aid_n of_o god_n and_o of_o the_o frere_n the_o which_o have_v make_v i_o to_o reknowlege_n i_o be_o come_fw-mi again_o and_o he_o abide_v in_o his_o place_n all_o he_o lyf_v in_o wepynge_n and_o in_o wayllynge_v to_o do_v penance_n and_o lose_v the_o breed_n celestyall_a /_o &_o labour_a the_o time_n of_o his_o life_n for_o to_o have_v his_o sustentation_n this_o example_n denote_v many_o thing_n the_o first_o that_o god_n gyve_v unto_o his_o servant_n reward_v /_o grace_n /_o &_o glory_n in_o asmoche_n as_o he_o send_v of_o breed_n unto_o the_o monk_n the_o second_o be_v that_o by_o sin_n a_o man_n lese_v the_o say_a reward_n and_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n &_o all_o good_n for_o he_o lose_v the_o breed_n the_o three_o be_v to_o instruct_v other_o a_o man_n save_v himself_o as_o deed_n the_o say_a monk_n the_o which_o reknowlege_v his_o fault_n &_o correct_v high_o by_o that_o that_o he_o teach_v the_o say_v frere_n &_o by_o penance_n he_o save_v himself_o etc._n etc._n b._n ¶_o another_o example_n how_o a_o frere_fw-fr the_o which_o be_v tempt_v in_o his_o thought_n of_o the_o esperyte_n of_o fornycacyon_n &_o god_n suffer_v that_o he_o see_v it_o in_o a_o foul_a woman_n c.i._n it_o be_v write_v in_o the_o life_n of_o the_o fader_n that_o a_o holy_a man_n have_v nouryssh_v a_o man_n child_n in_o a_o forest_n the_o which_o when_o he_o be_v grow_v he_o be_v torment_v with_o the_o spirit_n of_o fornycacyon_n and_o will_v go_v in_o to_o the_o world_n for_o cause_n of_o lechery_n &_o when_o the_o holy_a fader_fw-mi saw_n that_o he_o be_v wroth_a &_o by_o two_o year_n retain_v he_o by_o fair_a word_n in_o comfort_v high_a in_o the_o end_n he_o say_v that_o he_o be_v prick_v that_o he_o ne_o may_v no_o more_o bear_v it_o and_o the_o holy_a man_n say_v unto_o he_o go_v than_o in_o to_o the_o world_n and_o marry_v the_o thou_o may_v be_v save_v than_o the_o young_a man_n wax_v joyous_a /_o but_o the_o holy_a man_n say_v unto_o he_o i_o demand_v the_o one_o thing_n of_o grace_n the_o which_o be_v that_o thou_o go_v first_o unto_o a_o fountayn_v in_o such_o a_o forest_n /_o &_o that_o thou_o fast_o there_o forty_o day_n in_o requyre_v the_o aid_n of_o god_n that_o thou_o may_v cheese_n a_o good_a woman_n for_o it_o be_v a_o great_a cure_n whereof_o speak_v the_o wise_n eccle_n xxviii_o multeris_fw-la bene_fw-la beatus_fw-la vir_fw-la more_o over_o the_o say_v holy_a man_n bid_v high_o take_v of_o breed_n as_o moche_v as_o he_o will_v /_o than_z he_o be_v obedyent_n and_o when_o he_o have_v fast_v twenty_o day_n as_o he_o be_v in_o orayson_a he_o feel_v great_a stench_n the_o which_o as_o it_o crease_v by_o two_o hour_n with_o great_a pain_n may_v he_o bear_v it_o and_o there_o come_v unto_o he_o a_o right_a foul_a woman_n /_o black_a /_o vile_a /_o loathsome_a /_o stynk_n blered_a /_o full_z of_o scab_n /_o from_o who_o the_o say_a stynche_n procee_v /_o &_o she_o come_v unto_o the_o say_a young_a man_n /_o unto_o who_o she_o say_v where_o be_v thou_o my_o friend_n /_o by_z great_a time_n i_o have_v seek_v the._n i_o love_v the_o moche_n i_o appetyte_v the_o above_o all_o man_n and_o the_o say_v youngman_n demand_v she_o what_o wylte_n