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¶ Holy writ biddeþ god sende vengeaunce
To kyngdom þat nele not holde his lawe,
Wraþþe and stryf and alle greuaunce
Among prynces and pore men þrawe,
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Þat nele not leue goddis sawe
Ne counte his gynnyng at o clete.
To werkis of wysdom, by tyme ȝe drawe,
And wiþ god of pes ȝe trete.
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¶ Who so leued þat god were trewe,
Þan wolde þey do þat god hem bede.
Þat mende no mysse, but synne ay newe,
Hem lakkeþ all þe poyntes of þe crede.
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Serue god for helle drede
Lest þy soule falle in chete;
And loue god for heuene mede;
Wiþ loue and drede wiþ god ȝe trete.
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¶ Þouȝ þou take ordre or religeoun,
Wiþ-oute charite þou seruest no mede. [folio 107b]
Ȝeue drynke to þursty, þat han and mown,
Cloþe þe naked, and hungry fede,
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Vysite þe pore and syk þat nede,
And giltles presoneres, loos ȝe lete,
And burye þe dede, is charite dede;
Wiþ þes werkis, wiþ god ȝe trete.
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¶ Þere þou hast borwed, quyte þy dette,
And to þy seruaunt þat reson is.
Loke what degre god haþ þe sette;
Quyte hym þy dette, þy soule is his,
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And resceyue þy dette, heuene blis;
Þere thar þe noþer swynke ne swete;
And ordeyne þe wele, and amende þy mys.
Þus wiþ god of pes ȝe trete.
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