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incline_v and_o ready_a to_o weep_v as_o you_o be_v to_o do_v ill_a and_o as_o ready_a to_o do_v penance_n as_o you_o be_v to_o faule_fw-mi a_o man_n i_o dicyne_n must_v be_v minystre_v unto_o he_o after_o as_o his_o infirmite_n be_v great_a sin_n require_v moche_o wail_a &_o great_a repentance_n good_a sister_n i_o pray_v he_o to_o comfort_v you_o and_o help_v you_o in_o this_o world_n the_o which_o the_o angel_n do_v worship_n in_o heaven_n of_o communyon_n that_o be_v of_o the_o receyve_n of_o the_o very_a body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n the_o xxviii_o chapter_n who_o soever_o shall_v eat_v the_o bread_n
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this_o i_o tell_v you_o good_a sister_n because_o you_o shall_v not_o for_o get_v the_o order_fw-fr of_o your_o estate_n and_o condycyon_n remember_v you_o be_v but_o ash_n iii._n and_o that_o you_o shall_v return_v to_o ash_n &_o that_o you_o be_v but_o dust_n and_o shall_v return_v thereto_o again_o and_o so_o say_v the_o lord_n unto_o adam_n remember_v also_o what_o job_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v unto_o himself_o iii._n i_o be_v consume_v as_o dust_n and_o like_v unto_o the_o vesture_n that_o be_v eat_v xiii_o with_o moth_n call_v to_o remembrance_n that_o you_o shall_v dye_v and_o remember_v it_o contynual_o that_o through_o the_o remembrance_n there_o of_o you_o may_v eschew_v and_o avoid_v all_o vicious_a lyve_a ¶_o of_o death_n the_o lviij_o i_o whorshypfull_a sister_n i_o pray_v you_o to_o harken_v unto_o the_o sainge_n of_o y_fw-es â—_o wise_a man_n o_o death_n xli_o how_o bitter_a a_o thing_n be_v it_o for_o he_o that_o be_v in_o quiet_a &_o restfulnesse_n of_o his_o 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