thou_o right_a foul_a stynk_v intolerable_a /_o &_o she_o say_v i_o will_v have_v the_o to_o lie_v with_o i_o than_o the_o say_a youngman_n spit_n in_o her_o face_n &_o say_v be_v it_o never_o so_o that_o i_o have_v such_o a_o love_n so_o loathsome_a foul_a &_o stynk_n and_o the_o say_a youngman_n demand_v she_o /_o what_o be_v thou_o /_o from_o whence_o come_v thou_o /_o and_o how_o do_v man_n call_v the_o /_o and_z she_o answer_v i_o be_o the_o sin_n of_o lechery_n and_o it_o be_v now_o two_o year_n that_o i_o ne_v cess_v to_o seche_v the_o /_o &_o it_o be_v when_o thou_o felty_v first_o the_o temptacyon_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o the_o say_v youngman_n say_v if_o i_o have_v wist_v that_o the_o sin_n of_o lechery_n have_v be_v so_o stynk_v &_o so_o moche_v abominable_a i_o shall_v not_o have_v will_v to_o return_v in_o to_o the_o world_n and_o from_o now_o forth_o i_o shall_v keep_v unto_o god_n vyrgynyte_n and_o he_o return_v unto_o the_o holy_a man_n /_o unto_o who_o he_o recompt_v the_o say_v vysyon_n and_o he_o say_v unto_o he_o /_o if_o thou_o have_v abyden_v unto_o forty_o day_n /_o mo_z great_a thing_n have_v be_v revel_v unto_o the._n and_o the_o say_a youngman_n serve_v unto_o god_n in_o vyrginyte_n &_o dwell_v in_o religion_n etc._n etc._n ¶_o if_o sort_n of_o people_n lecherous_a shall_v consider_v well_o this_o example_n /_o &_o how_o lechery_n be_v stynk_v /_o vile_a /_o &_o abominable_a before_o god_n &_o the_o ill_n the_o which_o thereof_o procee_v in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o day_n /_o they_o shall_v correct_v theym_a as_o die_v the_o say_v young_a man_n etc._n etc._n c._n ¶_o another_o example_n of_o a_o young_a man_n the_o devyl_n walk_v with_o because_o of_o his_o thought_n that_o be_v ill_a c.i._n man_n find_v by_o write_v here_o how_o that_o he_o dyscyple_a recite_v in_o his_o sermon_n and_o say_v that_o one_o time_n a_o man_n have_v of_o ill_a thought_n in_o walk_v /_o and_o forthwith_o the_o devyll_n assocyate_v himself_o with_o he_o in_o semblance_n of_o a_o man_n and_o go_v with_o he_o and_o as_o they_o go_v togyder_n the_o say_a man_n dread_v /_o enter_v in_o to_o a_o chirche_n that_o they_o find_v he_o repent_v he_o and_o go_v to_o confessyon_n /_o for_o it_o be_v lent_fw-la and_o when_o he_o go_v forth_o of_o the_o chirche_n he_o find_v the_o devyl_n at_o the_o yate_fw-mi /_o the_o which_o behold_v those_o that_o come_v forth_o of_o who_o he_o demand_v his_o compaygnon_fw-fr and_o he_o say_v loo_n i_o be_o here_o the_o which_o come_v hither_o with_o the_o /_o go_fw-mi we_o our_o way_n and_o the_o devyll_n answer_v he_o thou_o be_v not_o my_o fellow_n that_o come_v with_o i_o the_o devyll_n know_v he_o not_o for_o that_o /_o that_z he_o have_v confess_v he_o and_o that_o god_n have_v pardon_v he_o and_o by_o that_o confessyon_n efface_v the_o sin_n and_o separe_v from_o the_o devyll_n also_o ill_a thought_n be_v to_o drede_v /_o for_o the_o devyll_n be_v not_o far_o of_o etc._n etc._n d._n ¶_o another_o example_n how_o it_o behove_v to_o yield_v account_n at_o the_o day_n of_o jugement_n of_o ill_a thought_n ci._n it_o be_v write_v in_o the_o epystyll_a of_o a_o