Þat þou lostest with þy wanlace.
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whan þou art ȝolde to be hys seruaunt,
Fals hym nat, but holde hym cunnaunt;
Hyt ys alle hys, þat þou lyuest by,
Serue nat þan hys en[e]my!
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The fourþe grace þat shryfte ȝyueþ.
Þe fourþë grace ys weyl to telle,
how shryfte shendeþ [shent.] þe fende of helle.
Ȝy[f] þou wylt make þe deuyl shent, [folio 80a]
And with-stonde hys tycëment,
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with no þyng mayst þou do hym so wo
As louë ofte to shryftë go;
Þan ys he a-shamed to tempte þe,
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For þat þou bewreyyst hys pryuyte:
Þys seyþ Salamon þe kyng,
'Ȝyf þou shewe þy frende a þyng,
And he þat pryuyte bewreye, [furþer bewreye.]
Þe loue betwenë ȝow shal deye.'
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Sykyr [Syker ynogh.] þou be, certeynly,
Þe fende þe fleþ ful hastyly:
whan þou shryuest þe for hys shame,
Þat ys shenshepe vnto hys name;
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Hym shameþ þat he ys [ys so.] ouercome,
For þan ys moche of hys myȝt [ys hys myghte moche.] ouernome,
And euermore he ys þe more coward
For to tempte þe aftyrward.
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Syn þat God haþ swyche grace lent
Þurgh oure shryfte to make hym shent,
Fonde we þan, and leuë noȝt,
Þat he were to shamë broȝt;
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Certys we shuld haue gode wyl
To shendë hym þat wulde vs spyl.
