die Einleitung, in der er gegen die "gret oþis" auf Christi Gliedmaßen eifert, wovon wir nicht ablassen, bis wir sie alle durch Schwören geschändet haben (forswore).
Nou, Iesus, for þi derworþ blode [folio 31b]
Line 1
Þat þou schaddist for mankyn,
Ȝif vs grace to wirch workis gode,
To heuen þat we mot entri [enter, Ms. enti] inn.
Man and womman, ich red, be ware
Line 5
Ȝure gret oþis þat ȝe beleue,
And bot ȝe nul, god nel ȝou spare,
Boþe lif and catel he wol ȝou reue.
Hit nis no wonder for soþ iwisse
Line 9
Þat gret wreche ne falliþ þer for, [þer fore]
For we ne leuiþ of al is limmes
Þat we ne habbiþ ham forswore.
Man is wors þan eni hunde,
Line 13
Oþer he is to wild and wode,
Þat we ssold edwite is worþi wound
Þat he þolid for vre gode.
Be aware, whose euer wol:
Line 17
Al quelme and sorow þat euir is,
At þen end so find we sulle
Þat for man is sin it is
Ich rede þat euch be ware iwis,
Line 21
In as moch as he [Ms. þe] is man,
Whan ȝe sweriþ gret oþis,
In rode þou piltist him apan.
God commandid to Ysay
Line 25
Þat he ssold wend and prech,
Þat was in þe hil of Syna[y], [Ms. syna]
Hou he ssold þe folk tech.
And to ssow ham god is defens,
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Boþe to ȝung and to olde,