bysshoppe_n name_v cirulius_n how_o saint_n iherome_n areyse_v a_o deed_n man_n /_o the_o which_o tell_v that_o when_o his_o soul_n be_v separate_v from_o the_o body_n it_o be_v bear_v before_o god_n in_o iugement_n also_o soon_o as_o a_o man_n may_v shytte_a the_o eye_n /_o and_z that_o all_o the_o sin_n that_o he_o have_v do_v /_o speak_v /_o and_z think_v in_o all_o his_o life_n appear_v clere_o unto_o the_o juge_a and_o before_o all_o /_o as_z if_o they_o have_v be_v present_a so_o that_o there_o abide_v not_o the_o moost_n lytell_fw-mi think_v /_o but_o that_o it_o appear_v clere_o in_o like_a wise_n as_o it_o have_v be_v thought_n etc._n etc._n ¶_o cogitatio_fw-la bona_fw-la a._n ¶_o example_n of_o thought_n /_o and_o first_o example_n that_o a_o frere_fw-fr wonne_n seven_o crown_n a_o night_n in_o resy_v again_o ill_a thought_n and_o temptacyon_n the_o which_o come_v unto_o he_o cii_o it_o be_v write_v in_o the_o life_n of_o the_o fader_n that_o a_o ancient_a fader_fw-mi have_v a_o dyscyple_a prove_v and_o this_o say_v fader_fw-mi have_v of_o custom_n in_o the_o eventyde_v to_o teach_v his_o say_a dyscyple_a /_o and_z after_o to_o gyve_v unto_o he_o his_o benedyccyon_n /_o and_o than_o suffer_v he_o to_o sleep_v and_o it_o befall_v one_o day_n that_o some_o relygyous_a come_v unto_o the_o say_a ancient_a /_o and_z after_o that_o he_o have_v recomâ—orted_v they_o and_o instruct_v they_o depart_v after_o he_o come_v in_o the_o eventyde_n to_o teach_v his_o say_a dyscyple_a as_o he_o have_v accustom_v to_o do_v and_o for_o as_o moche_v as_o he_o be_v weary_a he_o slepte_v and_o the_o say_v dyscyple_a sustain_v &_o will_v not_o sleep_v ne_o leave_v his_o say_a master_n till_o that_o he_o have_v have_v his_o benedyccyon_n and_o leave_v of_o he_o &_o that_o he_o be_v wake_v and_o the_o devyll_n tempt_v he_o in_o his_o thought_n by_o seven_o time_n that_o he_o shall_v depart_v and_o that_o he_o shall_v go_v to_o sleep_v /_o but_z he_o resy_v virtuous_o unto_o the_o say_a thought_n /_o and_o never_o remeve_v and_o at_o mydnyght_n the_o ancient_a awoke_n and_o find_v his_o say_a discyple_a by_o he_o /_o unto_o who_o he_o say_v soon_o
it_o be_v write_v in_o the_o some_o of_o penance_n that_o a_o woman_n devoute_a &_o a_o gyver_n of_o alms_n confess_v she_o often_o unto_o the_o bysshop_n of_o the_o cyte_n /_o &_o therefore_o he_o love_v her_o moche_n because_o of_o her_o holiness_n it_o happen_v one_o day_n she_o behold_v a_o young_a man_n by_o concupyscence_n carnal_a &_o by_o reason_n dyspose_v &_o fyx_v have_v the_o will_n to_o have_v his_o company_n without_o other_o thing_n /_o but_z by_o many_o time_n that_o she_o confess_v she_o /_o &_o also_o in_o the_o dethe_v she_o have_v it_o in_o remembrance_n /_o she_o have_v shame_n to_o tell_v it_o &_o excuse_v she_o unto_o herself_o sayenge_a sith_o that_o i_o have_v not_o do_v the_o deed_n that_o it_o be_v nothing_o /_o and_o that_o she_o will_v not_o speak_v it_o and_o so_o she_o dey_v without_o confessyon_n and_o contrycyon_n after_o she_o dethe_v the_o say_v bysshop_n make_v she_o honourable_o to_o be_v bury_v in_o his_o chapel_n where_o of_o custom_n he_o make_v his_o prayer_n /_o for_o asmoch_n as_o she_o