Þaȝ hym not derrest be demed to dele for penies.
Quat may þe cause be called bot for hir clene hwes,
Þat wynnes worschyp abof alle whyte stones?
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For ho schynes so schyr þat is of schap rounde,
Wythouten faut oþer fylþe, ȝif ho fyn were
And wax ever in þe worlde in weryng so olde, [Fi. adopts M.'s suggestion (in notes) of wax ho euer.]
Ȝet þe perle payres not whyle ho in pyese lasttes; [MS., M. pyese; B. pye[r]e.]
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And if hit cheve þe chaunce uncheryst ho worþe,
Þat ho blyndes of ble in bour þer ho lygges,
No-bot wasch hir wyth worchyp in wyn, as ho askes,
Ho by kynde schal becom clerer þen are.
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So if folk be defowled by unfre chaunce,
Þat he be sulped in sawle, seche to schryfte,
And he may polyce hym at þe prest, by penaunce taken,
Wel bryȝter þen þe beryl oþer browden perles.
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Bot war þe wel, if þou be waschen wyth water of schryfte,
And polysed als playn as parchmen schaven,
Sulp no more þenne in synne þy saule þerafter,
For þenne þou Dryȝtyn dyspleses wyth dedes ful sore,
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And entyses hym to tene more trayþly þen ever,
And wel hatter to hate þen hade þou not waschen.
For when a sawele is saȝtled and sakred to Dryȝtyn,
He holly haldes hit his, and have hit he wolde;
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Þenne efte lastes hit likkes, he loses hit ille,
As hit were rafte wyth unryȝt, and robbed wyth þewes. [MS., M. þewes; M. note þeues(?).]
War þe þenne for þe wrake; his wrath is achaufed
For þat þat ones watz his schulde efte be unclene,
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Þaȝ hit be bot a bassyn, a bolle, oþer a scole,
A dysche, oþer a dobler, þat Dryȝtyn onez served,
To defowle hit ever upon folde fast he forbedes,
So is he scoymus of scaþe þat scylful is ever.
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