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world_n also_o he_o sloughe_v himsilfe_n through_o pride_n and_o many_o thousandys_n angel_n that_o assentyd_v to_o he_o and_o yet_o he_o sesethe_v not_o to_o sle_v manny_n soul_n by_o false_a suggestioun_n and_o temptacioun_n and_o that_o by_o hymsilfe_n &_o whanne_n man_n see_v he_o not_o and_o suntyme_o visibily_n in_o the_o lickenesse_n of_o sum_n visible_a creature_n &_o so_o he_o tempt_v criste_n eve_n and_o saint_n martin_a many_o other_o sumtyme_o he_o temptethe_v and_o slethe_v mannis_fw-la soul_n by_o his_o limb_n that_o be_v wicked_a man_n &_o wyman_n also_o man_n of_o holy_a church_n sle_n man_n and_o wyman_n gostli_v of_o god_n word_n and_o of_o good_a tech_v for_o as_o crist_n say_v non_fw-la insolo_fw-la pane_fw-la vivit_fw-la homo_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la verbo_fw-la ê™_n procedit_fw-la de_fw-la ore_fw-la dei_fw-la mt._n iiiio._n co._n man_n lyvethe_v not_o only_o in_o bodeli_fw-la breed_n but_o moche_n more_o he_o lyve_v in_o every_o word_n that_o comethe_v of_o god_n mouth_n that_o be_v to_o say_v in_o the_o wordy_n of_o the_o trwe_v prechour_n for_o every_o trwe_v prechoure_n sentte_n of_o god_n be_v clepe_v god_n mouth_n and_o therefore_o god_n say_v to_o the_o ê“phete_n si_fw-mi seperaveris_fw-la preciosum_fw-la a_o vili_fw-la quasi_fw-la os_fw-la meum_fw-la eris_fw-la jere._n xvo._n if_o thou_o depart_v precious_a thing_n from_o thing_n that_o be_v foul_a and_o of_o no_o prize_v thou_o shall_v be_v as_o my_o mouth_n for_o it_o long_v to_o you_o prechoure_v of_o goddis_fw-la word_n to_o commend_v vertuis_fw-la and_o despise_v vice_n to_o â—hese_n truth_n and_o let_n falshede_v to_o commend_v heaven_n bliss_n and_o ghostly_a thing_n and_o reprove_a pomp_n and_o pride_n of_o this_o world_n and_o flesshly_a thing_n and_o thamne_fw-la be_v you_o prechoure_v as_o god_n mouth_n and_o spekethe_v with_o god_n mouth_n and_o his_o word_n be_v god_n word_n by_o the_o which_o man_n and_o woman_n lyve_v ghostly_a and_o escape_v endless_a death_n and_o 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word_n and_o namely_o these_o proud_a covetouse_n prelaty_n and_o curate_n that_o neither_o kunne_n teach_v ne_fw-fr will_n tech_n ne_o suffer_v other_o that_o kunne_n and_o will_n and_o have_v auctoryte_n to_o teach_v of_o god_n and_o of_o the_o busshop_n that_o yevethe_v theym_fw-mi their_o order_n but_o let_v theym_a for_o drede_v that_o they_o shall_v have_v the_o less_o of_o their_o sugettis_n or_o else_o the_o less_o be_v set_v by_o or_o else_o that_o their_o sin_n shall_v be_v know_v by_o preaching_n of_o god_n word_n and_o therefore_o lever_n they_o have_v to_o less_o the_o souly_n that_o criste_n so_o dear_o buy_v than_o to_o here_o there_o own_o sin_n open_o repreve_v generaly_a among_o other_o mennys_n sinnys_n as_o saint_n austen_v say_v goddis_fw-la word_n owth_n to_o be_v worship_v as_o much_o as_o cristy_n body_n and_o as_o much_o sin_n do_v he_o that_o let_v god_n word_n
