To o preste telle [telle þou.] hyt euery deyl,
Þan art þou shryuë holy weyl:
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At oure shryfte, God ȝyue vs myȝt
Þese poyntes to kunne, and shewe hem ryȝt.
Now haue ȝe herde þe poyntës twelue,
how euery man shal shryue hym selue,
And of þese ['þese' omitted.] poyntes lerned sum deyl,
how ȝe mow[ë] shryue ȝow weyl.
Prestës oghte hem alle to kunne,
lewed men to teche and monne;
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And but þey techë hem þys lore,
Here perel ys weyl þe more.
[8 graces that shrift gives]
Moche ys shryftë for to preyse;
Þe dede, to lyue, he may vpreyse;
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A soulë þat ys dede þurgh synne,
Þurgh shryftë comþ gracë þer-ynne.
Many godenesse myȝt men telle,
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How shryfte confoundeþ þe deuyl [fende.] of helle.
Lesteneþ, godë men, to lere,
Þe grace of shryftë ȝe mow here.
The fyrste grace þat shryfte ȝyueþ.
þe fyrst grace þat þy shryfte shal ȝyue,
he makeþ þy soulë for to lyue.
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whan þy mouþe with shryfte ys opun,
Deþ and synne are boþe oute lopun.
Salamon seyþ, þat ys wys,
Yn a bokë of Prouerbyys, [folio 97a:2]
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"Þe weye of lyue, [lyffe.] with-outyn ende,
Oute of ryȝtwys mannes mouþe shal wende."
Of þe mouþe þat ys vnryȝt,
hyd hys [ys.] synne fro grace and [of.] lyȝt;
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Þy mouþë, no gracë cumþ ynne,
whan þyn herte ys ded yn synne:
Deþ and lyfe, ȝe mowe weyl se,
