Þer-of comeþ feir aboue
Þe þridde vertue þat is loue,
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ffor vch a þing, Resun whi,
Schal loue þe goode kuyndeli. [The 4 cardinal virtues are treated separately v. 999, p. 247 ff, as in Th. and in the Spec.]
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Þe twolue articles of þe fey. [This passage differs from Spec., Th. and V. pr. tr.]
ÞEn schaltou wite, as I þe sei,
Whuche ben þe .xij. Articles of þe fei.
ffurst, god is on in him-self for to lende,
And þre persones, wiþ-outen ende,
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And is verrey God and lord
Þat alle þing made wiþ his word.
Þat oþur article is ful trye:
Þat he tok flesch and blod of Maide Marie.
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Þe þridde Article [belongs to the 2nd in Spec., Th. and V. pr. tr.] : þat he was bore þon
Of hire, soþfast god and mon.
Þe fferþe Article, we sen hit red:
Vndur Pilatus pouwer was he ded,
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Not for nede, I sei ow tille,
But vs to buye of his ffreo wille.
Þe ffyfþe [belongs to the preceding in Spec. and V. pr. tr.; is om. in Th.] is, soþ to telle:
Þat his soule wente doun to helle
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And fet hem out in to his blis,
Alle þo þat weren his.
Þe Sixte: þat he ros wiþ-outen striue,
God and Mon, from deþ to lyue.
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Þe seueþe is in vre sawes:
Aftur þe fulle fourti dawes
Of his blisful and hard dyȝing
He steih to heuene þer he is kyng;
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He þat is lord of Séé and Sond
Sitteþ þer on his fadur riht hond.
[In the Spec. &c. these last articles belong to the preced|ing (5th), and the 7 sacra|ments form the 7 last.] Þe eihteþe is: he schal present
Beon atte day of Iugement,
Goode and wikkede schal he deme
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And alle þing as him wol bi-seeme.
Þe Niþe is wiþ-outen bost:
Þat in god is þe holygost,
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And euermore so wol be,
Þe þridde persone [MS. persones] of þe trinite;
