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The Ellesmere ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.

[6-text p 601] of the world / nys but a litel thyng at regard of the sorwe of helle / [181] ¶ The cause / why that Iob clepeth helle / [¶ Why Iob clepeth helle the lond of derknesse] the lond of derknesse /. [182] Vnder-stondeth / that he clepeth it londe of Erthe / for it is stable / and neuere shal faille dirk. for he that is in helle / hath defaute of light material [183] for certes / the derke light that shal come out of the fyr/ that euere shal brenne / shal turne hym al to peyne þat is in helle / for it sheweth him to the horrible deueles / that hym tormenten / [184] couered with the derknesse of deeth /. that is to seyn / that he þat is in helle / shal haue defaute of the sighte of god /. for certes / the sighte of god / is the lyf perdurable [185] ¶ The derk|nesse [¶ Of the derk|nesse of deeth] of deeth / been the synnes / that the wrecched man hath / doon / whiche that destourben hym / to see the face of god / right as dooþ a derk clowde / bitwixe vs and the sonne [186] ¶ Lond of Misese / by cause that ther been [¶ Of the lond of Misese] .iij. maneres of defautes / agayn .iij. thynges / that folk / of this world / han in this present lyf ‖. that is to seyn honours / delices / and richesses [187] ¶ Agayns honour / [¶ Of honours / delices / & richesses] haue they in helle / shame and confusion [188] ffor wel ye woot that men clepen honour / the reuerence / that man doþ to man /. but in helle / is noon honour ne reuerence /. for certes / namoore reuerence shal be doon there to a kyng than to a knaue [189] ¶ ffor which god seith / by the prophete Ieremye ‖ Thilke folk / þat me despisen / shul [¶ dominus per Ieremiam prophetam] been in despit / [190] ¶ Honour/ is eek cleped greet lord|shipe / . . . . . [no gap in the MS.] and heigh|nesse / but in helle / shul they been al fortroden of deueles /. [191] And god seith /. the horrible deueles shulle goon and [¶ dominus dicit /] comen / vp on the heuedes of the dampned folk /. And this is for as muche / as the hyer that they were in this present lyf /. the moore shulle they been abated and defouled in helle / [192] ¶ Agayns the richesses of this world / shul [¶ Agayns the richesses of this world] they han mysese of pouerte / and this pouerte / shal been in foure thynges /. [193] In defaute of tresor / of which that
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The Ellesmere ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
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London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by N. Trübner,
1868-1879.

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