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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 and_o prise_v of_o good_a wyman_n &_o that_o the_o wine_n be_v not_o to_o blame_v though_o the_o glutone_n there_o of_o do_v lechery_n neither_o the_o beaute_n of_o a_o woman_n be_v blame_v though_o a_o man_n by_o occasion_n thereof_o be_v stire_v to_o she_o the_o misuse_n be_v to_o blame_v c._n twelve_o ¶_o of_o man_n array_n &_o womanne_n array·_a cause_n why_o wyman_n be_v oft_o more_o stable_n in_o godenesse_n than_o man_n of_o man_n anchor_n and_o wyman_n anchor_n that_o womanne_n counseyl_n cum_v oft_o of_o god_n ca._n xiii_o diverse_a remedy_n ayens_n lechery_n ensample_n of_o rosamond_n &_o of_o the_o bauson_n &_o the_o fox_n &_o of_o unclean_n &_o lecherous_a thought_n ca._n xiiii_o mind_n of_o cristis_fw-la passion_n rede_a in_o holy_a wryt_n &_o think_v of_o the_o peyne_n of_o hell_n be_v also_o remedy_n against_o lechery_n ca._n xv_o ¶_o vengeance_n the_o god_n have_v take_v for_o fornication_n for_z avoutrye_a for_o mysuse_v of_o a_o man_n own_o wyf_v for_o incest_n and_z 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
of_o ydolatrie_n for_o as_o say_v seynt_a jerome_n the_z averous_a man_n makith_v his_o money_n and_o his_o richesses_n his_n god_n also_o they_o say_v that_z by_o the_o same_o commandment_n he_o forbid_v lichery_n and_o glotenye_n which_o be_v understonde_v by_o the_o likeness_n in_o the_o water_n undre_fw-fr the_o earth_n for_o as_o seynt_a poule_n say_v lechoure_n and_o glutones_fw-la make_v their_o womb_n and_o their_o body_n their_o god_n for_o their_o most_o travail_n and_o besynesse_n be_v to_o please_v and_o serve_v their_o womb_n and_o their_o belly_n pauper_fw-la in_o asmoche_n as_o every_o sin_n be_v ayenste_n the_o worship_n of_o god_n in_o somoche_n god_n in_o the_o first_o commandment_n forbedith_v all_o manner_n sin_n in_o generalle_n but_o as_o i_o say_v by_o the_o first_o commandment_n he_o forbid_v in_o special_a mawmetry_n ydolatrye_a wychecrafte_n &_o sorcery_n for_o afterward_o he_o have_v the_o iiii_o maundment_n special_o against_o pride_n and_o unboxâ—nesse_n &_o the_o sexte_v &_o the_o tenthe_n against_o lichery_n the_o seven_o and_o the_o nynthe_n against_o avarice_n &_o covetise_n the_o xxxviii_o chaptre_n diues_fw-la it_o be_v lefulle_a to_o use_v lot_n pauê‘_n suntyme_o to_o break_v stryf_v in_o parting_a &_o yeve_v of_o thing_n that_o may_v natt_v we_o will_v be_v depart_v or_o when_o man_n be_v in_o doubt_n what_o be_v to_o do_v and_o manny_n wit_n fail_v thanne_n be_v it_o leful_a to_o use_v lot_n in_o thing_n that_o be_v nat_n ayenste_n the_o worship_n of_o god_n so_o that_o it_o be_v do_v with_o the_o reverence_n of_o god_n &_o holy_a prayer_n bifore_fw-la as_o thapostle_n do_v in_o chese_v of_o seynt_a mathie_n the_o apostle_n and_o eliezar_n in_o chese_v of_o a_o wyf_v to_o ysaac_n abrahame_v soon_o gen_fw-la xxiiii_o c_o and_o therefore_o salomon_a say_v proverbi_fw-la xuj_o c._n that_o lot_n ben_fw-mi put_v in_o prevy_a place_n and_z god_n