Þat he coude knowe, yn euery place,
whych men were yn dedly synne,
And who was godë lyfe with-ynne;
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And also, he myȝt se weyl
Þyng þat was spyrytuele.
An halyday fyl, as ys þe acyse,
Men to go to Goddys seruyse;
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Þys erymyte lened hym on a walle,
And badde hys bedys, and loked ouer-alle,
And beheld þe folke þat come yn þe gate, [O. gloss 'wey.']
whyche come erlye, and whyche late,
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whyche come with [for.] gode deuocyoun,
And whyche for ouþer enchesoun:
Alle sagh þys ermyte euerydeyl,
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who come wrong, and who come weyl.
As he stode, he toke gode hede,
How a deuyl, a man gan lede;
with hym he com alle weyl þe gate,
And ledde hym to þe chyrchë ȝate,
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And yn to þe cherchëȝerde;
Forþer durst he nat, for ferde.
And whan he yn-to þe cherch shuld go,
Þan brast þe fendës chayn yn two;
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Þe fende stode stylle, and loked a-boute,
And a-bode þys man wyþ-oute;
On hys clawys he helde þys cheyne,
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And loked what tyme he come aȝeyne.
þe holy man ȝaue godë tent
whyder þat ychë man was went.
þat ychë man, þat [þat O, 'þat' struck thru in H.] was yn synne,
And haddë longë leye þer-ynne;
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Þurgh grace óf þe holy spyryt,
he ȝede and shrouë hym astyt,
And þoȝt neuer to turne aȝeyn,
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But sorowed þat hé þer-ynne had leyn.
whan þat þys man shryuë was,
