Aȝeyn þi woundes now hastou salue,
Þe blessynges ȝiuen of godes bi-halue.
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Ȝit ben þei spedful to lest [&] most,
Seuen ȝiftes of þe holigost.
Of þe Seuen ȝiftes of þe holigost.
Whon þou art hol sound, þe to lede
Tak heer furst þe spirit of drede,
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Þat makeþ mon furst from vuel to wynne;
Þe spirit of pite, wel forto bigynne
Gode werkes; þat han a wel gret fo
Of worldes wele and eke of wo:
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Þe spirit [of] cunnyng techeþ vs dispise
Þe worldes wele [ȝif we ben wyse]; [So MS. Sim.; V. and eke of wo]
Þe spirit of strengþe, to suffre þe wo.
Þeose foure to bisy lyf longen into,
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Þat we callen Actyf lyf.
Þe oþer þreo rulen Contemplatyf.
In Creatures to knowen God verrement,
Þe spirit vs techeþ of entendement;
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Þe spirit of counseil, what is to do
In writ, what is to leue also;
To knowe god In his owne kynde,
Þe spirit of wysdam vs bringeþ to mynde.
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Of þe Seuene vertues. [In the Spec. the 10 Com|mandments precede.]
After þis ȝit is good to knowe
Þe seuen vertues alle be rowe,
ffor aftur þis lyf þei wol þe bringe
To blisse þat neuer schal haue endynge.
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ffeiþ, Hope, and Charite,
Diuine vertues þei ben alle þre;
Strengþe, Mesure, Riht, qweyntise
Of kuyndelich vertues þei beren þe prise.
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A bodilich Iurneye hose schulde go, [exemplum]
Þreo þinges him were nedful þerto:
ffurst, þat he wuste whoder he schulde;
And wille, his Iurney to be forþ-fulde;
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Þe þridde, Hope for to spede—
Elles þer-of nolde he take hede.
