(22)
¶ In wordis þey sayn þey wil do wel,
Take cure of soules as worthi clerkis,
And resceyue þe charge euery del
To wasche synful soules serkis.
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Þey preue hemself fooles in werkis;
Wiþ holy water nele no parischen wete.
Caste away Antecrist merkis,
Goþ wiþ god of pes to trete.
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(23)
¶ Now sumwhat y haue ȝow sayd
What is salue to ȝoure sore. [[MS. store]]
To sauȝten wiþ god, holde ȝow payed,
And arraye ȝow wel þerfore
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To resceyue god, ȝoure soules store,
His body in forme of bred o whete,
And kepe hym: so ȝe nede no more
Eft of pes wiþ hym to trete.
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(24)
¶ Whan þou hast told al þy greuaunce,
Þan do as þe prest þe tauȝte;
Holde wel þy penaunce;
Repentaunce, [folio 108a] forȝete þat nouȝt.
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Whan ȝe wiþ loue god han lauȝt,
Neuere fro ȝow hym ȝe lete.
God brynge ȝow to his angels sauȝt,
Þere neuere nys nede o pes to trete.
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X. A good steryng to heuenward.
[Digby 102, leaf 108.] [15 stanzas of 14, abab, abab, cc, ddd, c.]
(1)
Many man is loþ to here
Repref of vices and werkis ylle;
For pride hem þenkeþ goddis pere,
Þat welde þis worldis wele at wylle;
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At a sarmon wil bid a frere
Make it short, or ellys be stylle.
