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¶ Kepe ȝoure wacche and seruyce dewe,
And rule of habyte clenely ȝeme;
And fille ȝoure hertes wiþ good vertue,
And wikked vyces fro ȝow ȝe fleme;
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But loke deuocion growe ay newe.
Be suche wiþ-ynne, as ȝe outward seme.
Good aungel and wikked boþe ȝow sewe,
And wryten ȝoure dedes, þat shal ȝow deme.
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¶ Wacche not outrage in wast despence,
Fro hard to nyce, þy fflesch to fede.
Wiþ bischop or shryfte ȝe mowe despence,
Fro hard to hardere ȝoure lyf to lede.
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Withstonde temptacions, make defence;
Þe moo ȝe withstonde, þe more mede.
And ȝe wiþ seyntes will haue reuerence,
Þan moste ȝe countrefete here dede.
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¶ Kepe [folio 119a] sylence, whyder ȝe byde or go,
Fro wordis of vanyte, ȝoure lippes steke.
Speke faire to frend and fo,
For fayre speche doþ wraþþe breke.
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Þat doþ wrong, deme so.
Lete not vengeance, þy wraþþe wreke.
Vengeance is goddis, he demeþ þo
In werk and word, all þat men speke.
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¶ In rule of religeon is ordeyned ȝore:
Byȝe no thyng to selle and wynne.
Marchaunt and religeous, on mot be forbore;
Þey may not wone, on herte wiþynne.
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Ne kepe no iewels ne propre in store;
Þat nes no religeous, but dedly synne
In fleschly delices, and loue it more
To parte þy loue and god atwynne.
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