The eyghte [eyghteþe.] grace þat shryfte ȝyneþ.
Newë þy shryftë euer ylyke,
hyt makeþ Iesu cryst to þe meke. [myke.]
Ȝyt þyr ys a properte,
Þat euer ylyke þy shryfte shal be;
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As ofte as þou yn synne doust falle,
As oftë rys vp fro hem alle,
Nat, wyþ no feyntyse,
with verry shryftë shalt þou ryse.
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Baptem, fro Adams synne vs drewe,
But shryfte clenseþ vs euery day newe;
we synful mow þarfore be [be þarfore.] bolde;
To vs ys shryfte a blysful holde;
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As ofte as þou to shryfte art went,
As ofte helpeþ þe, þe sacrament:
Here-of spekeþ Isayë
A wurde yn hys [hys O, om. H.] prophesye,
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"whan man haþ fylled hys soule with ylle
