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that_o by_o colour_n of_o excusation_n makeste_v thy_o sin_n white_a as_z ada_z do_v by_o the_o woman_n and_o the_o woman_n by_o the_o serpent_n thou_o belde_v it_o out_o also_o as_o wine_n that_o after_o the_o leve_a of_o thy_o sin_n thou_o kepy_v the_o savoure_n within_o the_o thereof_o as_o whanne_v thou_o delyte_v the_o in_o lycherouse_a word_n or_o have_v joy_n to_o see_v vanity_n or_o avantyste_v the_o of_o lewdness_n do_v to_o fore_n and_o that_o be_v a_o sin_n that_o moo_v grevyth_v god_n therefore_o hold_v out_o thin_a herte_n as_o water_n that_o neither_o fatness_n colour_n ne_o savour_n abide_v after_o with_o all_o the_o circumstance_n as_o in_o what_o manner_n what_o place_n what_o cause_n what_o tyme._n what_o age_n what_o state_n how_o moche_n how_o long_o why_o and_o where_o and_o all_o such_o that_o agree_v ¶_o thy_o sin_n also_o it_o must_v be_v naked_a not_o make_v by_o a_o messangere_fw-la ne_fw-fr lettre_fw-fr but_o with_o thy_o own_o mouth_n ne_o in_o gay_a termy_n 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will_v say_v thus_o to_o theym_n venite_fw-la benedicti_fw-la patris_fw-la mei_fw-la come_v you_o my_o faderis_n bliss_v child_n &_o receyve_v you_o the_o kyngdom_n of_o heaven_n that_o be_v ordain_v to_o you_o and_o so_o rehearse_v to_o theym_v the_o seven_o werke_n of_o mercy_n when_o i_o be_v hungry_a you_o gaaf_v i_o mete_v sitivi_fw-la et_fw-la dedistis_fw-la michi_fw-la bibere_fw-la when_o i_o be_v thirsty_a you_o give_v i_o drink_v and_o when_o i_o be_v herberles_a you_o herber_v and_o so_o forth_o all_o the_o werke_n off_o mercy_n for_o when_o you_o gaf_v any_o thing_n in_o my_o name_n it_o be_v to_o i_o thenne_fw-fr shall_v our_o lord_n rebuke_v the_o scotfree_a people_n that_o will_v not_o do_v for_o his_o love_n nor_o forgyve_v no_o trespass_n for_o his_o sake_n and_o say_v to_o theym_v ¶_o discedite_fw-la a_o i_o maledicti_fw-la in_o ignem_fw-la eternum_fw-la go_v you_o curse_v people_n in_o to_o everlasting_a peyne_n of_o hell_n for_o when_o i_o be_v a_o hunger_a you_o give_v i_o no_o meet_a etc._n etc._n than_o may_v they_o be_v full_o sorry_a and_o woo_v that_o ever_o our_o lord_n ihesu_n criste_n shall_v thus_o rebuke_v theym_a for_o there_o shall_v noman_n of_o law_n to_o plete_a nor_o for_o gold_n nor_o silver_n nor_o other_o yefte_n to_o help_v for_o than_o shall_v neither_o master_v nor_o lordeshyp_n help_v but_o all_o be_v set_v beside_o but_o right_a as_o a_o man_n have_v do_v so_o shall_v he_o have_v and_o there_o shall_v be_v dyverse_a accuser_n both_o above_o he_o and_o benethe_v he_o and_o on_o every_o side_n above_o he_o shall_v be_v our_o lord_n ihesu_n criste_n his_o dome_n man_n iratus_fw-la est_fw-la furor_fw-la domini_fw-la in_o populo_fw-la svo_fw-la without_o mercy_n to_o theym_v that_o deed_n no_o mercy_n and_o so_o accuse_v theym_fw-mi of_o the_o â—â—st_n think_v that_o ever_o be_v amiss_o on_o the_o right_a side_n his_o angel_n tell_v 〈◊〉_d where_o when_o and_o how_o oft_o he_o side_n amiss_o on_o that_o other_o side_n fende_v 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he_o that_o ask_v unrightful_o yeve_v it_o not_o that_o he_o ask_v but_o that_o that_o bâ—ttâ—â—_n iâ—_n and_o that_o be_v correction_n jerom_n say_v gyve_v the_o poor_a to_o sustain_v their_o riches_n there_o may_v no_o man_n excuse_v he_o of_o alm_n gyve_v for_o a_o halfpenny_n of_o the_o poor_a sum_n time_n more_o please_v god_n thanne_v a_o hundred_o shylinge_n of_o the_o rich_a if_o thou_o may_v not_o gyve_v he_o that_o gyve_v he_o word_n of_o comfort_n and_o what_o thou_o yevy_v gyve_v it_o glad_o for_o the_o glad_a gyver_n god_n lovyth_v ¶_o there_o be_v also_o sevyn_v other_o ghostly_a dedy_n of_o mercy_n the_o first_o be_v teach_v
