And my fyue wyttes I haue ofte myspend;
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To many vanytes castyng my syght,
And with my heeryng ful ofte y offend;
My smellyng, my tastyng, I spend not ryght;
My handes to synne haue ben ful light.
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Thus haue I gouerned my wittes fyve,
And in synne mispended al my lyve.
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[folio 5b] The werkes of mercy I haue not fulfilled,
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Aftir my power, as ofte as I myght.
To helpe þe pore I was not beste willed,
With mete and drynke and cloþing þem dyght,
Ȝeuyng no herborogh a-dayes or nyght,
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Helpyng no prisoners, ne vysyting þe seeke;
To bery þe dede I was not meke.
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The gostely werkes y haue lefte also,
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To councel and teche þem þat were lewde,
Geuyng no comfort in socour and wo,
Neyther to chaste such as were shrewde,
And so þer harmes not sore me rewed,
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Neyther forȝeuyng with true pacience
Or prayed for þem þat dide me offence.
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I haue not reuerensed þe seuen sacramentes
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Þat ben ordenyd for my saluacion,
But of [Of is elsewhere used for oft.] sore synned þat me repentes.
Aftir my baptym [Sic.] and confirmacion,
My orders or wedlok standith in accusacion.
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God graunt me penawnce, and holy brede,
And holy anoyntyng, or I be dede.
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