be_v of_o great_a people_n and_o that_o he_o love_v she_o for_o the_o holiness_n of_o she_o and_o in_o the_o night_n after_o that_o she_o be_v bury_v before_o matyns_n the_o say_v bysshop_n wend_v to_o make_v his_o orayson_n in_o the_o say_v chapel_n and_o as_o he_o approach_v it_o seem_v unto_o he_o that_o it_o be_v full_a of_o fire_n /_o in_o likewise_o as_o a_o brenning_a oven_n albeit_o he_o put_v his_o trust_n in_o god_n &_o approach_v &_o see_v upon_o the_o tomb_n of_o that_o woman_n a_o gyrdyron_n of_o fire_n &_o a_o body_n stretch_v above_o it_o &_o all_o full_a of_o fire_n &_o the_o devylles_n with_o instrument_n of_o iron_n the_o which_o embrace_v the_o fire_n in_o torn_v she_o from_o one_o side_n to_o another_o and_o when_o the_o say_a bysshop_n see_v that_o it_o be_v the_o say_v woman_n conjure_v she_o and_o she_o demand_v wherefore_o she_o be_v damn_a and_o she_o answer_v &_o say_v that_o it_o be_v for_o the_o thought_n of_o lechery_n that_o she_o have_v not_o confess_v she_o of_o &c_n &c_n by_o this_o example_n a_o man_n shall_v understonde_v that_o god_n dampn_v &_o punyssh_v the_o person_n for_o the_o ill_a thought_n and_o by_o more_o great_a reason_n for_o the_o ill_a operacyon_n b._n ¶_o another_o example_n how_o a_o woman_n desire_v a_o clerk_n to_o use_v of_o her_o embracement_n the_o dyscyple_a recite_v in_o his_o promptuarye_a &_o say_v that_o a_o woman_n cast_v her_o eye_n on_o a_o clerk_n unto_o who_o she_o say_v if_o thou_o will_v consent_v to_o use_v of_o my_o emâ—racementes_n all_o my_o good_n shall_v be_v thy_o by_o many_o time_n he_o refuse_v she_o /_o &_o she_o go_v to_o accuse_v high_a before_o the_o juges_fw-la of_o oppression_n do_v unto_o she_o than_o the_o iuge_n make_v he_o to_o be_v put_v in_o prison_n /_o and_o the_o say_a woman_n be_v so_o prick_v with_o lechery_n that_o she_o mount_v upon_o a_o wall_n with_o a_o laddre_n &_o lete_fw-la herself_n fall_v where_o the_o say_a youngman_n be_v &_o desire_v he_o to_o commytte_a lechery_n /_o the_o which_o ne_v die_v it_o and_o the_o iuges_fw-la hear_v tell_v that_o the_o say_v woman_n be_v in_o the_o say_a prison_n make_v the_o clerk_n to_o go_v out_o &_o wend_v that_o he_o have_v be_v a_o enchauntour_n &_o full_a of_o malice_n /_o they_o make_v to_o alyght_v a_o great_a fire_n /_o wherein_o he_o be_v cast_v and_o as_o he_o brende_n &_o that_o the_o side_n be_v than_o dyscover_v &_o that_o man_n may_v see_v his_o light_v he_o cry_v ave_fw-la maria_fw-la so_o high_a that_o all_o hear_v he_o than_o one_o of_o the_o cosyne_n of_o the_o woman_n fasten_v a_o staff_n in_o his_o mouth_n &_o say_v unto_o he_o i_o shall_v take_v fro_o the_o thy_o orayson_n /_o &_o he_o strangle_v in_o such_o wise_n &_o stop_v his_o brethe_o and_o the_o bone_n be_v bury_v in_o the_o field_n /_o the_o wiche_n do_v many_o miracle_n and_o over_o his_o tomb_n a_o fair_a chirche_n be_v make_v and_o by_o this_o example_n a_o man_n may_v understonde_v that_o the_o say_v young_a man_n be_v chaste_a &_o good_a the_o which_o love_v better_a to_o be_v in_o prison_n /_o dyffamed_a brente_a &_o to_o dye_v a_o martyr_n than_o to_o break_v the_o commandment_n of_o god_n by_o commytting_a lechery_n /_o also_o it_o