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a_o man_n to_o the_o emperor_n of_o rome_n and_o gate_n licenâ—e_v and_o leave_v to_o distroye_v the_o cyte_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o he_o gadr_v a_o great_a multitude_n of_o people_n and_o tytus_fw-la that_o be_v his_o oune_n soon_o with_o he_o and_o go_v to_o jerusalem_n thenne_n in_o the_o mean_n while_n that_o he_o besegyd_v the_o cyte_n the_o emperor_n die_v &_o thenne_n he_o be_v choose_v emperor_n and_o turn_v again_o to_o rome_n and_o leave_v tytus_fw-la his_fw-la soon_o there_o to_o distroye_v the_o cyte_n then_o tytus_fw-la lie_v so_o sore_o to_o the_o cyte_n that_o he_o 〈◊〉_d famyssh_v theym_a in_o somoche_n that_o they_o eat_v their_o shine_v and_o their_o bote_n and_o the_o fader_fw-mi take_v mete_v fro_o the_o soon_o and_o the_o soon_o from_o the_o fader_fw-mi and_o either_o take_v it_o from_o other_o mouth_n the_o husbond_n from_o the_o wyf_v the_o wyf_v fro_o the_o husbonde_n then_o emonge_o all_o other_o there_o be_v a_o woman_n of_o great_a birth_n and_o be_v come_v of_o gentyll_a bloodde_n and_o haddde_v a_o young_a child_n and_o for_o hungre_n she_o say_v my_o dear_a child_n i_o have_v suffer_v more_o peyne_a for_o the_o than_o than_o evyr_n thou_o dedyste_v for_o i_o wherefore_o it_o be_v more_o reason_n that_o i_o ease_v my_o hungre_n on_o the_o thanne_n though_o i_o die_v and_o thou_o also_o &_o so_o take_v her_o child_n and_o slay_v it_o and_o rosiyd_v halue_fw-mi of_o it_o and_o keep_v half_a till_o on_o the_o morrow_n and_o so_o as_o the_o flesh_n rosiyd_v the_o savour_n go_v into_o the_o cytee_n â–ª_o and_o whanne_v the_o people_n feel_v the_o savoure_n they_o wean_v there_o have_v be_v plenty_n of_o meet_a and_o come_v to_o have_v have_v part_n and_o thenne_v this_o woman_n will_v have_v hide_v it_o but_o they_o say_v they_o will_v see_v whatt_n meet_v she_o have_v and_o thenne_n she_o bring_v it_o forth_o and_o shewyd_v it_o and_o say_v 'loo_o here_o i_o have_v rosiyd_v my_o own_o child_n &_o here_o be_v the_o other_o half_a against_o to_o morrow_n thenne_n the_o people_n be_v agrevyd_v thereof_o and_o all_o amaze_a of_o that_o sight_n &_o go_v forth_o leve_v the_o woman_n et_a of_o her_o child_n thenne_n hungre_n increase_v so_o grete_o that_o there_o die_v within_o the_o cytee_n so_o thick_a that_o they_o cast_v the_o body_n ovir_n the_o wall_n out_o of_o the_o cyte_n into_o dyche_n and_o so_o fill_v the_o dyche_n full_a of_o deed_n body_n and_o the_o stynche_n smite_v forth_o into_o the_o country_n and_o enfectyd_v the_o people_n great_o ¶_o thenne_n so_o at_o the_o last_o great_a â—ede_n make_v theym_a to_o yield_v up_o the_o cytee_n thenne_fw-fr tytus_fw-la go_v in_o with_o his_o host_n and_o right_o as_o the_o jew_n sell_v criste_n for_o thirty_o pen_n so_o in_o like_a wise_n he_o sell_v thirty_o jew_n for_o one_o penny_n and_o turn_v the_o cyte_n up_o side_n down_o in_o somoche_n that_o they_o leave_v not_o a_o stone_n stond_v upon_o a_o other_o but_o destroy_v it_o to_o the_o uttermost_a part_n lo_o thus_o may_v you_o see_v though_o god_n almyghtye_a abide_v and_o suffer_v long_o he_o smit_v sore_o at_o the_o last_o and_o take_v great_a vengeance_n on_o theym_n that_o be_v lusty_a to_o shed_v cristen_v man_n blood_n ¶_o wherefore_o every_o cristen_v man_n and_o woman_n amend_v he_o selue_fw-mi pra_v to_o this_o holy_a appostyll_o to_o be_v mediatoure_n bitwene_fw-mi god_n and_o theym_a that_o they_o may_v have_v veâ—y_a repentance_n in_o their_o herte_n here_o with_o shryfte_n of_o mouth_n and_o satisfactyon_n in_o deed_n do_v that_o we_o may_v come_v to_o the_o bliss_n that_o nevir_n shall_v have_v end_v amen_o de_fw-fr invencione_fw-la sancte_fw-la crucis_fw-la good_a friend_n such_o a_o day_n you_o shall_v have_v the_o invention_n of_o the_o holy_a cross_n but_o you_o shall_v not_o fast_a the_o evyn_n but_o comme_fw-fr