'In euery maner skylful weye,
And bern [[beryn St.]] to hym subieccion;
So that alway, on-to [[vn-to St.]] resoun,
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fforeyn [[Foreyn St., For eny C.]] strengthys her doun lowe,
Vpward sholde her sowerayn knowe,
And lest [[leest St]] worthy of dygnyte,
Vn-to most worthy of degre
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Obeyë sholde by Reuerence:
Thys was of ryght fyrst the sentence;
Shewe of lewdnesse ay a sygne,
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The [[The St., To C.]] lasse of prys to the most dygne.
'Off divynë purvyaunce
Thys was fyrst the ordynaunce,
That man shold euer ha be in blysse,
And al that whyle, of no thyng mysse;
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Euer ha be fre, & never thral.
By ryhtwysnesse orygynal,
God gaff oure fadrys ous [[vs St.]] be-forn,
Yiff they ne hadde her fredom lorn,
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ffor catel and for ther herytage
Ta last in euery maner age,
Ben herytavnce, fro gre to gre,
Off ryht to ther posteryte:
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Thys to seyne, who kan take hed
To al that folwed of ther sed
ffor euermore: & soth yt ys,
Yiff they hadde not do a-mys.
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'But whan they gan to God trespace,
They lost ther fredam and ther grace, [folio 18b]
Lyff also, and [[and eke St.]] liberte,
And hooly ther auctoryte,
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Off wych thow hast herd me seye,
ffor wych offencë they most deye:
Tho, al [[alle St.]] thyngys in sentence
Drowh fro man obedyence.
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Who dysobeyth hys sovereyn,
Off ryht mot [[mot St., not C.]] folwen in certeyn
That he shal dysobeyed be
Off lower thynges of degre,
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Wych wer soget to hys servyse