temprith_v they_o as_o he_o will_v but_o to_o use_v lot_n without_o need_n and_o only_o 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god_n minystre_v or_o god_n serunanty_n pauê‘_n every_o creature_n be_v suget_v and_o servant_n to_o god_n or_o with_o his_o wylle_n or_o wythe_v out_o his_o will_n and_o therefore_o saint_n austen_v up_o yâ—_z psalm_n exoudi_fw-la deus_fw-la oraciones_fw-la meam_fw-la say_v thus_o ween_v you_o not_o that_o god_n suffer_v wicked_a folk_n to_o be_v in_o this_o world_n with_o out_o cause_n for_o every_o wicked_a man_n say_v he_o either_o god_n suffer_v he_o to_o live_v for_o to_o amend_v he_o or_o else_o that_o good_a man_n may_v be_v amend_v by_o he_o and_o win_v meed_n by_o he_o in_o that_o that_o they_o suffer_v his_o malice_n patient_o and_o travail_n for_o to_o amend_v he_o the_z malice_n of_o shrewys_o be_v purgatory_n to_o good_a folk_n and_o shrewy_n be_v god_n scourge_v to_o
more_o grevous_a be_v avoutrye_n and_o fain_o i_o will_v keep_v i_o fro_o both_o sin_n but_o wyman_n be_v you_o fendis_fw-la snare_n and_o so_o tempt_v i_o to_o lechery_n that_o it_o be_v full_o hear_v too_o i_o to_o keep_v i_o adam_z sompsonem_fw-la petrum_fw-la david_n &_o salomonem_fw-la femina_fw-la decepit_fw-la q_n modo_fw-la tutê°_n erit_fw-la woman_n deseyve_v ada_z sampson_n petir_n david_n &_o salomon_a who_o may_v thamne_v be_v syker_n from_o woman_n gyle_v pauê‘_n many_o a_o man_n have_v be_v deseyve_v by_o wicked_a wyman_n more_o by_o his_o own_o folythan_fw-ge be_v disseyte_n of_o wyman_n but_o many_o more_o wyman_n have_v be_v deseyve_v by_o malice_n of_o man_n than_o ever_o be_v man_n deseyve_v by_o malice_n of_o wyman_n and_o therefore_o the_o wooman_n lechoure_n be_v clepe_v you_o snare_n of_o you_o fend_v the_o huntith_o after_o manny_n soul_n for_o the_o wise_a man_n seyth_v inueni_fw-la amariorem_fw-la morte_fw-la mulierem_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o have_v find_v woman_n more_o bitter_a than_o death_n such_o be_v the_o snare_n of_o the_o hunter_n her_o herte_n be_v a_o net_n and_o her_o handy_n be_v hard_a boondy_n he_o that_o plese_v god_n shall_v escape_v she_o butt_n the_o synful_a man_n shall_v be_v take_v of_o her_o eccle._n viio.c._n but_o man_n be_v clepe_v not_o only_o the_o snare_n of_o the_o fend_v but_o also_o they_o be_v clepe_v his_o net_n spread_v abroad_o on_o the_o hill_n of_o thabor_n for_o to_o take_v many_o at_o oones_o osee_n vo._n mannys_n malice_n be_v clepe_v a_o net_n spread_v a_o broad_a on_o a_o high_a hill_n for_o it_o be_v open_a and_o bodily_a don_n notte_fw-it in_o a_o few_o but_o in_o many_o and_o therefore_o whamne_v holy_a wryt_n spekethe_v of_o the_o malice_n of_o man_n he_o speak_v in_o the_o plurel_n noumbre_fw-mi as_z to_o many_o but_o whanne_v he_o reprevethe_v the_o malece_n of_o woman_n he_o speak_v in_o the_o syngule_a noumbre_fw-mi as_o to_o few_o in_o token_n that_o there_o be_v more_o shrew_n of_o man_n than_o of_o wyman_n and_o common_o more_o malice_n in_o man_n than_o in_o wyman_n all_o