[6-text p 642] Crist hateth outrely /. and no wonder is ¶ ffor he deyde / for to make concord. [643] And moore shame do they to Crist. than dide they / that hym crucifiede / for god loueth bettre / that freendshipe be amonges folk. than he dide his owene body. the which that he yaf for vnitee ‖. Therfore been they likned to the deuel / that euere been aboute to maken discord
[644] NOw comth the synne of double tonge. swiche [¶ Of the synne of double tonge] as speken faire byforn folk/. and wikkedly bihynde. or elles / they maken semblant. as though they speeke of good entencion. or elles in game and pley and yet they speke of wikked entente
[645] NOw comth biwreying of conseil. thurgh [¶ Of biwreying of conseil] which/a man is defamed/.certes/vnnethe/may he restoore the damage
[646] NOw comth Manace. that is an open folye /. for [¶ Of Manace] he / that ofte manaceth. he threteth / moore than he may perfourne / ful ofte tyme
[647] NOw cometh ydel wordes. that is with outen [¶ Of ydel wordes] profit of hym that speketh tho wordes. and eek of hym / that herkneth tho wordes ¶ Or elles ydel wordes / been tho that been nedelees / or with outen entente of natureel profit ./ [648] And al be it that ydel wordes been som tyme venial synne. yet sholde men douten hem. for we shul yeue rekenynge of hem bifore god
[649] NOw comth Ianglynge. that may nat been with [¶ Of Ianglynge] oute synne ¶ And as seith Salomon. it is a synne of apert [¶ Salomon] folye /. [650] And therfore / a Philosophre seyde /. whan [¶ Philosophus] men axed hym / how [folio 225a] that men sholde plese the peple: and he answerde / do manye goode werkes / and spek fewe Iangles
[651] After this / comth the synne of Iaperes / that [¶ Of the synne of Iaperis.] been the deueles Apes. for they maken folk to laughe at hire Iaperie / as folk doon / at the gawdes of An Ape /. Swiche Iaperes deffendeth seint Paul. [652] ¶ Looke / how that vertuouse wordes and hooly woordes conforten hem /
