Ȝyf þe prest be of any resun,
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He wote weyl what shal be doun; [folio 78b]
he wote what penaunce þe falleþ [falþ.] to haue,
And what þy state ys, and what hyt wyl craue.
And, þus þou wost weyl at gesse,
Ȝyf þou were now yn a sykenes,
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And [al.] wuldest þou do, for to lyue,
Alle þat þy leche wulde þe ȝyue;
To þy soule, do þe samë wyse,
Þy penaunce, as þe prest seyse.
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Many aȝens þe prest þey kaste,
Þat þey mowe noþer bydde ne faste,
But ȝyf þey algate penaunce [penaunce O, om. H.] shul do,
Þan þay seye hyt behoueþ be so;
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No þyng aftyr hys dedys ylle,
But algate at hys ownë wylle.
wenest þou so to come to heuene,
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with lyghte penaunce as þou wylt neuene?
But y warne þe of þys cas;
Þarto ys many a streytë pas.
Þe manhede of God wulde noȝt
Haue heuene, but hyt were boȝt.
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what wenest þou haue hyt for so lytyl here,
whan God and man boȝt hyt so dere?
By heuene with þy penaunce,
Or, ellës-where, kepe harder chaunce.
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