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therefore_o saint_n poule_n say_v quis_fw-la cognovit_fw-la sensum_fw-la dni_fw-la aut_fw-la quis_fw-la consiliarius_fw-la eius_fw-la fuit_fw-la who_o say_v he_o have_v know_v the_o wit_n of_o god_n or_o who_o be_v his_o counseyller_n forsooth_o not_o the_o astronomer_n neither_o the_o wytche_n for_z they_o ben_fw-mi fool_n of_o all_o fool_n and_o put_v fertheste_n out_o of_o god_n counseyll_v as_o folk_n that_o god_n moost_n hate_v saint_n poule_n say_v that_z dome_n of_o god_n ben_fw-mi incompre_fw-it hensyble_a no_o man_n may_v know_v they_o well_o no_o man_n may_v trace_v his_o way_n though_o be_v his_o wonderful_a dome_n they_o ben_fw-mi so_o meddle_v with_o mercy_n and_o rightfulness_n that_o they_o pass_v man_n wit_n therefore_o the_o prophet_n davyd_v say_v universe_n vie_fw-fr dni_fw-fr misericordia_fw-la et_fw-la veritas_fw-la awl_n the_o way_n of_o our_o lord_n be_v mercy_n and_o troth_n judicia_fw-la dni_fw-la abissus_fw-la multa_fw-la the_o dome_n of_o god_n be_v of_o a_o great_a depenesse_n you_o so_o deep_a that_o no_o man_n wit_n may_v seek_v to_o the_o depenesse_n ne_o know_v well_o the_o cause_n ne_fw-fr the_o reason_n of_o his_o wonderful_a dome_n and_o therefore_o such_o astronomer_n and_o wytche_n that_o entermeten_v theym_fw-mi so_o high_a of_o god_n dome_n and_o wonder_v full_a werke_n &_o presume_v to_o dyvyne_v of_o thing_n that_o be_v to_o come_v and_o make_v theym_a wise_n as_o if_o they_o be_v god_n felawe_n and_o know_v alle_fw-mi his_o prevy_n counseyll_v they_o ben_fw-mi fool_n of_o all_o fool_n ¶_o dives_fw-la therefore_o clerk_n say_v that_o they_o may_v no_o thing_n tell_v for_o certain_a but_z they_o may_v tell_v whereto_o man_n or_o woman_n or_o comunyte_n be_v incline_v by_o the_o werk_n of_o the_o body_n above_o nevertheless_o as_o they_o say_v man_z and_o woman_n may_v by_o virtue_n overcome_v the_o planet_n and_o so_o every_o wise_a man_n be_v lord_n and_o master_n of_o the_o plaâ—â—etes_n and_o therefore_o tholomeus_n the_o 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ne_fw-la assuescas_fw-la os_fw-la tuum_fw-la &_o â—_o eccle._n twenty-three_o lete_n not_o thy_o mouth_n say_v he_o be_v use_v to_o swear_v for_o many_o hard_a hap_n &_o fallynge_v be_v in_o such_o swear_a and_o name_v not_o to_o oft_o say_v he_o goddess_n name_n with_o thy_o mouth_n in_o swear_v ne_o be_v not_o usaunt_a in_o swear_v to_o meddle_v the_o with_o saint_n name_n for_o if_o thou_o do_v thou_o shall_v not_o be_v clear_o of_o foal_n swear_a ne_z clear_a of_o sin_n for_o what_o man_n say_v he_o that_o swer_v moche_n he_o shall_v be_v fulfyl_v with_o sin_n &_o shrewednesse_n &_o trybulaconn_v &_o disease_n shall_v not_o pass_v from_o he_o and_o his_o household_n for_o god_n say_v that_o who_o so_o take_v his_o name_n in_o vain_a he_o shall_v not_o pass_v un_fw-mi punyssh_v such_o swear_a and_o despise_v of_o god_n name_n be_v so_o horryble_a a_o sin_n in_o god_n sight_n that_o as_o solomon_n say_v in_o yâ—_z same_o book_n the_o xxvij_o ca._n when_o that_o man_n hear_v such_o swear_a the_o here_o of_o their_o hede_n shall_v arise_v for_o drede_v &_o they_o shall_v stop_v their_o ever_o be_v &_o not_o here_o such_o yrreverence_n and_o despite_n of_o god_n name_n loquela_fw-la multum_fw-la iurans_fw-la horriplicacionem_fw-la capiti_fw-la statuit_fw-la et_fw-la irreverencia_fw-la illius_fw-la obturacio_fw-la aurium_fw-la caplm_n u_o diues_fw-la folke_n now_o a_o day_n in_o three_o manner_n excuse_v they_o of_o swear_v some_o say_v