Þat a [a, om. D.] wrong eyre bere herytage;
But she wul seye hyt, [wyle O, þou wylt seyn it D.] y dar wel telle
Þat she þarfore may [þou mayst þerfore D.] go to helle;
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For she ys cursed, yn stedys sere, [þei arn a-cursyd also in fere D. D puts lines 2031-2 before 2029-30.]
Fourë tymës yn þe ȝere.
And swyche an eyre, y vndyrstande,
Shal neuer wel reioshe [schal he neuere ioyȝe in D.] hys lande.
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Many synnës to hordam longe;
Sum byþ lyȝt, and sum beþ [many be l. & many arn D.] stronge,
Þat beþ aȝens ryȝt [þei arn a-ȝens trewe D.] spousale,
Þat y nel rekene, ne telle of [I can not . . . be D.] tale,
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But opunly þat seyd may [þat opynly seyd fel to be D.] be;
For many longe [longen D.] to pryuyte.
For pryuytees, [preuytes O.] ȝyf y hem named [l. 2039, 2040, om. D.]
Lyȝt[e]ly myȝt y be blamed. [l. 2039, 2040, om. D.]
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But þogh a [þowh sum (om. but) D.] man sey neuer so weyl
Vnto hys sawys men fyden [fyndyn O.] teyl. [summe contrarye it euerydel O.] [scorne]
Þat weddyd beþ, [þo þat weddid ben D.] God ȝyue hem myȝt,
here wedlak to holdë weyl and ryȝt,
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And ȝyue hem grace, hordam to fle,
Þat yn clenesse wuld leue [lyuyn D (at foot 'Amen. quod. con. Rose:').] and be.
[The Seventh Commandment. [Non Furtum Facies. Septimum Mandatum. D.] ]
The seuenþe shul we nat forhele
'No mannys [mans O, mannys good D.] godë shalt þou stele,'
For þys ys one of ten; [þe ten D.]
Þarefore y pray [preyȝe D.] allë men
Þat þey kepe hem fro þys [kepyn . . þat D.] synne,
