Men tokë þe body asswyþe,
And byryed hyt, þat ychë syþe.
hys wyfe come byfore hem alle,—
Saphyra, men here calle;—
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She cunseyled þat hyt was hyd,
But she ne wyst what was betyd.
Seyn Peter asked here þe soþe ywys,
"hast þou no more þan now here ys?"
Saphyra answered and seyd,
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"Y haue no more þan here ys leyd."
"þou lyest," he seyde, "þe soþe y se,
And nat ȝyt al onely to me,
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But þou lyest vnto þe holy goste,
þat alle þyng wote, and myȝt haþ moste."
Asswyþë, yn a lytyl stounde,
She fyl dowun dede vnto þe grounde.
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Men byryed sone here body
Besyde here husbonde Anany.
Here-fore y rede þat þou soþe seye
To þy prest, as þou shust deye.
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Yn þy shryfte, lye þou neuer a deyl;
holy wryt forbedeþ hyt weyl.
þou seyst hyt nat vnto þe prest,
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þou shewest hyt vnto Goddys breste;
Boþe to God and to man,
Þat oure defaute, seeþ alle, and kan.
Gode graunte vs þe soþe to sey,
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And clene be shryuë ar we dey! [folio 78a:2]
þe tenþe poynt of shryfte.
Þe tenþë poynte of shryfte, þys ys:
'Ȝyf þou shalt haue forȝyuënes,
Þy synne naked shalt þou make,
And opunly, hyt forsake.'
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