that_o they_o swear_v so_o oft_o for_o yâ—_z love_n that_o they_o have_v to_o god_n for_o to_o have_v he_o often_o in_o mind_n some_o say_v why_o may_v not_o i_o swear_v for_o i_o swear_v sooth_n some_o say_v but_o i_o swear_v there_o will_v no_o man_n byleve_v i_o ¶_o pauper_fw-la these_o ben_fw-mi no_o excusaconn_n but_o grevous_a accusaconn_n &_o grutchynge_n of_o sin_n for_o as_o for_o yâ—_z first_o point_n it_o be_v false_a for_z such_o false_a swerer_n love_v not_o their_o god_n for_z they_o keep_v not_o his_o commandment_n and_z they_o have_v he_o full_a lytyll_o in_o mind_n and_o swear_v many_o horryble_a oath_n in_o vanyte_n and_o shrewednesse_n because_o of_o mysuse_v when_o they_o think_v not_o on_o god_n and_o therefore_o that_o excusaconn_n be_v but_o a_o open_a scorn_n &_o a_o great_a blaspheme_v to_o god_n for_o if_o thy_o servant_n have_v do_v a_o thing_n that_o thou_o have_v he_o forboden_a the_o oft_o that_o he_o die_v it_o the_o worse_o thou_o woldeste_v be_v pay_v and_o if_o he_o scorn_v the_o &_o say_v that_o he_o die_v it_o for_o thy_o love_n for_o to_o have_v yâ—_z in_o mind_n thou_o will_v hold_v it_o a_o full_a great_a scorn_n &_o ben_fw-mi moche_n more_o an_o anger_v with_o he_o namely_o if_o thou_o wear_v his_o lyege_n lord_n &_o his_o king_n moche_n more_o than_o god_n that_o be_v lord_n &_o king_n of_o all_o thing_n be_v a_o anger_v with_o they_o that_o so_o swear_v ayenste_n his_o commandment_n &_o excuse_v they_o so_o scornful_o sa_v that_o they_o do_v it_o to_o have_v god_n in_o 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theym_n out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o life_n from_o among_o theym_n that_o shall_v be_v in_o bliss_n without_o end_n let_v theym_v not_o be_v write_v with_o the_o rightwysse_o folk_n that_o shall_v be_v save_v these_o ben_fw-mi crystus_fw-la word_n complain_v he_o to_o yâ—_z fader_fw-mi in_o heaven_n of_o such_o foul_a swerer_n po_fw-la lxviij_o ¶_o dives_fw-la it_o seem_v hereby_o that_o such_o swear_a be_v fulgrete_a horryble_a sin_n &_o full_a peryllous_a but_o what_o say_v thou_o of_o the_o second_o excusaconn_n ¶_o pauper_fw-la we_o be_v bind_v never_o to_o lie_v &_o nothing_o to_o say_v but_o sooth_n nevertheless_o we_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o say_v all_o the_o sothe_n ne_z we_o ought_v not_o to_o swear_v for_o every_o sooth_n that_o we_o speak_v for_o as_o say_v saint_n thomas_n de_fw-fr veritate_fw-la
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woman_n for_z woman_n yield_v her_o guilty_a but_z she_o axe_v no_o mercy_n she_o make_v no_o such_o excusaconn_v but_z in_o a_o great_a part_n yield_v her_o guilty_a in_o that_o she_o say_v the_o adder_n have_v desceyve_v i_o for_o in_o that_o she_o knowlege_v that_o she_o be_v desceyve_v she_o knowleged_a that_o she_o have_v do_v amiss_o &_o unwyse_o and_o otherwise_o than_o she_o ought_v to_o have_v do_v and_o for_o that_o woman_n lowed_a she_o and_o knowlege_v her_o unwysedom_n &_o her_o folly_n therefore_o god_n put_v in_o woman_n that_o time_n a_o hope_n of_o our_o saluaconn_n when_o he_o say_v to_o the_o adder_n i_o shall_v put_v enmyte_v bytwene_v the_o &_o woman_n and_z bytwene_a thy_o seed_n &_o her_o sede_fw-la and_z she_o shall_v break_v thy_o heed_n that_o be_v the_o fiend_n which_o be_v heed_n &_o leder_n of_o the_o adder_n that_o tyme._n the_o seed_n of_o the_o fiend_n be_v wicked_a werke_n and_o wicked_a folk_n to_o who_o god_n say_v in_o the_o gospel_n vos_fw-fr 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