Schomeful wordus þenke to seyn,
Sclaundre, and also gret dedeyn.
Of slouȝþe comeþ drerines, wikkednus, and swelling
Of foul wille, wiþ gret þretyng,
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Aboute godus comaundemens not to do,
Wonhope, Rechelesnesse also, [vv. 601 and 602 to be transp. Sp. desperatio, negligentia erga dei præcepta.]
Outrage wille of herte to sen
Aboute þinges þat defendet ben.
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Off gredines [= couetise] comeþ tresun prest,
fforswerynges, and wikked rest, [so MS. Th. (V. feble rest); Sp. inquietudo.]
Violence, and hardnes of herte
Aȝeynes Merci wiþ muchel vnquerte.
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ÞEnne þer comeþ of Glotonye
Veyne gladnesse, and Lecherye,
ffulþi, [r. fulþe, V. Pr. tr. fulþe, Sp. immunditia] Muche speche in hiȝing,
And ful feble vndurstondyng.
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Of Lecherie comeþ blyndnes of herte,
In Orisun wiþ muchel vnqwerte—
In al þe preyers he scholde in be
Nis þer wiþ him no stabulte;
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Of him comeþ fool-hastines also,
Loue of him-self wol wiþ hym go,
Hate of god þat vs bouht,
Loue of þis world þat is nouht,
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Drede of [r. and] dispeir Is al his wone
Of þe world þat is to come.
Þeose ben þe seuen dedly synnes forþi.
Wel may þei ben cald dedli:
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Þe furste þreo dispoyleþ þe mon,
Þe ffeorþe abateþ hym as he con,
Þe ffyfþe byndeþ him in bonde, [Sp. prosternit eum]
Þe Sixte deseyueþ him in londe,
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Þe seuenþe him put in þraldome,
Him to muche harm and schome.
ffor Pruide, beo þou þerof bolde,
Bi-nymeþ a Mon his god [MS. good, cf. v. 652.] to holde;
And Envye bi-nymeþ also him fro
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His euencristen, [MS. owne self, cf. 654.] from god to go;
Wraþþhe, þat is a schrewed delf,
Bi-nymeþ a Mon his owne self;
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