Moral.
¶ The fader of the two bretherne betokeneth the fader of heuen. And this two sones betokeneth ye nature of aungelles, and nature of man. For man was wedded vnto a comune woman of the bordelle, whan he ete of the apple agaynst the commaundement of god, wherfore he was exyled by ye fader of heuen, and putte fro the Ioyes of paradyce. The sone of the comune woman betokeneth mankynde. This knyghtes sone, that is to saye, Adam, began to be nedefull / for after his synne he was putte from ioye in to this wretched valey of teares and wepynge, accordynge to this scrypture, In sudore vultus, &c. In the swete of thy vysage thou shalte ete thy brede. But after, by the passyon of Cryste he was reconsyled. But the other sone, whiche betokeneth the deuyll, was euer vnkynde, & grutcheth dayly agaynst oure reconsylynge, sayenge, that by synne we oughte not to come [signature L iv.] vnto the herytage of heuen. Unto the whiche brynge vs our lorde Ihesus! Amen.