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be_v customable_a for_o to_o sin_n &_o will_v not_o amend_v they_o &_o such_o be_v worthy_a no_o worship_n as_o god_n show_v full_a well_o by_o the_o word_n of_o ysaye_n and_o therefore_o saint_n gregory_n say_v that_o the_o old_a man_n full_a of_o sin_n shall_v be_v hear_v undernomen_fw-la caplm_n xu_o diues_fw-la thy_o answer_n be_v reasonable_a say_v forth_o i_o pray_v the._n ¶_o pauper_fw-la also_o by_o this_o commandment_n we_o be_v bind_v for_o to_o worship_n our_o king_n our_o lyege_v our_o soverayne_v all_o for_o all_o though_o that_o have_v governaunce_n of_o we_o or_o of_o the_o comonte_n owe_v by_o their_o offyce_v &_o their_o dygnyte_n to_o be_v fader_n of_o the_o comonte_n &_o of_o their_o subgette_n and_o be_v besy_n to_o save_v their_o subgette_n as_o the_o fader_fw-mi his_o child_n and_o therefore_o naaman_n prince_n of_o syrye_n be_v call_v fader_fw-mi of_o his_o servant_n iiij_o regum_fw-la u_o and_o job_n say_v pater_fw-la eram_fw-la pauperum_fw-la i_o be_v 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wot_v you_o well_o say_v he_o that_o every_o good_a deed_n that_o man_n or_o woman_n do_v be_v he_o free_a or_o bind_v he_o shall_v take_v his_o meed_n therefore_o of_o our_o lord_n god_n and_o you_o lord_n and_o soverayne_n say_v he_o do_v you_o the_o same_o to_o your_o servant_n and_o forgyve_v they_o your_o thretenynge_n &_o think_v you_o &_o wot_v you_o it_o well_o that_o god_n in_o heaven_n be_v god_n both_o of_o you_o &_o of_o your_o servant_n and_o so_o you_o and_o they_o have_v both_o one_o lord_n one_o god_n that_o accept_v no_o man_n for_o his_o person_n but_o yield_v each_o man_n and_o woman_n after_o that_o he_o deserve_v ad_fw-la ephe_n vi_o ¶_o dives_fw-la by_o these_o word_n it_o seem_v that_o servant_n for_o their_o true_a seruyce_n shall_v have_v moche_n meed_n ¶_o
that_o the_o xviij_o man_n upon_o which_o felle_n the_o tower_n of_o syloa_n in_o jerlm_n and_o slough_n they_o ween_z you_o that_o they_o pass_v in_o sin_n all_o the_o man_n of_o jerusalem_n nay_o forsooth_o but_o i_o say_v to_o you_o but_o you_o amend_v you_o you_o shall_v perysshe_v all_o to_o gydre_fw-fr luce._n xiij_o and_o so_o the_o punysshing_n of_o tho_o man_n so_o slay_v be_v a_o warning_a to_o they_o that_o be_v more_o sinful_a that_o they_o shall_v amend_v theym_a and_o so_o thou_o may_v well_o see_v that_o thy_o reason_n be_v nought_o worthy_a god_n punysshed_a eve_n hard_a in_o this_o world_n than_o he_o die_v adam_n therefore_o her_o sin_n be_v more_o than_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n caplm_n xxiiij_o also_o the_o second_o maxim_n and_o ground_n in_o which_o thou_o sayste_v that_o god_n punyssh_v eve_n hard_a than_o adam_n may_v reasonable_o be_v deny_v for_o in_o punysshing_n of_o adam_n god_n gaf_a 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_z he_o say_v not_o curse_a be_v the_o earth_n in_o your_o werke_n as_z for_o common_a sin_n of_o they_o both_o but_z he_o say_v only_o to_o adam_n curse_a be_v yâ—_z earth_n in_o thy_o werke_n in_o punysshing_n also_o of_o the_o serpent_n he_o gaf_v his_o curse_n &_o say_v thou_o shall_v be_v curse_v among_o alle_fw-mi thing_n lyve_v upon_o earth_n also_o god_n curse_a cain_n when_o he_o punyssh_v high_o for_o sle_v of_o his_o brother_n abel_n but_o when_o god_n punysshed_a woman_n he_z give_v not_o his_o curse_n and_o we_o rede_v not_o that_o ever_o god_n give_v his_o curse_n to_o any_o woman_n open_o in_o specyaall_n ne_o god_n repreve_v not_o eve_n so_o moche_v as_o he_o die_v