Of alle þe prestes þat þe haue shryue,
As longë tyme as euer þey lyue,
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For þey are holdë þar-vn-to;
þe order of prest wyl hyt be so;
þe mo prestës þat for þe prey,
þe sunner [soner.] art þou yn gode wey;
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And, at þe day of Iugëment,
To God þey shul make þy present,
þat þou werë clenë shryue,
And þat þey mow be þe forȝyue.
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þo þat þou hast here hyd,
þurgh alle þe werld þey shul be kyd,
And askë domë on þe þere,
þat þou, of hem, neuer shryuë were;
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For allë þyng þat euer ȝyt was,
Shal þe acoupe of þy trespas;
Þe synnë hymself shal forwreye;
Þyn Inwyt, on þe self, þe dome shal leye.
þe fourþe poynt of shryfte.
Þe fourþë poynt, ful feyre hyt ys,
'yn shryftë to haue mekënes.'
She chese þat vertu, oure lady,
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So seyþ "magnificat," here owne storye,
'Þe gretë mekenes many folde
Yn hys hand-mayden, God wlde beholde.'
Syn mekenes ys so noble a ȝyfte,
