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¶ The good aungel on his ryȝt syde,
Whenne he hem ladde with merye songe,
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And whenne he wolde noȝt folwe hy[m], glyde
Out of the waye, he wente wronge;
In vertues he nolde abyde;
Þe good aungel mourned amonge.
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"With þe soule nel y chyde;
Y ȝeue þe vp for endeles longe."
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¶ At domesday no man shal be excusyd,
Lord ne lady, mayde ne knaue;
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ffor wykked counsel scholde be refusyd,
And after good counsayle craue.
After warke þat þay vsed,
I shal hem deme, or saue.
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Þe sauyd excusyd, þe dampnyd accusyd,
As thay deseruyd echon haue.
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¶ Ech touche and mouynge with hys honde,
Þe leste twynkelynge wyþ his eyȝe,
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His wronge worke sitte or stonde,
Ryde or go, sitte or lyȝe.
Þouȝ he spede noȝt þere he dede fonde,
Hys conscience wole hym bewrye;
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Benefice, auauncement, hous or londe,
The leste bargayn þat he dede bye.
XXV. (Pety Job, or Parce mihi, Domine!)
[Douce MS. 322, [At the beginning, a coat of arms painted: gules, a chevron azure, between three garbs or, 2 and 1.] leaf 10.] [57 stanzas of 12, abab, abab, and baba or bcbc, with Latin subjects.]
Here begynneth the nyne lessons of the Dirige whych Job made in hys tribulacion, lying on the Donghyll, and ben declared more opynly to lewde
