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et_fw-la alium_fw-la presbiterum_fw-la caplm_n xu_o ¶_o of_o saint_n paphunce_v /_o &_o begyn_v in_o latyn_a vidimus_fw-la et_fw-la alium_fw-la monasterium_fw-la caplm_n xvi_o ¶_o of_o the_o monastery_n of_o saint_n ysydoee_o beginning_n in_o latyn_a vidimus_fw-la apud_fw-la thebaida_n caplm_n xvij_o ¶_o of_o saint_n serapyon_n abbot_n /_o which_o begyn_v in_o latyn_a say_fw-la &_o in_fw-la region_fw-la caplm_n xviij_o ¶_o of_o saint_n apolonyon_n relygyous_a &_o martyr_n /_o begin_v in_o latyn_a tradebant_fw-la ergo_fw-la caplm_n xix_o ¶_o of_o saint_n dioscore_a abbot_n begyne_v vidimus_fw-la &_o alium_fw-la caplm_n twenty_o ¶_o of_o the_o monasterye_n of_o nitrye_n /_o &_o begyn_v in_o latyn_a venimus_fw-la caplm_n xxi_o ¶_o of_o a_o neither_o place_n callyd_v cecylya_n &_o begyn_v in_o latyn_a post_fw-la hunc_fw-la vero_fw-la caplm_n xxij_o ¶_o of_o saint_n ammonyon_n abbot_n
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scyence_n as_o thou_o /_o &_o therefore_o if_o by_o adventure_n thou_o fyndeste_fw-fr in_o my_o translaconn_n any_o thing_n lass_n than_o suffycyent_o recite_v or_o express_v /_o blame_v not_o i_o therefore_o for_o in_o so_o do_v i_o have_v follow_v as_o well_o as_o i_o may_v /_o how_o well_o that_o i_o have_v not_o the_o faculte_n for_o to_o speak_v ne_fw-mi to_o uttre_fw-fr ornate_o therefore_o please_v it_o to_o the_o to_o polysshe_v the_o langage_fw-fr by_o thy_o swetenes_n the_o which_o be_v more_o sweet_a than_o honey_n /_o &_o i_o shall_v not_o be_v dysplease_v /_o if_o it_o please_v to_o thy_o magnyfycence_n to_o amend_v that_o which_o shall_v not_o be_v we_o will_v and_o improper_o touch_v ¶_o here_o begyn_v the_o book_n of_o admonycyon_n /_o and_o first_o against_o glotonye_n a_o monk_n ask_v on_o a_o time_n of_o thabbot_n sysoy_n how_o he_o ought_v to_o live_v in_o his_o celle_fw-fr to_o who_o thabbot_n answer_v eat_v thy_o breed_n and_o thy_o salt_n /_o &_o be_v not_o 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corporell_n as_o he_o be_v for_o the_o scrypture_n say_v in_o such_o measure_n as_o thou_o shall_v have_v mesure_v to_o other_o in_o the_o same_o shall_v be_v mesure_v to_o the._n ¶_o how_o for_o thendure_n poverte_a cause_v to_o come_v to_o the_o rest_n of_o heaven_n a_o holy_a fader_fw-mi say_v that_o we_o find_v in_o holy_a scrypture_n that_o lazar_n that_o be_v at_o that_o yate_fw-mi of_o the_o evyll_n rich_a man_n have_v in_o he_o none_o other_o virtue_n /_o but_o that_o he_o endure_v his_o poverte_a right_a pacyent_o /_o &_o never_o grutched_a ne_o murmur_v against_o the_o rich_a man_n /_o but_z praise_v &_o thank_v god_n of_o all_o /_o wherefore_o he_o be_v bring_v in_o to_o paradyse_n this_o holy_a man_n say_v also_o /_o that_o it_o never_o behove_v to_o think_v but_o of_o the_o drede_n of_o god_n and_o if_o by_o adventure_n we_o be_v constrain_v to_o think_v of_o our_o body_n /_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o think_v but_o when_o it_o be_v time_n /_o as_o who_o will_v say_v that_o 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to_o know_v it_o /_o dowt_v high_o to_o fall_v in_o to_z that_o sign_n of_o vaynglory_n if_o he_o tell_v to_o hem_v the_o sygnyficaconn_v /_o that_o which_o nevertheless_o he_o declare_v to_o hem_v by_o cause_n they_o be_v come_v to_o high_o fro_o so_o far_o a_o country_n in_o say_v thê°_n since_o that_o we_o other_o fader_n become_v in_o to_z the_o land_n of_o egypt_n the_o land_n have_v be_v fertile_a &_o full_a of_o good_n &_o tofore_o all_o that_o be_v sow_v the_o worm_n eat_v it_o /_o for_o the_o labourer_n be_v paynym_n &_o infydeles_a that_o which_o be_v by_o we_o convert_v to_o the_o faith_n /_o &_o come_v to_o bring_v every_o year_n of_o therth_n to_o the_o end_n that_o we_o shall_v bless_v it_o &_o after_o they_o meddle_v it_o with_o their_o seed_n &_o say_v to_o they_o in_o bless_v it·_n go_v forth_o be_v it_o to_o the_o like_o as_z thou_o byleve_v in_o god_n /_o ¶_o he_o recount_v also_o a_o thing_n more_o merueylous_a by_o high_o do_v to_o thexaltaconn_n of_o the_o name_n of_o god_n like_o as_o it_o folowyth_o /_o also_o as_o he_o descend_v in_o to_o the_o cyte_v nigh_o to_o his_o hermitage_n he_o fond_a in_o the_o say_v cyte_v a_o manychien·_n a_o deceyvour_n of_o the_o peple_n with_o who_o he_o dyspute_v of_o the_o faith_n but_o by_o cause_n the_o say_v manychien_fw-fr be_v cautelous_a &_o subtyll_a in_o word_n to_z the_o end_n that_o the_o herer_n shall_v not_o be_v skaundr_v in_o the_o crysten_v faith_n /_o the_z holy_a man_n say_v all_o you_o make_v a_o fire_n in_o the_o myddyl_n of_o the_o place_n /_o in_z which_o we_o shall_v put_v we_o tweyne_v and_o i_o byleve_v that_o he_o shall_v be_v burn_v that_o have_v the_o worst_a faith_n and_o law_n /_o so_o it_o be_v make_v and_o incontynent_a the_o holy_a man_n take_v the_o manychyen_fw-mi by_o the_o honde_fw-fr to_o lede_v he_o with_o high_o /_o the_z which_o answerde_n that_o he_o shall_v come_v after_o /_o and_o that_o it_o be_v reason_n since_o he_o have_v do_v make_v the_o fire_n that_o he_o 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