be_v to_o be_v note_v that_o the_o say_a harlot_n sin_v mortal_o /_o &_o break_v the_o commandment_n of_o god_n also_o she_o be_v homycyde_v of_o he_o dethe_v dygne_v of_o punycyon_n and_o dampnacyon_n and_o the_o youngman_n gate_n praise_v /_o paradyse_n &_o joy_n eternell_n /_o â—_o so_o shall_v we_o do_v /_o &_o the_o woman_n deserve_v shame_n &_o punycyon_n etc._n etc._n c._n ¶_o another_o example_n how_o a_o noble_a woman_n break_v this_o commandment_n when_o she_o desire_v &_o require_v her_o porter_n to_o commytte_a lechery_n â—_o albeit_o that_o she_o die_v nothing_o /_o for_z he_o will_v not_o consent_v c._n the_o dyscyple_a recite_v in_o his_o promptuary_n that_o a_o noble_a woman_n as_o she_o be_v aâ—one_v upon_o a_o day_n in_o the_o castle_n where_o she_o dwell_v be_v sudden_o enflamb_v with_o lechery_n that_o she_o ne_o may_v bear_v the_o fire_n of_o love_n and_o she_o dyscend_v down_o unto_o the_o porter_n of_o the_o castle_n and_o pray_v he_o by_o great_a instance_n that_o he_o will_v meddle_v with_o her_o /_o unto_o who_o he_o answer_v madam_n what_o be_v that_o that_o thou_o speake_v /_o where_o be_v thy_o wit_n /_o behold_v god_n &_o take_v heed_n unto_o thin_a honour_n /_o but_z of_o all_o these_o thing_n she_o force_v she_o nothing_o and_o when_o she_o see_v herself_o in_o such_o wise_n repulse_v of_o the_o say_a porter_n /_o by_o inspyracyon_n of_o god_n she_o yssue_v forth_o of_o the_o castle_n &_o run_v unto_o the_o water_n froson_n under_o the_o castle_n /_o &_o therein_o keep_v she_o so_o long_o that_o all_o the_o flambe_v &_o embracement_n of_o lechery_n be_v quench_v /_o and_o afterward_o come_v unto_o the_o say_a porter_n &_o yield_v he_o thanks_n and_o praysynge_n that_o he_o have_v in_o such_o wise_n repulse_v she_o and_o say_v unto_o he_o if_o thou_o will_v gyve_v i_o a_o thousand_o mark_n of_o gold_n i_o ne_fw-fr shall_v suffer_v now_o that_o thing_n whereof_o i_o pray_v the_o not_o long_o ago_o &_o she_o return_v in_o to_o her_o place_n the_o say_a porter_n be_v to_o be_v love_v before_o god_n &_o the_o world_n /_o for_o by_o his_o resystence_n the_o lady_n correct_v she_o &_o resy_v and_o love_v he_o after_o more_o than_o if_o he_o have_v commit_v the_o sin_n this_o here_o be_v example_n for_o to_o gaynsaye_v those_o the_o which_o pray_v to_o do_v ill_n also_o for_o to_o hold_v he_o in_o coldness_n for_o to_o resy_v again_o the_o embracing_z of_o lechery_n as_o die_v the_o say_a lady_n within_o the_o say_v water_n etc._n etc._n d._n ¶_o another_o example_n of_o a_o frere_fw-fr the_o which_o delyte_v he_o in_o the_o thought_n of_o fornycacyon_n without_o resy_v unto_o it_o and_o therefore_o his_o angel_n be_v sorry_a /_o &_o the_o orayson_a of_o the_o holy_a fader_fw-mi be_v not_o exalt_v c._n it_o be_v write_v in_o the_o life_n of_o fader_n that_o as_o a_o frere_fw-fr be_v tempt_v of_o the_o spirit_n of_o fornycacyon_n he_o go_v unto_o a_o great_a ancient_a fader_fw-mi unto_o who_o he_o say_v fader_fw-mi show_v i_o thy_o charyte_n &_o pray_v for_o i_o for_o i_o be_o tempt_v &_o solycyte_v of_o fornycacyon_n and_o the_o say_v ancient_a fader_fw-mi pray_v for_o he_o and_o second_o again_o that_o frere_fw-fr come_v unto_o