His herte was wiþ a spere þurgh-shoue,
Mannys loue was hym so dere.
What soule is syk, lay þat herbe aboue,
Hit makeþ hool al y-fere.
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¶ God biddiþ vs do no þynges but two:
In loue and drede to hym bende;
Lede þy soule, lustes fro,
World and flesch, and fro þe fende.
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Ihesus herte was cleued so,
To lete out trewe loue to his frende.
In that blisse, god, graunte vs go,
Þere trewe loue woneþ wiþouten ende!
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XVIII. The declaryng of religioun. [[A.D. 1421]]
[Digby 102, leaf 117, back.] [24 stanzas of 8, abab, abab.]
(1)
Who þat wole knowe condicion
Of parfyt lyf in alle degre:
God is foundour of religion,
Obedyent to charyte.
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Swete þouȝt in deuocion,
Is weddid [folio 118a] to chastite,
In brennyng contemplacion,
Þe hiȝest lyf of spiritualte.
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¶ The goode lyueres in spiritualte,
Þe worldly lyueres hem doþ hate,
Wiþ occupacioun of temperalte
Dryueþ relegeon out at þe ȝate
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For besynesse of vanyte,
Vaynglory, and hyȝe astate.
Þat þus chaungen here degre,
Þey come to heuene, neuere or late.
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