Blessed be now God almyȝt,
Me þynkeþ y am wundyrly lyȝt."
Þan þoȝte þe Ermyte astyte,
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þat whan men haue yn synne delyte, [folio 81b]
Þan haþ þe fendë enchesoun
To byndë hym as a presun;
And whan he haþ wyl, hym to shryue,
Hys bandys brest, and al to-ryue;
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And, whan he ys clenë shryuyn,
Þe deuyl knoweþ hym no more syþen.
Þe holy man come þan to þe deuyl,
And bad he shulde do no man euyl,
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But go to helle, þere he come fro,
Euer to dwelle yn pyne and wo.
Þarfore, y rede þat we bygynne
To shryuë vs of alle our synne.
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