To pyne ne blis, take non hede,
But loue god, for good he is.
Suche loue to god, his erande doþ spede, [Nota de amore dei &c.]
And pleseþ best to god y-wys.
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¶ Fleschly man may do wele
Þe seuene werkes of mercy þat god bed:
Ȝeue pore folk mete and mele,
Herberwe, drynk, cloþe, and fed,
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For syngulere profyt, eche a dele,
For drede of pyne, and couetys of mede.
Loue god ouer all, for good he is;
To pyne ne blisse, take non hede.
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¶ Ȝif þou sette loue in þat degre,
To loue god, for he þe wrouȝt,
Þan make þou hym as he dede þe,
Þan loue for loue, euene is brouȝt.
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ȝif þou loue god, for he made þe fre,
Þat dyȝed for the, to blisse þe bouȝt,
Þan dyȝe þou for hym, as he dyȝed for þe;
Ȝut heuene blisse, þou quytest hym nouȝt.
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¶ Ȝit o thyng þere is byhende,
Man, þat god askeþ of the:
"Alle worldys delys, fro þyn herte wende,
Wiþ alle þyn herte, loue þou me.
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Þy swete þouȝtes [þou] me sende;
For worldis goodis, myn are he.
Loue me gostly, þat am þy frende,
Þanne al euyl shal fro þe fle.
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¶ Þat loue me gostly, y can assay,
For gostly loue in herte y souȝt.
Do worldly thyng fro þyn herte away,
And haue me principal in þy þouȝt.
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