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the_o cc.lxxviij_o question_n ¶_o tho_o thaâ—_n be_v domâ—_n &_o â—ooles_n bear_v and_o doy_v 〈…〉_o holes_n that_o no_o good_a can_v ne_o no_o wit_n have_v of_o man_n and_o be_v bear_v of_o their_o mother_n so_o man_n tell_v of_o they_o what_o so_o they_o do_v as_o a_o child_n that_o have_v no_o wit_n but_o do_v all_o that_o like_v it_o and_o bettar_n do_v can_v it_o nought_o but_o as_o it_o fall_v in_o the_o thought_n and_o by_o cause_n their_o wit_n be_v no_o more_o dampen_v be_v they_o not_o therefore_o but_o they_o that_o in_o wit_n be_v bear_v and_o after_o it_o have_v forlorn_a and_o do_v evil_a there_o before_o while_o that_o they_o in_o wit_n wear_v and_o no_o mercy_n of_o god_n ask_v of_o that_o deed_n while_o their_o wit_n last_v and_o after_o know_v neither_o good_a nor_o ill_a though_o shall_v be_v at_o goddy_n will_v ¶_o the_o cc.lxxix_o question_n ¶_o angel_n that_o with_o god_n be_v there_o keep_v they_o mennys_n soul_n here_o every_o man_n what_o so_o he_o be_v that_o belevyth_v in_o the_o trynyte_n have_v a_o aungel_n he_o to_o zeme_v and_o to_o tech_n he_o to_o good_a to_o lene_n and_o all_o his_o good_a thought_n and_o dede_n puttys_n he_o his_o aungel_n that_o ledy_n a_o wicked_a aungel_n he_o have_v also_o wicked_a dede_n to_o put_v he_o to_o and_o his_o wit_n be_v lend_v he_o free_a and_o good_a and_o evil_n know_v he_o whether_o aungel_n he_o follow_v will_n and_o the_o good_a aungel_n be_v fâ—lwo_o when_o he_o see_v his_o man_n mysgo_o and_o his_o joy_n be_v well_o the_o more_o when_o man_n doy_v after_o his_o lore_n for_o of_o himself_o have_v man_n right_a nought_o but_o wickydnes_n in_o deed_n and_o thought_n ¶_o the_o cc.lxxx_o question_n ¶_o how_o may_v aungel_n y_o it_o have_v no_o body_n show_v himself_o here_o to_o man_n open_o aungel_n that_o be_v in_o goddys_n sight_n to_o see_v all_o thing_n have_v he_o may_v but_o he_o may_v no_o body_n see_v for_o a_o goostly_a thing_n be_v he_o and_o through_o manny_n prison_n be_v aungel_n sometime_o send_v here_o down_o and_o he_o may_v come_v also_o smart_n as_o eny_z thought_n in_o manny_n herte_a of_o the_o air_n he_o takyth_v a_o body_n and_o than_o be_v he_o see_v open_o and_o than_o aman_n hear_v he_o can_v and_o he_o he_o as_o another_o man_n but_o be_v not_o that_o body_n true_o he_o may_v see_v no_o bodily_a eye_n ¶_o the_o cc.lxxxj_o question_n ¶_o be_v devyls_n spyer_n ever_o more_o of_o that_o the_o folk_n do_v everywhore_n deuyls_n be_v ever_o more_o ready_a where_o so_o aman_n do_v wicked_o and_o many_o mynyster_n have_v they_o that_o be_v walk_v night_n and_o day_n and_o that_o never_o more_o blynne_v man_n to_o tempt_v and_o bring_v in_o sin_n and_o when_o man_n hatâ—_n doâ—_n also_o anon_o his_o master_n heteâ—â—ys_v it_o to_o but_o if_o that_o it_o so_o bâ—falle_v that_o eny_z of_o the_o devyl_v all_o with_o some_o good_a man_n be_v down_o cast_v his_o power_n will_v no_o lengar_n last_o among_o his_o fellow_n he_o shall_v be_v sheâ—â—_n and_o be_v