[folio 5] First: I knowlech þat I haue broken
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His x. commaundementis in many a place,
In werke, in worde, in þought, in token;
And ofte be vnkynd vn-to his grace;
Sweryng by his body, or by his face,
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Taken in ydul his blessid holy name:
Wherfore y knowlech me gretely to blame.
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I haue not loued hym and dred as I shuld,
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Neither serued hym in kepyng myne holyday;
But rather to playes and Iapes y wolde,
Then to serue god, rede, syng, or pray.
Al þe circumstaunce y can not say,
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So synful y am and so vnstable,
For my defautes ben innumerable.
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My fader and moder I haue not obeyed,
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As y shuld haue done, with helpe or mekenesse.
The balance of vertues I haue mysweyed,
With sleyng of tonge, or with wilfulnesse,
With lechory, or with þefte, or fals witnesse,
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Couetyng wykkydly man or mannes wyfe
And oþer gode þat longed to þer lyfe.
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The seuen dedely synnes I can not excuse:
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For I am gylty, in many maner wyse,
With delectacyon, consente, and vse;
Al now to reherce I may not suffyse;
In Pryde, Envye, wrath, Lechory, & couetyse,
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Sleuth, and Glotony, with al þer spices.
Alas! al my life is ful of vices.
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