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the_o nombre_fw-fr of_o x._o &_o yet_o be_v they_o all_o knytt_n in_o one_o precept_n of_o kind_n how_o god_n law_n be_v liken_v to_o a_o sautrie_n and_z to_o a_o harp_n ca._n twelve_o ¶_o declaration_n of_o this_o text_n he_o that_o offend_v in_o one_o offendithe·_a in_fw-ge all_fw-ge ca._n xiii_o how_o pceptis_fw-la of_o the_o first_o table_n be_v ê¯phendyd_v in_o the_o pcept_n of_o kind_n &_o of_o vengeance_n of_o manslaughter_n &_o of_o murdre_fw-fr ca·_fw-la xiiii_o ¶_o god_n defendith_v not_o sle_v of_o beestis_fw-la but_z only_a manslaughter_n with_o outen_o gifte·_a how_o man_n may_v sin_n in_o sle_v of_o beestis·_fw-la ca._n xv_o in_o what_o manner_n and_o to_o who_o manslaughter_n be_v leful_a god_n and_o the_o law_n slay_v wicked_a doer_n and_o iuges_fw-la slay_v as_o god_n mynistres_n &_o his_o officer_n ca._n xuj_o ¶_o why_o the_o sword_n be_v grauntyd_v to_o pnstis_n &_o mynistres_n of_o the_o old_a law_n &_o why_o the_o sword_n of_o shed_v of_o blood_n be_v forboden_a pnstis_n of_o the_o new_a law_n also_o what_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o auter_n representith_n ca_fw-mi xvii_o ¶_o how_o the_o law_n punyssh_v clerk_n sheder_n of_o blood_n many_o case_n of_o irregularite_n for_o manslaughter_n wyman_n that_o do_v miss_v craftis_n or_o unleful_a craftis_n to_o let_v them self_o fro_o bere_v of_o child_n &_o all_o that_o come_v to_o sle_v though_o they_o sle_v not_o be_v mansleer_v ca._n xviii_o many_o other_o case_n of_o irregularite_n for_o manslaughter_n ca._n nineteeen_o ¶_o a_o exposition_n of_o this_o text_n he_o that_o have_v not_o a_o sword_n self_z he_o his_o cote_n and_o by_o he_o a_o sword_n etc._n etc._n and_o of_o the_o dethe_v of_o many_o and_z saphira_o att_o seint_a petyr_n word_n ca._n xx_o ¶_o a_o iuge_n know_v a_o man_n ungilty_a shall_v not_o dampne_a the_o man_n though_o the_o quee_a or_o the_o wytnesse_n say_v that_o he_o be_v guilty_a &_o what_o the_o iuge_n shall_v do_v in_o such_o a_o case_n ca._n xxi_o ¶_o skill_n why_o it_o be_v unleful_a in_o any_o case_n a_o man_n or_o a_o woman_n to_o sle_n them self_o ca_fw-mi xxii_o ¶_o why_o it_o be_v more_o sin_v to_o sle_v a_o rightous_a man_n than_o a_o wicked_a man_n in_z what_o manner_n it_o be_v unleful_a a_o man_n to_o sle_v his_o wyf_v for_o avoutry_n &_o that_o it_o be_v more_o sin_v a_o man_n to_o sle_v his_o fader_fw-mi or_o mother_n than_o his_o wif._n ca._n xxiii_o ¶_o why_o god_n suffer_v be_v and_o bateyle_n three_o thing_n be_v needful_a that_o a_o bateyl_n be_v rightful_a how_o clerk_n &_o other_o man_n may_v defend_v themselves_o how_o subgette_n be_v excuse_v of_o fight_v by_o precept_n of_o their_o prince_n and_o soudeoure_n also_o and_o how_o not_o ca_fw-mi xxiiii_o the_o sixth_o precept_n ¶_o nine_o spice_n of_o lechery_n and_o in_o how_o many_o manner_n a_o man_n may_v sin_n with_o his_o wyf_v ca._n i._n ¶_o why_o matrimony_n be_v ordain_v &_o of_o the_o three_o good_a