Laden with frut fynaly,
ffor tweyne, yt bar almost twenty;
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And heet [[And eet St.]] hys fullë with glad cher,
Affter, euere, fro yer to yer;
And neuere forgate, in hys lyvyng, [folio 41b]
The sentencë off hys cursyng;
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ffor swych thyng, [Stowe folio 50b] so as semeth me,
Shulde nat lightly [[Stowe]] forgetyn be.
'ffor they be foolys, in certeyn,
That Reklesly of cursyng seyn,
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How that a man that cursyd be, [Stowe folio 51a]
That afferme of skorn, that he
Hath hetyn [[etyn whyte St., hetyn whyt C.]] hys sawle of whytë [[etyn whyte St., hetyn whyt C.]] bred.
Off curs they take so lytel heed,
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Havyng no Reward, Thorgh ther synne,
How the soule that ys with Inne
Ys off gostly frut, certeyn,
Wonder drye, and ek bareyn,
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By the swerd of curs confoundyd,
And so mortally ywoundyd,
That yt may profyt neuer a dele
To berë [[bere St., ber C.]] frut (who lokë wel,)
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Of vertu, (I yow ensure,)
ffor that yt lakketh moysture
Off grace, wherby, (who kan espye,)
Al vertuës fructefye.
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'ffor wych, folk sholdë taken hede,
The swerd of cursynge for to drede.
I menë as thus specyally,
Whan ther ys causë iustly why,
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And he that doth yt, hath power
To execute yt fer & ner,
By ordynarye auctoryte.
But yet to-forn (yt semeth me)
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He sholde consydren (in hys syth [[syght St.]]
Whan that he smyte, he smyte of ryht,
And that hys causë be notable
Or he procede to be vengable.
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ffor, I telle yow sykerly,
No man ne smyteth duelly, [folio 42a]
