with here terës þat she lete, [folio 77a]
þarwyþ she wyssh Ihesu [Ihū.] fete:
So behoueþ vs with here to grete,
Ȝyf we, oure synne, wyl truly lete;
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And, but we haue sorowe for oure [for oure O, with here H.] synne,
Þe mercy of God mow we nat wynne.
þe [Þe O, Te H.] seuenþe poynt of shryfte.
The seuenþe poynt ys a gode resun,
'Þat þy shryfte be wysly doun,'
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Þat ys to sey, to a wys man,
Þat þy shryfte vndyrstondë kan;
Nat to one þat haþ no wyt
Of vndyrstondyng of holy wryt.
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Seynt Austyn seyþ þys skyl,
Do þyr-aftyr who so wyl,
'Of synnë, who so wyl hym lese,
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A wyse shryftfadyr behoueþ hym chese;
And þat may byndë and vnbynde,
Swych a man behoueþ hym fynde."
A prest þat ys no clergye ynne,
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How can he weyl dystyncte þy synne?
But now, oueralle, se we mowne
An holywatyr clerk of a tounne,
þat lytyl haþ lerned yn hys lyue,
he ys ordeyned a prest to shryue.
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Ȝyf he shulde a shryfadyr [shryftefader.] be,
hym behoueþ [behouede.] haue lerned of sum degre,
Or lerned, or herde, of some þat couþe,
Ar he had be prest yn hys ȝouþe;
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And moche behoueþ [behouede.] hym stody and se,
Or lerne at sum, yn pryuyte.
he may lyue, as a gode man,