thing_n of_o matrimony_n what_o nironâ—ye_n bitokn_v &_o the_o wedding_n ring_n ca._n two_o ¶_o what_o myscheyf_v cummyth_n of_o avoutry_n &_o what_o vengeance_n god_n have_v do_v therefore_o in_o holy_a wrytte_n of_o the_o prophesy_v of_o boneface_n matter_n of_o the_o lechery_n of_o englonde_n and_o how_o the_o ground_n &_o the_o beginning_a of_o every_o peple_n be_v lauful_a generation_n in_o wedlok_n ca._n iii._n ¶_o when_o god_n make_v matrimony_n &_o have_v law_n a_o good_a declare_v of_o these_o word_n of_o adan_n this_o bone_n be_v now_o of_o my_o bone_n &c_n &c_n why_o woman_n be_v make_v of_o the_o ryb_n of_o man_n &_o nat_n of_o earth_n as_o adan_n be_v ca._n iiii_o ¶_o auoutry_n be_v more_o grevous_a sin_v in_o the_o husbonde_n than_o in_o the_o wyf_v a_o great_a ê“cesse_n of_o seint_a austyn_a rebuke_v man_n avoutrer_n ca._n v._n ¶_o seint_a austyn_a aunswerith_n to_o the_o false_a excusation_n of_o man_n lechoure_n how_o crist_n savyd_v the_o woman_n take_v in_o avoutrie_n they_o that_o shall_v punysshe_v sin_v shall_v be_v ungilty_a in_o that_o sin_n case_n in_o which_o the_o husbond_n may_v not_o accuse_v his_o wyf_v of_o avoutrie_n ca·_fw-la vi_fw-la ¶_o in_o what_o manner_n a_o man_n may_v forsake_v his_o wyf_v for_o fornication_n of_o the_o irregularite_n of_o a_o man_n know_v his_o wyf_v after_o that_o he_o knowith_v that_o she_o have_v do_v fornication_n only_a death_n deê‘tith_n &_o brekith_v the_o bond_n of_o true_a matrymonye_n &_o of_o two_o manner_n dethe_v of_o entre_fw-fr into_o religion_n of_o weddyd_v folk_n bifore_fw-la they_o know_v to_o gidre_fw-fr flessh_o the_o wife_n have_v as_o great_a occasion_n in_o that_o that_o longith_n to_o faith_n of_o matrimonye_n again_o her_o husbond_n as_o her_o husbonde_n against_o she_o and_o cause_n why_o ca·_fw-la seven_o ¶_o simple_a fornication_n be_v deadly_a sin_n these_o word_n crescite_fw-la et_fw-la multiplicamini_fw-la that_o be_v wax_v you_o &_o be_v you_o multiply_v be_v speak_v only_o to_o man_n &_o woman_n weddyd_v to_o giddre_fw-fr &_o why_o crist_n will_v his_o mother_n be_v weddyd_v or_o he_o be_v conceyve_v ca._n viij_o ¶_o weddyd_v man_n and_o woman_n may_v live_v chaast_a if_o it_o like_v they_o both_o for_o many_o cause_n or_o deyn_v god_n man_n and_o woman_n not_o to_o know_v to_o giddre_fw-fr flesshe_o but_o in_o wedloke_n what_o sin_n a_o woman_n avoutresse_n dothe·_a ca._n ix_o ¶_o a_o woman_n lecchoure_n be_v the_o fiend_n snare_n &_o a_o man_n lechour_n be_v the_o fiend_n net_n common_o more_o malice_n be_v in_o man_n than_o in_o wyman_n of_o excusation_n of_o ada_z and_z why_o he_o sin_v more_o than_o eve_o why_o crist_n bicame_v man_n and_o nat_n woman_n ca._n x._o ¶_o sampson·_n david·_v &_o salomon·_v disceyve_v themselves_o or_o wyman_n disceyve_v they_o petyr_n whanne_v he_o forsake_v criste_n be_v more_o in_o defaute_fw-fr than_o the_o woman_n that_o speak_v to_o he_o man_n lechoure_n diffame_v chaste_a wyman_n that_o will_v not_o assent_v to_o