To tellë many prestes a þyng.
what men are þo þat shryue hem bleþly,
But þo þat synne but lyȝtly?
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For þo þat haue do synnës grete,
Vnneþë [Vnneþe O, Vnneþ H.] wyl þey any lete.
Ȝyf þey here any predycacyoun,
Or sum ouþer chaunse be doun,
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Ȝyt wyl þey neuer shryue here shame,
So are þey bounde yn þe fendës hame. [folio 76b]
And somë lette, for hard penaunce,
For to telle here grete cumberaunce.
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And somë lette here synne to seye,
For doute of prest, þat wyl hem bewreye:
No shame myȝt to mochë be
To þe ['þe' omitted.] prest þat telleþ [telþ.] þat pryuyte.
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letteþ nat, ȝoure synne to telle;
