þe twelueþ poynt of shryfte.
þe twelueþe poynt of oure resun:
'Alle holy oweþ þy shryfte be doun;
No poynt þou shalt with-holde,
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For, alle holy, hyt oweþ to ['to' omitted.] be tolde;
And, þat shal y shewë þe
On two maners; þy shryfte al hole shall be.
Ȝyf þou þe shryue by parcelles,
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Þe holy man seyþ, þy shryfte þou steles;
Ȝyf þou shewe one, o party,
And anoþer prest þou tellest anoþer foly,
Þat shryfte ys noȝt, þy soule ys betrayd,
And God almyȝty ys mys-payd;
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For to echoun þyn herte was stoken, [folio 78b:2]
A synne þou heldë þer-ynne loken;
þat þou with-helde, was nat forȝyue;
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Þou shewedest hyt nat, hyt ys vnshryue.
Body ne soulë ys payd weyl
Tyl þou haue tolde þy synne [synne O, soule H.] eche deyl;
Telle alle þy synnes, and with-holde noun;
Or elles, y seye, shryfte ys þyr noun;
For, ȝyt haþ þe fende pouste
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For to make sorowe yn þe.
lo here, ensample þat ys certeyn,
Þat noun [no man.] may sey þer-aȝeyn;
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Ȝyf þou yn þy body haue woundës [wndes.] fyue,
Þat, þe leste may for-do þy lyue,
And hele hem allë but o wunde,
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Ȝyt may þat on, [one.] brynge þe to [to þe H, to O.] grounde.
[The Tale of how Shrift made a Woman's unconfest Sin fly out of her Mouth as a 'Blak,' a 'Fende of Helle.']
Of a womman y herde onys spelle, [A tale]
þat alle here synnës wulde nat telle;
