For-ȝete [Forȝeteþ.] hyt nat yn ȝourë shryfte.
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So spekeþ þe gospel of þys vertu, [folio 76a:2]
How a mesyl come to Ihesu
with gode wyl, and on knees hym sette,
And ful myldely, Ihesu he grette;
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"lorde," he seyd, "þou mayst me saue
Ȝyf þou wylt, and y hele haue."
Ihesu sagh hys myldënes,
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And seyd "y wyl hele, alle þy sykenes."
He þat ys yn dedly synne,
Gostely he ys a mesyl with-ynne;
He þat wyl hys helë seke,
To hys prest he mote be meke;
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Ȝyf þou meke þe to þy prest,
Þou mekës [mekest.] þe to Goddës brest;
Ȝyf þou be to hym ful stour,
Þou doust to God grete dysonour;
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he sytteþ þere, yn Goddys se;
To deme þy synne, he haþ pouste;
Ȝyf he blame þe for þyn euyl,
þat þou hast serued moche þe deuyl,
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Defendë nat þy folye,
yn pryde ne yn ypocrysye;
Noþer on þy self lye þou noȝt,
To seye þyng þat þou neuer wroȝt;
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Ne forsake nat þy synne to wreye;
More and [þan.] lesse, behoueþ þe seye.
þe fyueþe [Þe fyfþe.] poynt of shryfte.
Go we now to þe fyfþe [fyfþe O, fythe H.] poynt:
To þe þrydde hyt ys a ioynt,
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þere y spake of ofte shryuyng,