they_o ca_fw-mi xi_o ¶_o blame_a or_o lack_v of_o wicked_a wymen·_n 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for_o sin_n of_o sodomy_n why_o wyman_n and_o child_n be_v punisshid_v in_o the_o subversion_n of_o sodomye_n etc._n etc._n ca_fw-mi xuj_o ¶_o of_o lechery_n of_o pnstiâ—_n deknes_n and_o subdekyn_n &_o peyne_n set_v in_o the_o law_n for_o such_o sin_n &_o when_o a_o man_n of_o holy_a church_n be_v clepyd_v in_o the_o law_n a_o open_a notorie_n lechoure_n ca._n xvii_o skylies_n why_o lechery_n in_o clerk_n be_v more_o grevous_a thanne_v avoutre_n in_o seculers_n ca_fw-mi xviii_o how_o man_n fall_v in_o bigamye_n &_o why_o they_o be_v irregular_a by_o bigamye_n &_o that_o bigamê°_n shall_v not_o have_v the_o privelegis_fw-la that_o long_o to_o clerge_n ca_fw-mi nineteeen_o ¶_o wyman_n deliver_v of_o child_n may_v entre_fw-fr holy_a church_n what_o time_n that_o
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shall_v have_v no_o part_n of_o eritage_n wythe_v my_o son_n isaac_n abraham_n bear_v full_a hevy_a of_o these_o word_n for_o he_o love_v moche_n ysmael_v thanne_n god_n say_v to_o abraham_n thake_n it_o not_o so_o hard_a ne_fw-mi so_o sharp_o that_o sara_fw-it say_v to_o the_o of_o thy_o child_n and_o of_o thy_o servant_n agar_fw-mi butte_n in_o alle_fw-mi thing_n that_o sara_fw-it say_n too_o the_o here_o by_o our_o voice_n and_o do_v thereafter_o and_o thanne_v abraham_n put_v they_o out_o household_n full_a moche_n ayens_fw-fr herte_fw-fr and_o so_o not_o withstond_v that_o abraham_n be_v so_o nyghe_a god_n that_o he_o be_v clepe_v god_n friend_n yet_o as_o for_o thanne_v his_o wife_n know_v more_o of_o goddis_fw-la will_v than_o do_v he_o also_o we_o rede_v of_o isaac_n and_o rebecca_fw-mi his_o wife_n that_o they_o have_v two_o son_n bear_v at_o onn_n which_o be_v esau_n and_o jacob_n ysaac_n love_v better_a esau_n than_o jacob_n but_o rebecca_n love_v betr_n jacob_n â—han_fw-mi 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chastise_a and_o werke_n of_o good_a ocupacioun_n eccle._n xxxiiiâ—_n and_o god_n say_v the_o pride_n and_o plenty_n of_o breed_n and_o welfare_n and_o plenty_n of_o rychessy_n and_o idelshyâ—e_v be_v cause_n of_o the_o wyckednesse_n of_o sodemitys_n &_o of_o there_o lechery_n and_o for_o they_o love_v not_o poor_a folk_n ezechi_n xuj_o câ—_n and_o therefore_o almesdede_n be_v a_o great_a remedy_n ayens_fw-fr lechery_n to_o gete_a grace_n of_o chastytie_n so_o that_o it_o be_v yoven_v to_o the_o poor_a nedye_n that_o be_v in_o myscheffe_n and_o to_o such_o that_o have_v not_o bykynd_n to_o get_v the_fw-mi lyvelo_fw-it de_fw-mi by_o traveyle_n of_o their_o body_n and_o if_o they_o beg_v they_o do_v it_o with_o out_o avarice_n with_o mekenesse_n &_o clennesse_n of_o lyve_v to_o such_o bid_v death_n criste_fw-fr do_v alms_n sei_v date_fw-la elimosinaâ—_n et_fw-la ecce_fw-la omina_fw-la munda_fw-la sunt_fw-la vobis_fw-la luce_n yeve_v you_o alm_n and_o lo_o all_o thing_n be_v clean_a to_o 