though_o sum_n woman_n be_v full_o malicious_a fight_v robberye_o manslaughter_n open_a lechery_n glotenye_n gyle_v falseness_n ê‘iuri_fw-la tratoury_n false_a contrive_v and_o such_o other_o orryble_a sin_n reign_n more_o in_o man_n than_o in_o woman_n this_o false_a excusation_n that_o excuse_n so_o their_o sin_n by_o the_o malice_n of_o wyman_n byganne_v first_o in_o ada_z and_o lose_v ada_z and_o all_o mankind_n for_o synfullye_o he_o excuse_v his_o sin_n by_o woman_n when_o god_n undernam_fw-la him_z of_o his_o sin_n and_o put_v woman_n in_o defaute_n also_o he_o put_v god_n in_o defaute_n that_o make_v woman_n and_o answer_v full_o proud_o as_o man_n do_v these_o day_n &_o say_v to_o god_n the_n woman_z that_o thou_o have_v to_o i_o to_o be_v my_o fellow_n have_v i_n of_o the_o tree_n and_o i_o eat_v thereof_o as_o who_o seyth_v haddeste_n thou_o not_o yoven_v she_o to_o be_v my_o fellow_n i_o shall_v not_o have_v sin_v and_o so_o notwithstond_v that_o he_o be_v more_o in_o defaut_fw-fr than_o the_o woman_n yet_o he_o will_v not_o knoulege_v any_o defaute_n butt_n he_o put_v woman_n and_o god_n principaly_a that_o make_v woman_n in_o defaute_n dives_fw-la how_o be_v ada_z more_o in_o defaute_fw-fr than_o woman_n pauper_fw-la for_o to_o he_o principaly_a god_n have_v the_o precepte_v that_o he_o shall_v not_o eat_v of_o that_o three_fw-mi and_o eve_o know_v it_o not_o but_o by_o ada_z woman_z be_v tempt_v by_o the_o fiend_n wonderful_o in_o the_o adder_n which_o wentt_v that_o time_n right_n up_o and_o have_v a_o face_n like_o a_o wooman_n as_o saint_n bede_fw-mi and_o the_o master_n of_o story_n and_o she_o be_v dysseyve_v with_o his_o fair_a by_o heeste_n and_o his_o falsse_a sly_a speech_n for_o he_o hyght_n her_o that_o they_o shall_v notte_fw-it dye_o but_o be_v as_o god_n kunning_a good_n and_o evil_n adam_n have_v no_o temptacioun_n from_o outward_a but_o asimple_n word_n of_o his_o wife_n that_o proffer_v he_o you_o apple_n for_o we_o find_v not_o that_o she_o say_v to_o hin_a any_o deseivable_a word_n and_o therefore_o since_o man_n be_v forbid_v of_o god_n mouth_n and_o she_o not_o but_o by_o man_n and_o man_n have_v less_o temptation_n than_o wooman_n and_o thereto_o in_o no_o thing_n will_v accuse_v himsilfe_n ne_o yield_v he_o guilty_a but_o put_v defaute_fw-fr all_o in_o wooman_n &_o in_o god_n therefore_o he_o sin_v more_o than_o woman_n for_o woman_n yield_v her_o â—tyltye_n but_o she_o aâ—sed_v no_o mercy_n she_o make_v no_o such_o excusaconn_v but_o in_o great_a perty_n yield_v her_o gyltye_n in_o that_o she_o seyd_v the_o adder_n have_v deseyve_v i_o for_o in_o that_o she_o knowlegyd_v that_o she_o be_v deseyve_v she_o knowlegide_a that_o she_o have_v do_v amiss_o and_o unwyse_o &_o otherwys_o than_o she_o ought_v have_v do_v and_z for_o that_o woman_n lowede_v she_o and_o knowlegide_a her_o unwisdom_n and_o her_o folly_n therefore_o god_n put_v in_o woman_n that_o time_n a_o hope_n of_o our_o salvation_n whanne_v he_o say_v to_o you_o adder_n i_o shall_v put_v enmity_n