adam_n and_o so_o the_o great_a reprove_n &_o blame_a &_o the_o curse_n that_o god_n give_v in_o punyssh_v of_o adam_n more_o than_o he_o do_v in_o punyssh_v of_o eve_n show_v well_o that_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n be_v more_o grevous_a than_o be_v the_o sin_n of_o eve_n &_o that_o there_o be_v more_o obâ—tynacy_n in_o adam_n than_o be_v in_o eue._n for_o cursing_n be_v not_o give_v of_o god_n ne_o of_o holy_a chirche_fw-fr but_z for_o obstynacy_n as_o i_o say_v first_o adam_n answer_v full_a obstynat_o god_n blame_v adam_n prycypaly_a for_o break_v of_o his_o commandment_n &_o say_v to_o he_o that_o break_v of_o his_o commandment_n be_v cause_n of_o his_o nakedness_n &_o of_o his_o sudden_a myscheef_n and_o notwithstange_n the_o teching_n and_o the_o styre_a of_o god_n he_o will_v not_o be_v aknowen_a of_o his_o sin_n but_o put_v his_o sin_n on_o god_n and_o excuse_v he_o by_o eve_n and_o so_o put_v sin_n to_o sin_n in_o excusacyon_n of_o his_o sin_n when_o god_n punyssh_v adam_n he_o curse_v the_o earth_n for_o his_o sin_n which_o curse_n turn_v to_o woo_v &_o travail_v of_o he_o &_o of_o all_o mankind_n which_o we_o may_v not_o flee_v and_o therefore_o have_v say_v to_o adam_n thou_o shall_v eat_v of_o the_o earth_n in_o travail_n and_o sorrow_n all_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o life_n i_o shall_v bring_v the_o forth_o brery_n &_o thorn_n &_o thou_o shall_v eat_v herb_n of_o the_o earth_n also_o in_o punysshing_n of_o adam_n god_n gaf_a the_o sentence_n of_o death_n upon_o high_a &_o all_o mankind_n for_o his_o sin_n and_o therefore_o god_n say_v to_o adam_n thou_o shall_v eat_v thy_o breed_n in_o swynke_n &_o sweet_a of_o thy_o face_n till_o thou_o turn_v again_o in_o to_o the_o earth_n for_o earth_n thou_o be_v &_o in_o to_o earth_n again_o thou_o shall_v wend_v sythen_a than_o god_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n gaf_n so_o grevous_o his_o curse_n and_o blame_v so_o hard_a adam_n of_o his_o sin_n and_z for_o his_o sin_n dampen_v he_o and_o all_o mankind_n and_o punyssh_v all_o erthe_o creature_n for_o his_o sin_n &_o dampen_v he_o and_o all_o man_n kind_n to_o perpetuel_a travail_n when_o he_o say_v thou_o shall_v eat_v thy_o meet_a with_o travail_n &_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 adam_n he_o gaf_a sentence_n of_o death_n to_o he_o and_o to_o all_o mankind_n that_o be_v moost_n of_o all_o pain_n it_o follow_v that_o god_n punyssh_v hard_a adam_n for_o his_o sin_n than_z he_o die_v eve_n for_o her_o sin_n for_o why_o in_o punysshing_n of_o eve_n god_n repreve_v she_o not_o so_o moche_v as_o he_o die_v adam_n &_o he_o gaf_a than_o no_o curse_n ne_o pain_n perpetuell_a save_o subieccyon_n i_o shall_v say_v god_n multeplye_n thy_o myscheve_n &_o thy_o conceyvynge_n &_o in_o sorrow_n thou_o shall_v bear_v thy_o child_n and_o thou_o shall_v be_v under_o power_n of_o man_n &_o he_o shall_v be_v thy_o lord_n god_n say_v not_o to_o woman_n i_o shall_v multeplye_n thy_o myscheve_n all_o day_n of_o thy_o life_n for_o she_o may_v keep_v her_o chaste_a if_o she_o will_v and_o flee_v myscheef_n and_o pain_n of_o child_n birth_n and_o that_o god_n make_v woman_n suget_v to_o man_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o eve_n it_o be_v no_o new_a thing_n to_o woman_n for_o as_o saint_n austen_n say_v suê‘_n gen_n li.xi.ca.xiiij_fw-la woman_n be_v suget_v to_o man_n before_o by_o order_fw-fr of_o kind_n but_o that_o subiecconn_n be_v only_o by_o love_n and_o charyte_v but_z for_o her_o sin_n she_o be_v make_v suget_v not_o