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there_o in_o the_o other_o world_n he_o punyssh_v every_o sin_n after_o that_o it_o be_v more_o grevous_a or_o less_o grevous_a but_o in_o this_o world_n he_o do_v not_o alwey_a so_o but_o oft_o in_o this_o world_n he_o punyssh_v the_o les_fw-fr sin_n hard_a than_o he_o do_v the_o more_o sin_n therefore_o in_o the_o old_a law_n avoutre_n be_v punyssh_v as_o hard_a or_o hard_a than_o manslaughter_n &_o yet_o manslaughter_n be_v more_o gruous_a sin_n than_o avoutrie_n and_o god_n take_v more_o temporal_a vengeance_n in_o this_o world_n for_o lechery_n than_o ever_o he_o do_v for_o ydolatrie_n and_o yet_o ydolatrie_n be_v gretter_n sin_n than_o lechery_n for_o it_o be_v immediate_a ayens_n god_n &_o ayens_n the_o first_o precept_n of_o the_o first_o table_n and_o manslaughter_n be_v hard_a punyssh_v in_o this_o word_n than_o perjury_n and_o yet_o perjury_n be_v gretter_n sin_n as_o i_o say_v in_o the_o secunde_a commandment_n and_o sin_n in_o simple_a poor_a folk_n be_v hard_a punissh_v 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be_v nought_o worthy_a god_n punyssh_v eve_o hard_a in_o this_o world_n than_o he_o do_v ada_z therefore_o her_o sin_n be_v more_o than_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n the_o xxiiii_o chapter_n also_o the_o secunde_a maxyme_n and_o ground_n in_o which_o thou_o say_v that_o god_n punyssh_v eve_o hard_a than_o adan_n may_v skylfullye_o be_v deny_v for_o in_o punyssh_v of_o ada_z god_n have_v his_o curse_n and_o say_v curse_a be_v the_o earth_n in_o thy_o werke_n &_o in_o thy_o sin_n he_o say_v not_o curse_v be_v the_o earth_n in_o thy_o werke_n of_o eve_n ne_o he_o say_v not_o curse_v be_v the_o earth_n in_o your_o werke_n as_o for_o common_a sin_n of_o they_o both_o but_o he_o say_v only_o to_o ada_z curse_a be_v theerth_n in_o thy_o wrke_fw-mi in_o punysshing_n also_o of_o the_o serpent_n he_o have_v his_o cur_n &_o say_v thou_o shall_v be_v curse_v among_o all_o thing_n lyve_v upon_o earth_n also_o god_n curse_v caym_fw-mi when_o he_o punyssh_v he_o for_o sle_v of_o his_o brother_n abel_n 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earth_n again_o thou_o shall_v wend_v since_o thanne_v god_n for_o sin_n of_o ada_z have_v so_o grevous_o his_o curse_n and_o blame_v so_o hard_a ada_z of_o his_o sin_n and_o for_o his_o sin_n dampen_v he_o and_o all_o mankind_n and_o punissh_v all_o erthe_o creaturis_fw-la for_o his_o sin_n &_o dampen_v he_o and_o all_o mankind_n to_o pertuel_a traveyle_n whanne_v he_o say_v thou_o shall_v eat_v thy_o meet_a with_o traveyle_n and_o sorrow_n all_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o life_n and_o also_o for_o the_o sin_n of_o ada_z he_z have_v sentence_n of_o death_n to_o he_o and_o to_o all_o mankind_n that_o be_v most_o of_o all_o peyne_n
