Wiþ hys euen-cristen to debate;
ffor ȝif þou dost, hit torneþ to wrake.
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ÞE sixte heste wiþ-outen strif:
Coueite þou nouȝt þi neiȝebors wyf,
Ne non of his seruauns also,
Ne nouȝt þat him longeþ to.
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ÞE seueþe heste is þus, I-wis:
Coueyte þou not þi neiȝebors godis.
Þis two hestes acordyng ben
To þo bifore as ȝe may sen,
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Þer he seiþ to þe in hiȝe
"Do no þefþe, ne lecherie,"
ffor he þat haþ wikked wille and smert,
Wikked entent is in his hert,
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He may not longe for no þing
Holden him from mis-doing.
Þerfore I warne þe nou so,
Þat þou lecherie ne do;
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Ȝif þou wolt not stele nou,
Oþur mennes good coueite not þou.
Þeos ben þe ten hestes to say
Þat god ȝaf Moyses in þe Mount of Synay.
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Þe furste þreo, witeþ hit wel,
Ben to godus honour eueridel;
And to þi-self longen þe seuene,
To louen alle cristene euene.
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Þe seuen vertues of god.
Aftur scha[l]tou wite wȝuche ben
Þe seuen vertuwes vppon to sen,
Þat is to wite: ffeiþ, hope, and loue,
Qweyntise, Rihtfulnes a-boue,
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Temperaunce, and strengþe mest.
Of O Matere ben þeos two [r. ten?] hest
And þe seue vertuwes in presens,
Saue þis is þe differens:
Þe ten hestes techeþ hou [r. what] þou schalt do,
Þe seuen vertuwes techeþ þe matere [r. manere Cf. Th.: The x comandmenteȝ kennes vs what we sall do, and þe vii vertus kennes vs how we sall doo.] also.
Þe ffurste þreo þat ben aboue,
Is to wite, ffeiþ, Hope, and Loue,
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