"Blesset be þe pesybles i-tald,
Godus children schul þei be cald"—
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Aȝeynes lecherie þis ordeynt wes,
ffor þe lechour naþ neuer pes;
He naþ no pes for his beste,
He may in herte neuer ha reste.
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Þeose ben þe vertuwes seuene
Aȝeyn þe vices forte nempne. [The last part of the Chapter in the Speculum is omitted.]
Seuen medicines for þe seuen dedly synnes.
Afftur þis he wol vs teche,
God þat is vr goode leche,
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Þis seuen medicines, trie to vs,
To helen vs of seuen Maledius,
And þus he confermeþ [The poet or scribe took confermeþ for conformeþ.] hem [r. men.]
In to [þo] seuen vertuwes þen
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Bi vertue of þe holy gost,
Þat is lord of mihtes most.
Þeose þei ben to nempne þat þing:
Þe holigost of wisdam and of vndurstondyng,
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And also, wiþ-outen fayle,
Þe gost of strengþe and of counsayle,
Þe gost of wit and of pite,
Þe gost of doute of god mot be.
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Þorwh þis seuen ȝiftes god ȝaf mon
Al þat he haþ neode of þon
To his Bodiliche lyf
And to his soule wiþ-outen strif.
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Seo hou mon may in his mode
Leue þe vuel and take þe gode:
To leue þe vuel þat is forbod
Techeþ þe gost of þe doute of god;
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Þe gode to do, I telle þe,
Þat techeþ þe gost of pite.
Two þinges þer beo þan
Þat letteþ good doinge of man:
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Þat on is worldly riches,
And also gret frouwar[d]nes [Sp. adversitas mundi, Th. tribulacion, cf. v. 718.] ;
Riches, hit mon deseyueþ,
ffrouwardnes from god him weyueþ.
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