Some men hyt here, & some men ['men' H, om. O.] hyt sees,
Yn many stedys, vanytes,
More before þe sacrament
Þan aftyr, [afterwarde.] whan he ys shent;
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Hys powere ys þan moche fordoun
Þurgh þys confyrmacyun;
For þat oght we, to beleuë ryȝt,
þat þys sacrament haþ þat myȝt.
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Anoþer poynt, here-to longeþ,
Þat lewed men nat vndyrstandyþ:
"Þou man or womman, be nat so wylde
To holde to þe bysshope þyn owne chylde;
For ȝyf þou do, þou art commare
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To hym þat hyt, gat or bare;
Ȝyf a frende man holde hyt þore, [folio 65b:2]
To wedde þat chylde, he may neuer more;
þys longeþ to þys sacrament;
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Þarefor [Þarfore y rede.] ȝyueþ gode entent."
yn þys skyllë, as y kan,
hyt ys grete perel to an vncouþe man,
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A maydë chyldë for to holde
Byfore þe bysshope, as y er tolde,
But ȝyf he askë fyrst byfore,
what hyt ys, and where was bore;
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Elles perauenture yn hys lyue
he myȝt haue þat chylde to wyue;
Or ȝyf she ȝyue here to folye,
he myȝt, yn kas, lygge here by;
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Þys kas [Þys kas O, Þys H.] ys nat often seen,
But hyt may fallë, or haþ ben;
Þarfore, noþer mo [more.] ne lesse,
But 'wyys [wys.] ys, þat ware ys.'
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Now of þys confyrmacyun
wyl we leue oure sermoun;
God ȝyue vs gracë, for hys myȝt,
yn þe beleue to ferme vs ryȝt,
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Þat þe holy goste with vs wone,
Þat cumþ of þe fadyr and of þe sone.