only_o by_o love_n but_o also_o by_o need_n &_o bondage_n of_o honest_a seruyle_n werke_n to_o obey_v to_o man_n and_o be_v under_o his_o governaunce_n before_o her_o sin_n she_o be_v sugette_v to_o man_n only_o by_o love_n but_z after_o her_o sin_n she_o be_v make_v suget_n to_o man_n not_z only_a by_o love_n but_o by_o drede_n &_o by_o need_n for_o she_o must_v drede_v man_n &_o she_o have_v need_n of_o his_o help_n for_o that_o be_v the_o pride_n of_o adam_n &_o of_o eve_n that_o they_o desire_v to_o have_v no_o soverayne_a ne_o governor_n but_o god_n allone_n as_o clerk_n say_v and_o therefore_o the_o fiend_n in_o gyle_v behyght_n they_o that_o they_o desire_v sa_v to_o eve_n if_o you_o eat_v of_o the_o tree_z that_o god_n have_v forbid_v you_o you_o shall_v be_v as_o god_n know_v good_a &_o evyll_n that_o be_v to_o say_v you_o shall_v need_v no_o soverayne_a ne_o governor_n to_o teach_v you_o ne_v to_o govern_v you_o but_o god_n &_o for_o that_o they_o desire_v it_o lyghte_o they_o byleve_v it_o for_o as_o the_o master_n of_o story_n say_v a_o thing_n that_o be_v desire_v lyght_o it_o be_v byleve_v and_o therefore_o god_n rightful_a juge_n punyssh_v they_o both_o in_o subieccyon_n of_o drede_n and_o of_o need_n and_z of_o hard_a seruage_n he_o make_v woman_n suget_v to_o man_n and_z afterward_o he_o make_v man_n suget_v and_o thrall_n to_o man_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n as_o say_v saint_n austen_n suê‘_n gen_n v_o sup_v more_o than_o ever_o he_o make_v woman_n suget_v to_o man_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o eve_n as_o say_v saint_n austen_n suê‘_n gen_n u.s_n for_o though_o woman_n be_v in_o thraldom_n to_o temporell_n lord_n as_o be_v man_n that_o be_v not_o for_o the_o sin_n of_o eve_n but_z pryncypaly_a for_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n the_o subiecconn_n that_o woman_n be_v put_v in_o for_o yâ—_z sin_n of_o eve_n be_v the_o subiecconn_n that_o the_o wife_n ought_v to_o her_o husbonde_n and_o all_o the_o soveraynte_a and_o lordship_n that_o any_o man_n have_v here_o in_o this_o world_n either_o over_o man_n or_o woman_n it_z be_v meddle_v with_o moche_n woo_v &_o great_a sorrow_n &_o care_n for_o every_o soverayne_n in_o this_o world_n must_v care_v for_o his_o sugette_n if_o he_o be_v wise_a and_o in_o hygh_a degree_n that_o he_o be_v of_o lordship_n &_o of_o dygnyte_n in_o the_o hygh_a degree_n be_v he_o of_o peryll_n of_o drede_fw-la of_o sorrow_n &_o care_n in_o punyssh_v of_o adam_n sin_n and_o so_o both_o lordship_n in_o this_o world_n &_o subiecco_fw-it n_o be_v punyssh_v of_o adam_n sin_n and_o if_o sugette_n can_v have_v pacyence_n with_o their_o degree_n they_o be_v in_o more_o sykerne_n both_o of_o body_n &_o of_o soul_n &_o in_o more_o gladness_n of_o herte_n than_o be_v the_o soverayn_n and_o so_o punysshed_a god_n adam_n as_o moche_v in_o manner_n in_o that_o he_o make_v he_o lord_n &_o governor_n of_o woman_n as_o he_o punyssh_v eve_n when_o he_o make_v she_o suget_v to_o adam_n for_o in_o that_o god_n bond_n man_n to_o have_v cure_n of_o woman_n in_o her_o myscheef_n to_o save_v she_o and_o to_o keep_v she_o that_o be_v by_o common_a so_o faint_a so_o feeble_a &_o freell_a and_o so_o myschyvous_a by_o cause_n of_o her_o sin_n caplm_n xxu_o diues_fw-la yet_o clerk_n
