me in thi ire. ¶ The voice of him that does penance for his syn: in prayere and gretynge he bigynnys, & says. lord in thi wodnes argu me noght. that is, .i. pray the that .i. be noght amange tha til wham thou sall say. in thi dome, ga ȝe werid in fire endles. na chasty me in thi ire. that is, be .i. noght amange tha that sall be purged in the fire of purgatory: bot here amend me.
2. Quoniam sagitte tue infixe sunt michi: & confirmasti super me manum tuam. ¶ ffor thin arues infestid ere til me: and thou has confermyd on me thi hand. ¶ Chasty me not in thi wreth: for tha pynes may suffis that .i. suffire: that is thin arues ere festid in me: that is, thi vengaunce, as werkyngis of body and saule, and many fald wrechidnes: and thar with thou has con|fermyd on me thi hand, that is thi vengaunce, that duellis on me til my ded.
3. Non est sanitas in carne mea, a facie ire tue: non est pax ossibus meis, a facie peccatorum meorum. ¶ Hale|nes is not in my fleysse, fra the face of thi wreth: pees is not til my banys, fra the face of my synnys. ¶ Thof my fleysse seme hale, it is not hale: fore it may lightly be hurt: and that is at thi vengaunce, for the syn of adam: and na pees is til my banes, that is, na .i. haf pees in my saule: fore the fleysse fyghtis agayn 'the spirite [S. U om.] ' at the presens of myn ill suggestion.
4. Quoniam iniquitates mee supergresse sunt caput meum: & sicut onus graue grauate sunt super me. ¶ ffor my wickidnessis ouergane ere my heued: as heuy birthyn heuyd thai ere on me. ¶ That is at say, for wickidnes liftid my proude thoght agayns god. god has heuyd it with the charge of pynes. synnes, that ere light and swet when thai ere doen, thai wegh ful heuy and ere ful bittire when thai ere punyst.
5. Putruerunt & corrupte sunt cicatrices mee: a facie insipiencie mee. ¶ Thai rotid and thai ere brokyn, myn erres: fra the face of myn vnwit. ¶ Myn erres, that is, the wondis of my synnes, hale thurgh penaunce, rotid whils .i. eft assentid til syn. and thai ere brokyn when .i. synned eft in dede: and all this is fra the face of myn vnwit: that is, fore my foly, that .i. wild not halde me in the grace that god had gifen me. on this maner myn alde synnes rotis til my self, and ere brokyn and stynkis til other men.
