As alum and alkaran, þat angre arn boþe, [MS., M., Sk. alkaran; M. note alkatran (?).]
Soufre sour, and saundyver, and oþer such mony;
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And þer waltez of þat water, in waxlokes grete, [M., Sk. angre; M. note augre=aigre(?).]
Þe spu[m]ande aspaltoun þat spyserez sellen; [MS. has five strokes between sp and ande, and the last of these strokes is an i as stroke above shows; M., Sk. spuniande; M. note spinnande(?); Sk. Glossary spinnande or spumande, latter adopted by NED.]
And suche is alle þe soyle by þat se halves,
Þat fel fretes þe flesch and festre[s] bones. [MS., M., Sk. festred; M. note festres(?).]
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And þer ar tres by þat terne of traytores, [Sk. adds kynde after traytores.]
And þay borgounez and beres blomez ful fayre,
And þe fayrest fryt þat may on folde growe,
As orenge and oþer fryt and apple garnade,
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Also red and so ripe and rychely hwed [folio 75b]
As any dom myȝt device of dayntyez oute;
Bot quen hit is brused, oþer broken, oþer byten in twynne,
No worldez goud hit wythinne, bot wyndowande askes. [MS. wyndowande; M., Sk. wydowande, noting MS. reading, but Sk. Glossary 'or wyndowande.']
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XIa. EXHORTATION TO PURITY
Alle þyse ar teches and tokenes to trow upon ȝet,
And wittnesse of þat wykked werk, and þe wrake after
Þat oure Fader forferde for fylþe of þose ledes.
Þenne uch wyȝe may wel wyt þat he þe wlonk lovies;
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And if he lovyes clene layk þat is oure Lorde ryche, [E. clenelayk.]
And to be couþe in his corte þou coveytes þenne,
To se þat Semly in sete and his swete face,
Clerrer counseyl con I non, bot þat þou clene worþe. [MS., M. counseyl counsayl.]
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For Clopyngnel in þe compas of his clene Rose,
Þer he expounez a speche, to hym þat spede wolde,
