(638)
¶ But bet, for trouthe is to suffre turment,
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Than richëly enhauncëd be for glose.
If þis lyf herë be naght wel dispent, [¶ Augusti|nus. Melius est pro veri|tate pati sup|plicium, quam adula|cione bene|ficium, &c.]
I wot it wel, I wele it naght suppose,
God wole his regnë from vs schitte [hide R.] & close.
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Here is þe way to peynë, or to blisse;
Who so wel dooth, of yoye [ioye R.] he may naght misse.
(639)
Eternel god, the blessid trinite, [folio 78b]
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Whiche þat [that R, þa H.] euery man of cristen byleeue
Knoweth an vndyuyded vnite,
His mercy and his gracë kythe & preeue
In yow, my lord; þat so your dedës cheeue
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As þat your soule, aftir þis lyf present,
To heuene blisse vp may be take & hent.
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[§ 12.] De Vicio Auaricie. ['De vicio auaricie' is also in black in the margin, as a di|rection to the rubricator.]
(640)
Now go [go R, ga H.] we to þe Auericïous, [This page is illuminated.]
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To whom non hábundancë may suffice.
A chynchë neuere can be plentevous
Thogh al were his; swiche is his couetise;
To thriste ay aftir more, it is his gyse;
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He is þe swolwe þat is neuere ful:
At Auericë now haue here a pul.
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(641)
Sche may, as god forbede, vndo a [a R, om. H.] kyng
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Thurgh hire insaciable gredynesse.
Hire herte is sette vppon non oþer þing
But how sche may golde hepe; al in dirknesse
Lurkith þe purchas of hire egrenesse;
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In bagges vndir lok, hir gold sche thristeth;
Al to þe cofre it [it R, sche H.] goth, and al sche chistith.
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