And put on God hys owne folye!
For, God forbede þat [hym þat.] tre, [folio 82a:2]
Þat he ne shulde ete þer-of, ne she:
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Seeþ how he ded, þat God forbede,
And dyd aftyr hys wyuës rede;
He wulde haue excused hys fame,
As who seyþ 'God was to blame;'
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Þese lewed men sey, and erre ful ylle,
And seye 'hyt was alle Goddys wylle.'
Ȝyf þat hyt Goddys wyl shulde be,
why forbede he hym þat tre?
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Hyt may nat be, for no nede,
Þat God wulde be do, he shulde forbede;
Syn he forbed, hyt shulde be noȝt,
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Aȝens hys byddyng, Adam hyt wroȝt;
Þan hyt semeþ, hyt was but suffraunce,
Nat hys wyl, nat [ne.] hys ordynaunce,
But lete hym [hym O, om. A.] haue alle hys fre wyl,
Hym self for to saue or spyl.
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Nay, nay! Adam, alle mys ȝede,
On God to put alle hys mysdede,
As who seyþ 'he shulde nat be shent,
But Eue brak þe commaundëment,
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For she ȝaue hym þe appul here lete,
And God was gylty þat he hyt ete.'
He myȝt a [haue.] fórsake, and seyd nay,
But whan he toke hyt, he brake þe lay.
Ȝyf a man me now forbede
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þyng þat y ne shulde haue of dede,
y were to blame ȝyf y hyt toke;
Bettyr were fyrst þat y hyt forsoke;
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So myȝt Adam haue hyt forsake,
For God for-bede þat ['þat' omitted.] none shuld be take.
Syn he dyd þus aȝens hys forbode,
Ho dar sey hyt was þe wyl of God?
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Ȝyt þyr are many þat þus seye,
Þat alle here wyte on God wul leye,
