The þred poynt of shryfte.
Þe þryd poynt of þy shryfte,
'Opunly þyn herte vp lyfte:'
So byt God to me and þe,
Þat opunly shal þy shryftë be.
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Salamon to vs seyþ, and [seyþ & to us.] kalleþ,
'Seuene tymes on a day þe ryȝtwys man falleþ;'
As oftë þan behoueþ þe ryse,
Ȝyf þou lyue yn ryȝt seruyse.
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Þus seyþ þe clerke seynt Austyne,
Þat was a mayster of dyuyne, [deuyn.]
'Ȝyf þou to many prestes atwynne,
Al holyche wylt shryue þy synne,
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Þou shalt fynde grace and forȝyuenes,
And mede to þe, for þy mekenes.'
Þre þyngës mayst þou fynde,
Þat wyl þe oute of synnë bynde;
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Þe fyrst ys, þat þou mayst lere,
And many dyuers samples [sample.] here,
Of euery prest, a lessoun,
To knowë þy saluacyoun; [folio 76a]
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Ȝyf þou haue herde of many a-pryse,
þe morë þou canst, of queyntyse.
þe touþer me þenkeþ a gode resoun,
Þat quyteþ þe fro dampnacyoun,
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þe ofter þat þou shewest þy blame,
þe more me þenkeþ þou hast of shame;
þe shame þat þou hast yn þy shewyng,
hyt ys forȝyuenes, to gode endyng.
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Þe þred, ys, þat þe weyl weres, [Glossed 'kepeþ' in Oxf.; 'kepyþ' in Harl., by a later hand.]
For þou shalt be yn alle preyers
