God's Goodness.
expectat pacienter, parcit faciliter, suscipit liberaliter, & obliuiscitur totali|ter.
anglice:
he abit þolemodliche,
he fur-geft litliche,
he vnder-fenget freliche,
and he fur-þet holliche.
Written at the foot of the page in pale ink. [folio 168b]
Hou þi fairnisse is bi-spit,
Hou þi swetnisse is i-betin and ipit,
Hou þi lotleschipe to scharp detȝ is of set.
Against Temptation.
of vr vife wittes, a wel witiynge; [folio 172]
of þing þat vs egget, a vast vleynge;
and of þe laste ende, a bisi biþenkynge.
Alas, that we ever Sinned!
Strong it hus to flitte [folio 172b]
Fro worldes blisse to pitte;
Strengore is to misse
Heuene-richë blisse;
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Strengest is to wende
To pine wit-outen ende.
Þe blisse of oure herte, al it is ago;
Al vre welë torned is to wo;
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Þe croune of vre heued
Fallen is to grounde:
Þat we euer syngeden,
Weylawey þe stounde!
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Job said:
þat ylke day be out of Muinde [folio 181]
þat y was bron to [do alterd to to.] Monnes kuynde!