bitwene_v the_o and_o woman_n end_n bitwene_v thy_o seed_n and_o her_o seed_n and_o she_o shall_v break_v thy_o heed_n that_o be_v the_o fiend_n which_o be_v heed_n and_o leder_n of_o the_o adder_n that_o time_n the_o sede_fw-la of_o the_o fiend_n be_v wicked_a werke_n and_o wicked_a folk_n to_o who_o god_n say_v in_o the_o gospel_n voâ—_n ex_fw-la ê‘te_fw-la diabolo_fw-la estis_fw-la io._n viij_o you_o be_v of_o the_o fader_fw-mi the_o fiend_n the_o seed_n of_o the_o woman_n goostly_a be_v her_o good_a dedy_n with_o which_o the_o fiend_n and_o you_o fendy_n lyme_n have_v great_a envy_n and_o common_o wymen_n more_o orribilitie_n of_o sin_n than_o do_v man_n and_o by_o our_o lady_n bless_a mote_n she_o be_v the_o fendys_n power_n be_v destroy_v also_o the_o seed_n of_o woman_n be_v criste_n bear_v of_o the_o maid_n marry_v without_o part_n of_o man_n and_o so_o there_o be_v never_o man_v proper_o seed_n of_o woman_n but_o crist_n alone_o &_o always_o be_v enmity_n bytwene_v criste_n &_o the_o fiend_n and_o his_o seed_n for_o as_o saint_n poule_z say_v criste_n &_o belial_a light_n and_o derkenesse_n may_v not_o acorde_v for_o this_o skill_n saint_n poule_n say_v that_o ada_z be_v not_o deseyve_v in_o the_o first_o privaricaconn_n but_o woman_n be_v deseyve_v i_o ad_fw-la thiâ—_n ii_o and_o therefore_o as_o seyth_v the_o gloze_n whamne_v god_n undernam_fw-la ada_z he_o say_v not_o that_o the_o wooman_n have_v deseyve_v i_o as_o the_o woman_n seyd_v the_o adoer_n have_v deseyve_v i_o butt_n he_o say_v the_o woman_n have_v i_n of_o the_o tree_n &_o i_o have_v eten_v and_o also_o as_o the_o gloze_n say_v there_o adan_n be_v so_o wis_v that_o he_o may_v not_o bileve_v you_o fendy_n tale_n ne_o be_v deseyve_v in_o that_o manner_n as_o you_o woman_n be_v and_o for_o you_o woman_n be_v not_o so_o wise_a as_o ada_z be_v therefore_o she_o bileve_v you_o fendis_fw-la tale_n &_o so_o be_v deseyve_v and_o you_o wise_a that_o ada_z was_z the_o more_o be_v his_o sin_n whamne_v he_o fall_v but_o all_o though_o ada_z be_v not_o deseyve_v fro_o outward_a by_o another_o he_o be_v deseyve_v fro_o inward_a by_o hinsilfe_n by_o prevy_a pride_n as_o say_v saint_n austen_v de_fw-fr cin_n lio._n xiiii_o co._n xiii_o where_o he_o say_v that_o ada_z and_o eve_o bygunne_v first_o to_o be_v wicked_a inward_a by_o which_o prevy_a wyckedâ—nesse_n they_o fall_v in_o open_a unobedience_n for_o as_o he_o say_v there_o pride_n be_v beginning_n of_o every_o sin_n inicium_fw-la omin_n peccati_fw-la superbia_fw-la eccle._n xo._n and_o as_o salomon_a say_v contricionem_fw-la pcedit_fw-la superbia_fw-la &_o ante_fw-la rvinam_fw-la exaltatur_fw-la spc_fw-la ê“u_n xuj_o o_o before_o break_v and_o brisure_n go_v pride_n and_o before_o open_a falling_n the_o spirit_n of_o a_o man_n and_o a_o woman_n be_v enhaunsyd_v by_o pride_n and_o therefore_o say_v saint_n austen_v in_o the_o same_o chapter_n that_o both_o ada_z and_o eve_o be_v wicked_a and_o deseyve_v by_o pride_n and_o well_o lete_fw-la of_o they_o silfe_n before_o they_o eat_v