the_o say_a ancient_a &_o repeted_a the_o say_v word_n and_o the_o ancient_a ne_o dysprayse_v he_o but_o pray_v god_n for_o he_o and_o say_v my_o lord_n god_n revele_v i_o of_o this_o thing_n of_o fornication_n the_o which_o be_v in_o this_o friar_fw-la /_o for_z i_o have_v pray_v unto_o the_o /_o &_o he_o ne_o have_v of_o rest_n ne_o of_o aid_n again_o the_o spirit_n of_o fornicacyon_n and_o god_n revel_v that_o thing_n the_o which_o be_v again_o that_o brother_n and_o the_o auncyente_n see_v the_o brother_n the_o which_o be_v set_v &_o the_o say_a spirit_n by_o he_o that_o play_v with_o he_o /_o &_o the_o angel_n the_o which_o be_v send_v unto_o his_o aid_n be_v there_o /_o the_z which_o have_v indygnacyon_n against_o the_o say_v friar_fw-la /_o for_z he_o ne_v incline_v he_o toward_o god_n /_o but_o more_o soon_o delyte_v he_o in_o his_o thought_n /_o &_o incline_v all_o his_o thought_n and_o by_o that_o the_o ancient_a know_v that_o the_o cause_n procee_v of_o the_o say_v friar_fw-la that_o his_z orayson_fw-mi be_v not_o exalt_v and_o he_o show_v it_o unto_o he_o say_v
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abby_n and_o give_v he_o in_o charge_n that_o he_o shall_v say_v that_o he_o be_v dumb_a /_o but_z ready_a to_o obey_v unto_o all_o thing_n and_o thought_n that_o if_o he_o hold_v not_o pease_n his_o tongue_n shall_v less_o he_o all_o the_o good_a dede_n that_o he_o shall_v do_v and_o that_o knight_n there_o be_v receyve_v and_o man_n wend_v that_o he_o have_v be_v dumb_a and_o one_o time_n he_o go_v with_o the_o abbot_n unto_o a_o knight_n the_o which_o labour_v unto_o the_o dethe_v and_o he_o see_v that_o the_o devylles_n draw_v the_o soul_n out_o of_o the_o body_n of_o he_o the_o which_o dey_v horryble_o /_o &_o he_o have_v pyte_n and_o weep_v and_o as_o they_o come_v again_o from_o then_n another_o knight_n come_v unto_o the_o abbot_n the_o which_o he_o promise_v that_o he_o will_v renounce_v the_o world_n and_o that_o he_o shall_v be_v a_o monk_n and_o as_o he_o go_v before_o the_o say_a abbot_n on_o a_o ill_a brydge_v for_o to_o prove_v the_o way_n he_o fall_v before_o the_o 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love_n of_o god_n another_o present_v the_o clothes_n wherewith_o he_o have_v clothe_v the_o â—oores_n another_o the_o werke_n of_o mercy_n that_o he_o have_v do_v to_o the_o poor_n that_o he_o have_v lodge_v and_o the_o say_a man_n the_o which_o see_v the_o say_v thing_n think_v unto_o himself_o thou_o haste_v do_v more_o of_o the_o werke_n of_o mercy_n than_o those_o here_o now_o thou_o shall_v have_v well_o before_o this_o juge_a so_o when_o it_o come_v unto_o his_o course_n the_o juge_n ne_fw-fr demand_v high_a how_o many_o werke_n of_o mercy_n have_v thou_o do_v /_o but_z he_o he_o demand_v /_o what_o delyce_n &_o what_o voluptuosytee_n have_v thou_o wtdrawen_v from_o the_o for_o the_o love_n of_o i_o and_o he_o hold_v his_o pease_n /_o for_z he_o have_v evermore_o live_v in_o delyce_n and_o the_o juge_n say_v unto_o he_o /_o have_v thou_o not_o see_v that_o i_o have_v say_v in_o the_o gospel_n math_v seven_o arcta_fw-la en_fw-fr via_fw-la cue_n ducit_fw-la ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la 