Afftur þis he wol vs teche,

God þat is vr goode leche,

Þis seuen medicines, trie to vs,

To helen vs of seuen Maledius,

And þus he confermeþ*. [The poet or scribe took confermeþ for conformeþ.] hem*. [r. men.]

In to*. [þo] seuen vertuwes þen

Bi vertue of þe holy gost,

Þat is lord of mihtes most.

Þeose þei ben to nempne þat þing:

Þe holigost of wisdam and of vndurstondyng,

And also, wiþ-outen fayle,

Þe gost of strengþe and of counsayle,

Þe gost of wit and of pite,

Þe gost of doute of god mot be.

Þorwh þis seuen ȝiftes god ȝaf mon

Al þat he haþ neode of þon

To his Bodiliche lyf

And to his soule wiþ-outen strif.

Seo hou mon may in his mode

Leue þe vuel and take þe gode:

To leue þe vuel þat is forbod

Techeþ þe gost of þe doute of god;

Þe gode to do, I telle þe,

Þat techeþ þe gost of pite.

Two þinges þer beo þan

Þat letteþ good doinge of man:

Þat on is worldly riches,

And also gret frouwar[d]nes*. [Sp. adversitas mundi, Th. tribulacion, cf. v. 718.];

Riches, hit mon deseyueþ,

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Þerfore a mon schal dispise

Worldly richesse in alle wyse,

Þat he beo not deseyuet beo hit:

Þat vs techeþ þe gost of wit.

And þou schalt suffre stalworþli

Tribulacions and anguyses worldli,

Þat þou neuere ouercomen be:

Þus techeþ þe gost of strengþe to þe.

Þeose foure ben souereynly

To bodiliche lyf forþy.

Þat oþur longen wiþ-outen strif

Alle to þe gostly lyf.

ffor þreo maners bi resun

Ben of Contemplaciun:

On is [in] Creatures bi vre entent:

Þat techeþ þe gost of entendement.

A-noþur in holi writ also,

Þat þou seost what þou schalt do

And what þing þou schalt lete:

Þat techeþ þe gost of counseil swete.

Þe þridde is of him-self, god and Mon:

Þat techeþ þe gost of wisdom.

Now seo we now hou Ihesu þe lele

Is euer aboute vr help and hele.