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MORALITEE.
DEre frendes, þe Emperoure that makithe this law, is oure lorde Ihesu Criste, þat ordeynid̛, þat yf a childe, scil. a clene soule, yif to a man̛ for to norisshe in goode werkes & vertues, deye, or be hurt, he shulde [lese] euerlastinge lyfe. but for sothe ther bethe mony men of holy chirche, that havithe cure off̘ Sowles, goþe to the feyris, vnprofitable siȝtis, as tavernys, wrestelynges, huntynges, and̛ swich vanyteys of þe worlde, that Ofte the wolfe, scil. the devil, takithe in hir defaute the soule out of the cradille of holie chirche, & Rynnitℏ þere withe to wode of helle. but thenne þe herde, scil. a goode prelate or a prechoure, [that] dwellithe in the tree of holy writte, blowithe, scil. prechiþe with the horne of goddes grace; and̛ so the soule is delivered̛ fro the power̛ of a synner, and̛ berithe a signe, þat it was som tyme in the seruitute of the devil, and̛ now is lyveryd̛. And̛ þerefor̛ it behovithe vs to be sarvauntes, and̛ submitte vs to god̛, as longe as wee live in this worlde, to plese him, that we mowe come to him, Qui cum Patre &c.