bear_v ayens_fw-fr with_o out_o leave_v and_o if_o they_o do_v they_o shall_v be_v hard_a undernome_n and_o in_o case_n bete_a of_o their_o master_n and_o of_o their_o tutoure_n for_o fredam_fw-la in_o youth_n be_v cause_n of_o pride_n and_o of_o many_o other_o vice_n right_n so_o god_n sing_v that_o mankind_n which_o be_v lord_n of_o all_o erthe_o gody_n and_o ordain_v to_o regne_fw-la in_o heaven_n bliss_n if_o he_o have_v his_o fredam_fw-la in_o use_n of_o erthe_o thing_n he_o shall_v fall_v in_o pride_n and_o many_o vice_n as_o ada_z do_v while_o he_o be_v free_a therefore_o he_o have_v put_v mankind_n and_o namely_o the_o poor_a people_n under_o the_o governaunce_n of_o the_o rich_a folk_n and_z of_o their_o lord_n which_o be_v their_o tutoury_n &_o dispensatoury_n of_o gody_n of_o this_o world_n to_o salvation_n of_o the_o poor_a people_n and_o therefore_o saint_n poule_n say_v quanto_fw-la tempore_fw-la heres_fw-la pervulê°_n est_fw-la nichil_fw-la defert_fw-la a_o seruo_fw-la cum_fw-la sit_fw-la dominus_fw-la omnium_fw-la sed_fw-la sub_fw-la tutoribus_fw-la et_fw-la auctoribus_fw-la est_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la pfinitum_fw-la tempus_fw-la a_o patre_fw-la ad_fw-la gall_n iiii_o â—_o as_o long_o as_o the_o heir_n be_v young_a young_a and_o lytel_a there_o be_v no_o difference_n bitwene_v he_o &_o a_o servant_n sith_o there_o be_v a_o lord_n of_o alle_fw-mi but_z he_o be_v under_o tutor_n and_o governoure_n unto_o a_o certain_a time_n ordain_v of_o the_o fader_fw-mi and_o therefore_o since_o the_o scotfree_a folk_n be_v tutor_n &_o dispensatour_n of_o these_o worldly_a god_n ordain_v of_o god_n to_o salvation_n of_o you_o poor_a peple_n god_n will_v that_o noman_n take_v of_o the_o god_n that_o be_v committyd_v to_o they_o without_o their_o will_n and_o their_o leave_n and_o if_o any_o man_n take_v thereof_o against_o their_o wylle_n &_o against_o god_n ordenaunce_n he_o do_v theft_n against_o this_o pcepte_v non_fw-la furtum_fw-la facies_fw-la thou_o 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xii.c._o for_o it_o be_v a_o generalle_a rule_n in_o the_o law_n that_o need_n have_v no_o law_n dives_fw-la be_v the_o man_n that_o so_o takith_v for_o need_v bind_v to_o restitution_n pauê‘_n nay_o and_o yet_o for_o more_o sikernesse_n &_o to_o put_v he_o in_o drede_n of_o stealth_n his_o confessor_n shall_v yeve_v he_o sundele_n penance_n for_o yaâ—_n do_v also_o by_o weigh_v of_o alms_n the_o wyf_v may_v take_v of_o her_o lord_n good_a in_o which_o she_o have_v dispensation_n as_z in_o mete_v drynk_v &_o clothes_n &_o yeve_v alms_n mesurable_a to_o the_o needy_a &_o think_v that_o her_o husbonde_n shall_v be_v pleasyd_v with_o her_o yifte_n if_o he_o see_v the_o mischief_n of_o the_o poor_a &_o if_o he_o suntym_v forbede_v his_o wyf_v to_o do_v alms_n she_o shall_v not_o full_o cease_v from_o alms_n discret_o do_v for_o husbonde_n make_v oft_o such_o inibition_n to_o their_o wyve_n to_o temê‘e_v their_o yeve_a nat_n full_o to_o let_v they_o and_o if_o she_o see_v that_o her_o husbonde_n be_v sclaundryd_v &_o wroth_a with_o her_o yeve_n though_o his_o