For þat schewe me schale in þo schyre howsez, [MS., M. me; Fi. we.]
As þe beryl bornyst byhovez be clene,
Þat is sounde on uche a syde and no sem habes,
Wythouten maskle oþer mote as margerye-perle.
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VII. A WARNING OF GOD'S WRATH AGAINST SINNERS
Syþen þe Soverayn in sete so sore forþoȝt
Þat ever he man upon molde merked to lyvy;
For he in fylþe watz fallen, felly he venged,
Quen forferde alle þe flesch þat he formed hade. [forferde abbrev. in MS. (see Introd., p. x, n. 3); M. fourferde, note forferde(?).]
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Hym rwed þat he hem uprerde and raȝt hem lyflode,
And efte þat he hem undyd, hard hit hym þoȝt;
For quen þe swemande sorȝe soȝt to his hert,
He knyt a covenaunde cortaysly wyth monkynde þere,
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In þe mesure of his mode and meþe of his wylle,
Þat he schulde never, for no syt, smyte al at onez,
As to quelle alle quykez for qued þat myȝt falle,
Whyl of þe lenþe of þe londe lastez þe terme.
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Þat ilke skyl for no scaþe ascaped hym never.
Wheder wonderly he wrak on wykked men after:
Ful felly for þat ilk faute forferde a kyth ryche,
In þe anger of his ire þat arȝed mony;
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And al watz for þis ilk evel, þat unhappen glette,
Þe venym and þe vylanye and þe vycios fylþe
Þat bysulpez mannez saule in unsounde hert,
Þat he his Saveour ne see wyth syȝt of his yȝen,
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Þat alle illez he hates as helle þat stynkkez; [folio 69a]
Bot non nuyez hym, on naȝt ne never upon dayez,
As harlottrye unhonest, heþyng of selven;
Þat schamez for no schrewedschyp schent mot he worþe!
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Bot sa[v]or, mon, in þyself, þaȝ þou a sotte lyvie, [MS. sauyõ; M. sauyour.]
