hyle hem nat with feyrë wurde,
Þat semeþ to gadyr þy synnes to hurde:
yn tyfed [tyffede.] wurdys þat slyked are,
Semeþ þy synnes þat þey noȝt were;
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yn swyche wurdys, þe fende ys queynte
To make þy shryftë fals and feynte.
No queyntyse make þou þerynne,
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But sey ryȝt as þou dedyst [dest.] þy synne.
þou mayst nat þy synnës wryte,
Yn shryftë þe so to quyte,
Ȝyf þou mayste speke, and haste [haue.] space
To fynde a preste yn any place,
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with mouþe to speke, and nat [noght.] to hyde,
Elles hyt ys a spyce of pryde:
Seynt Austyn seyþ, algate þy lyue,
'wyþ mouþe opunly, þou þe shryue.'
þe eleuenþe poynt of shryfte.
þe elleuenþe poynt shul we [we shul.] knowe,
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'To þy prest þou bere þe lowe,
Blelyche yn [þy.] penaunce for to do
Alle þat he ioyneþ þe vnto.'
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Þou shalt make no fals delay,
Penaunce to takë at þy pay;
Hyt ys sloghnes and feyntés
To take penaunce at þy dyuys;
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For þy synne, þe ryȝt penaunce
Shal be þe prestës ordynaunce:
Þus seyþ þe clerk, seynt Austyn,
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"Þe prestes mercy, þou do þe ynne;
Þe prest ys crystys vycarye;
Do þe alle yn hys mercy."