&_o clothes_n &_o gyve_v alms_n mesurable_a to_o the_o needy_a &_o think_v that_o her_o husbonde_n shall_v be_v please_v with_o her_o gift_n if_o he_o see_v that_o myscheef_n of_o the_o poor_a &_o if_o he_o sometime_o forbyde_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 dyscrete_o do_v for_o husbonde_n make_v oft_o such_o inibyconn_n to_o their_o wyve_n to_o tempre_fw-it the_fw-mi gyve_n not_o full_o to_o let_v they_o and_o if_o she_o see_v that_o her_o husbonde_n be_v slander_v and_o wroth_a with_o she_o gyve_v though_o his_o wrath_n be_v unresonable_a she_o must_v tempre_fw-it the_o more_fw-mi she_o gyve_v but_o when_o she_o may_v well_o some_o what_o gyve_v for_o they_o both_o with_o good_a conscyence_n natheles_o if_o she_o see_v he_o great_o agreve_v for_o she_o gyve_v &_o he_o forbede_v utter_o she_o to_o gyve_v alms_n than_o 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 gyve_v &_o be_v always_o in_o will_n to_o gyve_v if_o she_o dare_v &_o so_o win_v her_o meed_n by_o will_n alone_o as_o she_o die_v before_o by_o will_n &_o deed_n ¶_o dives_fw-la if_o the_o wife_n have_v good_a in_o proper_a by_o hyrself_n bona_fw-la ê‘afernalia_fw-la may_v she_o not_o gyve_v thereof_o with_o out_o her_o husbonde_n will_v ¶_o pauper_fw-la she_o may_v gyve_v &_o she_o be_v bind_v to_o gyve_v &_o he_o ought_v not_o to_o let_v she_o ¶_o dives_fw-la i_o suppose_v that_o the_o husbonde_n forbede_v his_o wife_n 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 woman_n in_o utter_a myscheef_n may_v she_o not_o than_o gyve_v they_o alms_n and_o help_v theym_a ¶_o pauper_fw-la in_o that_o need_n she_o be_v bind_v to_o gyve_v &_o shall_v gyve_v &_o think_v that_o her_o husbonde_n see_v that_o need_n he_o shall_v not_o be_v myspay_v we_o rede_v in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o king_n xxvi_o ca._n that_o there_o be_v a_o great_a nygard_n &_o a_o angry_a shrew_n who_o name_n be_v naball_n he_o have_v a_o good_a woman_n wise_n &_o fair_a to_o he_o wyf_v who_o name_n be_v abygaell_n that_o time_n davyd_v flee_v the_o persecuconn_n of_o king_n saul_n &_o live_v in_o desert_n with_o vi_o hondred_a man_n with_o he_o as_o outlaw_n and_o for_o myscheef_n he_o send_v ten_o man_n to_o this_o rich_a naball_n pra_v he_o of_o some_o alms_n in_o meet_a &_o drink_v but_o this_o naball_n despyse_v davyd_v &_o his_o messangere_n &_o call_v they_o thief_n &_o outlaw_n &_o flemyd_fw-la man_n &_o will_v not_o good_a gyve_v hem_o notwithstanding_o that_o they_o have_v save_v his_o good_a &_o his_o bests_n all_o yâ—_z time_n that_o they_o be_v in_o desert_n when_o davyd_v hear_v these_o tydynge_n he_o be_v wroth_a &_o come_v with_o four_o hondred_a man_n to_o slay_v naball_n &_o all_o that_o long_v to_o he_o it_o happen_v that_o a_o servant_n of_o naball_n tell_v his_o wife_n abygaell_n how_o davyd_v have_v send_v messenger_n to_o naball_n and_o how_o he_o have_v despyse_v theym_a 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erthe_o eye_n may_v see_v ne_z ere_o here_o ne_z herte_a think_v ne_o wit_n comprehend_v in_o this_o bliss_n leave_v friend_n i_o hope_v to_o see_v you_o &_o dwell_v with_o you_o in_o the_o high_a cyte_n of_o jerusalem_n in_o the_o king_n court_n of_o heaven_n to_o which_o bliss_n he_o bring_v we_o that_o for_o we_o die_v on_o the_o road_n tree_n amen_n ¶_o here_o end_v a_o co_fw-la 〈…〉_o treatyse_v dialogue_n of_o dives_fw-la and_o pauper_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v the_z rich_a &_o the_o poor_a fructuous_o treat_v upon_o the_o ten_o commandment_n fynysshed_a the_o three_o day_n of_o decembre_n the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n god_n m._n cccc.lxxxxvi_n eâ—prentyd_v by_o i_o wyken_n the_o word_n at_o westmonstre_n ¶_o deo_fw-la gracias_fw-la w·_v c·_n
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