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¶ Truste not al to oþere men,
In almes dede ne preyere;
ffor state of soule can no man kenne,
ffor þey ben alle in goddis daungere,
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In helle pyne, or blisse clere.
Repentaunce mot mercy byȝe.
While þy dede is in þy powere,
Be þyn awen frend er þou dyȝe.
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VIII. A good makynge of iour delaye.
[Against the Clergy. A.D. 1408-9] [Digby 102, leaf 105, back.] [13 stanzas of 8, abab, bcbc.]
(1)
Man, haue hit in þy þouȝt
Of what matere þou maked is.
God made the of nouȝt;
Al þat þou hast, þou wost, is his.
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Wheþer hast þou serued pyne or blisse,
Seche þy werkis, and assaye;
Þy getyng, þy holdyng, þy spendyng mysse,
ffro blisse wolde make Iour delaye.
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(2)
¶ To þy bed whan þou shalt go,
Þenk what þou hast don sen morn;
Wheþer serued blisse or wo,
Or goddis name in ydel sworn,
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Or ellys fals[e] witnesse born,
Letted pore men of here pray,
In þy defaut here goodis lorn:
Þou shalt answere here iour delay.
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(3)
¶ Who takeþ cure, he bereþ charge
By goddis lawe, þe folk to preche
Þey make conscience large, [nota]
Take tyþe, and nyl not teche.
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