,
And forsakest þy synne for hys loue.
Dauyd seyþ, yn wurde to fulfyl,
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God shrofe hym with hys [hys O, om. H.] gode wyl;
Abyde nat tyl þou most nedly,
For þan hyt ys with fors and maystry;
Þou shryuest þe þan for drede,
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Nat for loue, but more for nede;