to_o god_n and_o to_o holy_a church_n as_o cristen_v people_n shall_v do_v in_o worship_n of_o he_o that_o die_v on_o the_o cross_n thenne_n you_o shall_v understond_v why_o it_o be_v call_v thus_o inuencio_n sancte_fw-la crucis_fw-la the_o find_v of_o the_o holy_a cross_n the_o which_o be_v find_v in_o this_o wise_n as_o i_o shall_v tell_v you_o when_o adam_n our_o first_o fad_n be_v seek_v for_o age_n and_o will_v fain_v haf_n be_v out_o of_o this_o world_n adam_n send_v seethe_v his_o soon_o to_o the_o angel_n of_o paradise_n pra_v the_o angel_n to_o send_v he_o the_o oyll_n of_o mercy_n to_o anoint_v his_o body_n therewith_o when_o he_o be_v deed_n thenne_n go_v seethe_v to_o paradise_n and_o say_v his_o message_n to_o the_o angel_n then_o answer_v the_o angel_n and_o say_v that_o he_o may_v not_o have_v it_o till_o the_o year_n be_v fulfil_v but_o have_v this_o branch_n of_o the_o tree_n that_o thy_o fader_fw-mi sin_v in_o and_o set_v it_o on_o his_o grave_n and_o whanne_v it_o berythe_o fruit_n thenne_n shall_v he_o have_v mercy_n and_o not_o erst_o thenne_n take_v sech_v this_o branch_n and_o come_v home_o and_o find_v his_o fader_fw-mi deed_n thenne_n he_o set_v this_o branch_n on_o his_o fader_n grave_a as_o the_o angel_n bid_v he_o do_v the_o which_o branch_n growyd_v there_o till_o solomon_n be_v king_n and_o he_o make_v to_o fall_v it_o down_o for_o it_o be_v fair_a to_o the_o werke_n of_o the_o temple_n butt_v it_o will_v not_o accord_v with_o the_o werk_n of_o his_o temple_n solomon_n make_v to_o cast_v it_o down_o to_o the_o earth_n and_o be_v hide_v there_o unto_o the_o tyme._n that_o the_o busshoppe_n of_o the_o temple_n lete_fw-la make_v a_o wayre_a in_o the_o same_o place_n there_o as_o the_o tree_n lie_v to_o wasshe_v in_o sheep_n that_o be_v offer_v to_o the_o temple_n then_o whanne_v this_o wayre_n be_v make_v they_o call_v it_o in_o their_o langage_fw-fr probatica_fw-la piscina_fw-la to_o the_o water_n come_v a_o angel_n certeyn_a time_n from_o hevyn_n and_o do_v warship_n to_o the_o tree_n that_o lie_v in_o the_o ground_n of_o the_o wayre_n and_o mevyd_v the_o water_n and_o what_o man_n or_o woman_n that_o come_v to_o the_o water_n next_o after_o the_o aungel_n be_v make_v hole_n of_o what_o sekenesse_n that_o evir_n they_o have_v by_o virtue_n of_o the_o three_fw-mi and_o so_o endure_v many_o winter_n to_o the_o tim_a that_o criste_n be_v take_v and_o shall_v be_v do_v on_o the_o cross_a thenne_n this_o tree_n by_o the_o ordnance_n of_o god_n swim_v upon_o the_o water_n and_o whanne_v the_o jew_n haddde_v none_o other_o tree_n ready_a to_o make_v the_o cross_n of_o for_o great_a haste_n that_o they_o have_v they_o take_v the_o same_o tree_n and_o make_v thereof_o a_o cross_n and_o so_o do_v our_o lord_n thereon_o and_o they_o the_o three_fw-mi bear_v the_o blessyd_v fruit_n cristes_fw-fr body_n of_o the_o which_o well_v the_o oyll_n of_o mercy_n to_o adam_n and_o eve_n &_o all_o other_o of_o there_o offspr_v but_o whanne_v criste_fw-fr be_v deed_n and_o be_v take_v down_o of_o the_o cross_n for_o eâ—â—ye_v that_o the_o jew_n have_v to_o he_o they_o take_v the_o cross_n and_o two_o other_o croces_fw-la yâ—_z the_o thevy_v be_v hang_v in_o either_o side_n of_o criste_n and_o bury_v theym_n deep_a in_o their_o the._n for_o cristen_v people_n shall_v not_o wit_n where_o they_o be_v dâ—dâ—_n for_o to_o do_v it_o worship_n and_o there_o â—_o lie_v a_o year_n and_o more_o unto_o the_o time_n that_o elyn_n the_o empâ—ce_n mother_fw-mi of_o constantyne_n gadr_v great_a people_n to_o fight_v with_o maxencius_fw-la â—â—te_fw-la a_o great_a water_n ovir_n the_o which_o water_n lie_v a_o great_a bridge_n for_o desceyte_n of_o constantyne_n maxencius_fw-la lete_fw-la make_v a_o trey_n hope_a for_o to_o have_v disceyve_v constantyne_o that_o he_o shall_v have_v fall_v into_o the_o