wrath_n be_v unsâ—rilful_a she_o must_v tempre_fw-it the_o more_o her_o yeve_n but_o whamne_v she_o may_v well_o sumwhat_o yeve_v for_o they_o both_o with_o good_a conscience_n nevertheless_o if_o she_o see_v he_o great_o agrevyd_v for_o â—eryeving_v and_z he_o forbede_v utter_o she_o to_o yeve_v alms_n thanne_v it_o be_v good_a that_o she_o obey_v to_o his_o bid_n &_o be_v sorry_a that_o she_o may_v not_o yeve_v and_o be_v always_o in_o will_n to_o yeve_v if_o she_o dare_v &_o so_o win_v her_o meed_n by_o wylle_n alone_o as_z she_o do_v bifore_fw-la by_o will_n and_o deed_n dives_fw-la if_o you_o wife_n have_v good_a in_o ê“pre_a by_o herself_o bona_fw-la ê‘afernalia_fw-la may_v she_o natt_v yeve_v thereof_o without_o her_o husbonde_n wylle_v pauê‘_n she_o may_v yeve_v &_o she_o be_v bind_v to_o yeve_v &_o he_o owe_v not_o to_o let_v she_o dives_fw-la i_o suppose_v that_o the_o husbonde_n forbede_v his_o wyf_v utter_o to_o do_v alms_n of_o his_o good_a &_o she_o see_v a_o man_n or_o a_o woman_n in_o viâ—_n mischief_n may_v she_o not_o thanâ—eve_v they_o alms_n &_o help_v theym_a pauê‘_n in_z the_o need_n she_o be_v bind_v to_o yeve_v &_o she_o shall_v yeve_v &_o think_v that_o if_o her_o husbonde_n see_v that_z need_n he_o shall_v not_o be_v mispay_v ¶_o we_o rede_v in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o king_n xxvi_o c_o that_o theridamas_n be_v a_o great_a nygarde_n &_o a_o angry_a shrew_n who_o name_n be_v nabal_n he_o have_v a_o good_a woman_n wise_a and_o fair_a to_o he_o wyf_v who_o name_n be_v abigail_v that_o time_n david_n flee_v the_o ê‘secution_n of_o king_n soul_fw-mi &_o live_v in_o desert_n with_o vi_fw-mi hundryd_a man_n with_o he_o as_o outlaw_n and_o for_o mischief_n he_o send_v x._o man_n to_o this_o scotfree_a nabal_n pra_v he_o of_o sum_n alms_n in_o meet_a and_o drynk_v but_o this_o nabal_n despise_v david_n &_o his_o messenger_n &_o clepyd_v they_o thief_n &_o outlaw_n and_o flemyd_fw-la man_n and_z will_v no_o good_a yeve_v they_o not_o withstond_v that_o they_o have_v savyd_v his_o good_n &_o his_o bests_n all_o the_o time_n that_o they_o be_v in_o desert_n whanne_n david_n hear_v these_o tiding_n he_o be_v wroth_a and_o come_v with_o iiii_o hundryd_a man_n to_o sle_v nabal_n and_o alle_fw-mi that_o long_v to_o he_o it_o hapnyd_v that_o a_o seruamt_v of_o nabal_n tell_v he_o wyf_v abigail_v how_o david_n have_v send_v messenger_n to_o nabal_n and_o how_o he_o have_v despyse_v theym_a anon_o abigail_n without_o wyt_v of_o nabal_n charge_v assis_n with_o breed_n and_o wine_n with_o sudden_a flessh_n of_o fyve_o sheep_n fig_n &_o with_o reisens_n and_o other_o vitayle_n great_a plenty_n and_o send_v to_o david_n by_o her_o seruamtis_n and_o she_o follow_v after_o and_o happen_v to_o mete_v david_n in_o his_o come_n thanne_n david_n repreve_v her_o husbonde_a nabol_n of_o his_o unkyndnesse_n and_o say_v he_o shall_v sle_v he_o &_o all_o that_o long_v to_o 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