(720)
Thyngës þat leden men to pees be thre: [¶ Scriptum est, Tria sunt pacis subsidia & ad pacem ducencia, scilicet con|formitas in deo, humilitas in seipso, & tranquillitas cum proximo, &c.]
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Conformyng in god; in our self humblesse;
And with [with R, wit H.] our neighëboures tranquillite.
ffirst seye I þat we moot our willës dresse,
And hem conformen allë more & lesse
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To goddis wil; al þingis [all thyng R.] is in his myght,
Sauf only þat he máy done non vnright.
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(721)
Euene as a man is euer in werre and strife,
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Þat besieth hym withstande a man, which he
¶ Nat may; right so hathe he peisible [pesible R, preisible H.] lyfe [folio 89a]
Continuelly, whos willës fully be
To goddës wille conformyng: o, pardee! [[R] Iob iiij to Quis resistit Deo, et pacem habuit? quasi diceret nullus.]
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A-geyn god helpeth þere no résistence,
So strong and myȝty is his excellence. [residence R.]
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(722)
¶ Humilite, to pees eke may men lede;
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Men say two gretë may nat [grete may evill R, gret may nat H.] in o sak;
But symple humblesse is of such [such R, schuch H.] godely-hede,
Þat she of troubly hatë haþ no smak;
She stryueth nat; of discorde hath she lak;
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She voyde and empty is of cruelte:
Humble spirit desirith vnite.
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(723)
¶ The thrid is eke tranquillite of þought,
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Þat gydeth man to pees; for as a wight
May in a bedde of þornës restë [rest H R.] noght,
Riȝt so, who [who þat H, he that R.] is with greuous þoughtës twight,
May with himself nor [nor R, non H.] othir folk a-riȝt
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Hauë no pees; a man mot nedys smert
Whan irous þoughtës occupye his hert.
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