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dethe_v in_o jugement_n before_o god_n &_o the_o vyrgyn_v marye_n &_o the_o saint_n of_o paradyse_n die_v aid_v he_o cxxii_o the_o disciple_n recite_v in_o his_o sermon_n that_o there_o be_v a_o young_a friar_fw-la relygyous_a in_o the_o realm_n of_o englond_n in_o the_o coveâ—â—_n of_o berry_n right_a devoute_a the_o which_o relygyous_a be_v seek_v to_o the_o dethe_v /_o &_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o suppryour_fw-mi &_o of_o fyve_o of_o his_o bredern_a he_o shytte_n his_o eye_n with_o his_o hand_n &_o with_o full_a mouth_n begin_v to_o laugh_v unto_o who_o the_o say_v suppryour_fw-mi say_v wherefore_o laugh_v you_o /_o &_o he_o say_v that_o our_o king_n saint_n edmonde_fw-fr martyris_fw-la come_v /_o &_o here_o all_o the_o house_n be_v replenyssh_v with_o angel_n and_o he_o laugh_v again_o more_o ententyf_o &_o say_a /_o our_o lady_n be_v come_v salute_v we_o she_o and_o after_o that_o that_o they_o have_v all_o say_a salve_n regina_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o seek_v man_n say_v o_o how_o agreable_o have_v the_o vyrgyn_v marye_n take_v this_o salutacyon_n &_o in_o rejoice_v make_v laugh_v after_o that_o the_o say_v seek_v friar_fw-la address_v his_o eye_n towards_o the_o door_n and_o his_o colour_n change_v &_o say_v unto_o they_o now_o be_v ihesu_n cryste_n come_fw-mi to_o iuge_fw-mi i_o his_o membre_n be_v as_o deed_n /_o &_o he_o tremble_v so_o that_o he_o sweat_v out_o of_o measure_n and_o as_o he_o be_v constytute_n before_o the_o juge_a in_o all_o drede_n he_o say_v sometime_o you_o /_o nay_o and_o sometime_o he_o pray_v the_o vyrgyn_v marye_n that_o she_o ne_o will_v depart_v from_o he_o /_o sometime_o he_o reprove_v all_o his_o accuser_n /_o &_o among_o other_o he_o begin_v to_o say_v /_o o_o jesus_n gyâ—e_n i_o this_o lytel_n unto_o who_o the_o suppryoure_n say_v what_o be_v that_o dear_a brother_n /_o these_o lytell_fw-mi sin_n ben_fw-mi they_o count_v among_o the_o great_a and_o he_o say_v right_a grevous_o alas_o you_o and_o the_o say_v 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&_o eester_n and_o it_o be_v meddle_v so_o moche_n with_o water_n that_o it_z ne_z have_v but_o a_o lytell_a taste_n of_o wine_n also_o in_o the_o xxx_o year_n he_o ne_fw-fr eat_v of_o pese_n ne_o of_o benes_z /_o ne_z salt_n for_o to_o have_v savour_n in_o his_o mouth_n for_o his_o refeccyon_n he_o eat_v first_o of_o the_o ash_n /_o &_o after_o of_o barley_n breed_n in_o winter_n ne_o yet_o in_o summer_n he_o have_v none_o other_o clothing_n but_o only_o the_o here_o his_o robe_n &_o his_o rochet_n that_o be_v his_o habit_n the_o which_o he_o ne_v put_v of_o /_o but_z only_a when_o he_o give_v it_o unto_o any_o poor_a /_o or_o that_o he_o ne_fw-mi break_v it_o /_o his_o bed_n be_v of_o ash_n &_o besen_fw-mi with_o here_o &_o with_o a_o sack_n /_o he_z ne_o have_v never_o under_o his_o heed_n ne_o under_o his_o sholdre_n feather_n /_o but_o wayll_v &_o bear_v the_o relyque_n of_o his_o saint_n about_o his_o neck_n he_z ne_z ungyrd_v he_o but_o seldom_o that_o that_o he_o bear_v of_o 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