(716)
¶ Yit somme holden oppynÿoun, and sey,
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Þat none ymáges schuld I-maked be:
Þei erren foule, & goon ont of þe wey;
Of trouth haue þei scant sensibilite.
Passe ouer þat: now, blessid trinite,
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Vppon my maistres soulë, mercy haue,
ffor him, lady, eke þi mercy I craue.
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(717)
¶ More othir þing, wolde I fayne speke & touche
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Heere in þis booke; but such [such R, schuch H.] is my dulnesse—
ffor þat al voyde and empty is my pouche,—
Þat al my lust is queynt with heuynesse,
And [An R.] heuy spirit cómaundith stilnesse.
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And haue I spoke of pees, I schal be stille; [folio 88b]
God sende vs pees, if þat it be his wille.
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[§ 15. OF PEACE.]
(718)
Touche I wol heere, of pees, a worde or two, [This page is illuminated] [¶ Scriptum est, Qui am|plectitur pa|cem in mentis hospicio 4 mansionem preparit Christo, &c.4 [4_4 added in R.] leronimus: Qui sine pace est, christum non habet. apud christi|anos non qui patitur sed qui facit con|tumeliam miser est.]
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As þat scripturës maken mencïoun,
And [And R, An H.] þan my boke is endid al, and do.
To crist ordeyneþ he a mancïoun,
Which in his hertës habitacïoun
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Embraceth pees. wher pees is, crist is there,
ffor crist nat lyst a-byden ellës-where. [elleswhere R, els where H.]
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(719)
A-mongës cristen folk, wreche is he none [Prouerbia|rum 12o. Qui pacis ineunt consilia, se|quitur eos gaudium. Ciprianus dicit, Sacri|ficium deo est pax nos|tra & fraterna concordia.]
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Þat pacïéntly suffreth a duresse;
But sikirly a wrecchë [wrecche R, wrecch H.] is he one
Þat makiþ strife; & hym sueth gladnesse
Which þat of pees conséilith þe suernesse. [swetnesse R.]
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Our pees also and concorde brothirly
Is sacrificë to god ál myghty.
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