And peyne of deeþ to haue for þat dede,
And aftir in helle euere for to be:
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¶ And þou art come of adam seed, [page 171]
Þerfore bi right we chalenge þee,
For in holi writt þou made rede,
'In helle is no remedie.' "
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¶ Ihesu seide, "lucifer, sooþ þou tellist me;
But þou woost not þi silf how
Þere is a boonde helle, but þis is free.
Þe boond helle was ordeyned for ȝou;
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¶ For þat þat man forfetid þoruȝ a tree,
Þoruȝ a tree aȝen bouȝt is he now.
Þou madist him synne, þe peyne longiþ to þee,
For þou waitist neuere good to mannis prowȝ.
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¶ Lucifer, þou me vndir-nome,
And seidist y was of þe seed of adams kyn;
forsoþe y out of þe godhede come,
And took fleisch & blood a maiden with-inne.
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¶ for as of þe seed of erþe þer springiþ blome,
So mette we, & partid wiþoute synne:
Þin argument is fals, so is þi doome;
Bi what right woldist þou me wynne?
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¶ Who was cheef of þi councell [page 172]
In heuen whanne þou forfetidist þe blis?
In paradiis adam þou dedist assaile,
And temptidist him to forfete his;
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¶ And y in his quarel took bataile
Aȝen my fadir to amende his mys,
Wherfor of þi purpos þou schalt faile,
forthi þi quarel nouȝt it is."
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¶ Þanne lucifer answeride ageyn,
"Whi spekist þou so to me heere?