cast_v in_o great_a tourment_n so_o sore_o they_o â—â—nes_v hespâ—de_v nought_o of_o the_o thing_n that_o he_o after_o wrought_v ¶_o the_o lxxxij_o question_n ¶_o how_o be_v that_o fire_n on_o what_o manere_n purgatorye_n that_o man_n call_v here_o fire_n of_o purgatorye_n be_v there_o much_o woe_n be_v and_o no_o bliss_n thethere_o shall_v face_v all_o though_o that_o shall_v be_v save_v and_o no_o mo_z they_n that_o be_v here_o of_o repentance_n and_o do_v not_o full_o here_o prâ—â—aunce_v there_o shall_v he_o it_o fulfil_v be_fw-mi dene_fw-mi for_o to_o make_v he_o full_o clean_a but_o there_o show_v to_o they_o in_o that_o woe_n angel_n and_o other_o hallow_v mo_z for_o who_o love_n they_o do_v 〈◊〉_d hâ—re_n and_o they_o amend_v they_o at_o their_o shâ—re_a sight_n of_o they_o and_o trust_v all_o so_o of_o bliss_n that_o they_o shall_v after_o to_o that_o shall_v be_v the_o comfort_n all_o for_o they_o wot_v to_o bliss_n they_o shall_v but_o that_o shall_v after_o that_o goddys_n son_n be_v deed_n true_o upon_o the_o road_n trâ—_n ¶_o the_o cc.lxxxiij_o question_n ¶_o what_o thing_n be_v it_o man_n call_v hell_n and_o how_o come_v soul_n therein_o to_o dwell_v hell_n be_v a_o stead_n of_o pain_n and_o woe_n and_o yet_o be_v there_o hell_n two_o the_o nether_a and_o the_o uppar_n hell_n and_o the_o nether_a the_o worse_o we_o â—el_a for_o there_o be_v the_o great_a pine_n and_o pryncâ—paly_n be_v there_o in_o ¶_o the_o first_o pain_n be_v i_o wot_v that_o above_o other_o fire_n be_v hot_a as_o that_o our_o fire_n be_v of_o nature_n above_o fire_n wrought_v of_o the_o paynture_n ¶_o that_o other_o pain_n than_o be_v great_a cold_a such_o that_o no_o man_n young_a ne_o old_a may_v suffer_v it_o so_o strain_v it_o be_v and_o there_o be_v neither_o joy_v de_fw-fr bliss_n ¶_o the_o thyrd_o pain_n that_o be_v in_o that_o hell_n be_v dragon_n and_o adder_n felle_n that_o in_o the_o fire_n live_v also_o as_o fish_n in_o the_o water_n do_v ¶_o the_o four_o be_v such_o stynke_n in_o that_o hole_n that_o nothing_o may_v it_o thâ—â—_n ¶_o the_o fyfte_a scourgear_n fowl_n to_o â—ete_v as_o smyth_n do_v 〈…〉_o â—â—mours_n great_a ¶_o the_o syxte_v pain_n that_o there_o be_v dight_v be_v great_a darkness_n without_o light_n ¶_o the_o sevente_a be_v the_o confusyone_n of_o all_o the_o sin_n aman_fw-mi bâ—e_v do_v for_o every_o man_n shall_v know_v and_o see_v his_o deed_n though_o he_o loath_a be_v ¶_o the_o right_a pain_n shall_v be_v the_o cry_n that_o the_o dragon_n so_o grysse_o and_o the_o adder_n that_o there_o win_v shall_v cry_v upon_o he_o ever_o anon_o ¶_o the_o nine_o be_v that_o he_o shall_v for_o go_v the_o sight_n of_o god_n and_o ever_o to_o be_v in_o woe_n a_o wicked_a shall_v have_v all_o this_o pine_n for_o he_o forsake_v the_o ordres_n nine_o of_o angel_n that_o in_o hevyn_fw-mi wear_v ne_o wrought_v not_o after_o goddys_n lore_n but_o though_o that_o now_o wend_v to_o hell_n shall_v not_o all_o in_o the_o nether_a dwell_v in_o the_o 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