of_o you_o tree_n for_o prevy_a falling_n inward_a go_v before_o open_a fall_a outewarde_n by_o inobedience_n and_o so_o ada_z be_v deseyve_v and_o fall_v by_o pride_n or_o eve_n have_v he_o the_o apple_n and_o eve_n be_v deseyve_v by_o pride_n or_o you_o serpent_n deseyve_v she_o for_o as_o seythe_v saint_n austen_v ubi_fw-la sm_n they_o covet_v more_o excellence_n and_o hiyher_n degree_n than_o god_n ordain_v they_o to_o they_z both_o sin_v grevous_o but_o ada_z more_o grevous_o as_o i_o say_v first_o and_o therefore_o saint_n paul_n say_v not_o all_o man_n dye_v through_o the_o sin_n of_o eve_n but_o
wickedness_n for_o who_o so_o bacbytethe_v his_o brother_n he_o be_v a_o mansleer_n and_o there_o shall_v no_o such_o thief_n ne_fw-fr mansleer_n have_v part_n in_o you_o kingdom_n of_o have_n and_o therefore_o the_o law_n say_v in_o another_o place_n that_o it_o ê“fyteeth_n not_o as_o anenty_n meed_n in_o heaven_n a_o man_n to_o fast_o or_o prey_n or_o do_v other_o good_a dedis_n of_o relegion_n but_o his_o thoughty_n be_v withdraw_v from_o wickedness_n and_o he_o tunge_v fro_o bacbiting_a de_fw-fr condici_fw-la v._o nichil_fw-la enim_fw-la ê“dest_fw-la &_o not_o only_o he_o be_v guilty_a in_o bacbitinge_v that_o speak_v evil_a of_o his_o even_n cristen_v but_o also_o though_o that_o glad_o here_o such_o wicked_a speech_n and_o shrew_v tale_n of_o there_o even_o cristen_v vi_fw-la cue_n i._o ex_fw-la merito_fw-la xxi_o cue_n iii_o non_fw-la solum_fw-la and_o therefore_o the_o wise_a man_n say_v put_v away_o from_o the_o the_o wicked_a mouth_n and_o put_v away_o for_o fro_o the_o lyppy_n bacbyte_v ê“un_n iiii_o hag_n thynrery_n with_o thorn_n and_o here_o not_o the_o wicked_a tunge_v and_o make_v dory_n to_o thy_o mouth_n and_o lockys_o to_o thin_a eery_n eccle._n xxviii_o thenke_n that_o he_o will_v speak_v of_o the_o as_o evil_a bihynd_n the_o as_o he_o do_v of_o another_o bihind_n he_o thenke_fw-ge what_o woo_v and_o mischief_n comethe_v of_o bacbyting_a and_o wicked_a tongue_n and_o show_v he_o no_o good_a cheer_n but_o show_v he_o by_o thy_o countenance_n and_o thy_o cheer_n that_o his_o speech_n plesethe_v the_o not_o and_o anon_o he_o shall_v cese_n and_o be_v ashamed_a of_o his_o malice_n for_o the_o wise_a man_n say_v right_o as_o the_o northe_a wound_n destroy_v and_o scater_v the_o rain_n and_o the_o cloudy_n so_o the_o hevy_a face_n of_o the_o herer_n destroy_v the_o tâ—ng_n bacbit_v ê“un_n xxvo._n the_o child_n of_o israel_n bacbit_v god_n do_v and_o lack_v the_o land_n of_o byheste_n whamne_v they_o shall_v have_v enter_v &_o god_n be_v offend_v with_o they_o and_z bad_a they_o wend_v again_o bacward_o into_o desert_n and_o there_o he_o hold_v they_o forty_o year_n till_o they_o be_v deed_n every_o eachone_o that_o come_v out_o of_o egypt_n save_v two_o man_n josue_n and_o caleph_n for_o they_o two_o speak_v good_a of_o the_o land_n of_o byhest_n and_o hold_v with_o god_n and_o so_o the_o child_n of_o the_o peple_n that_o can_v out_o of_o egypt_n enter_v the_o land_n of_o bihest_n and_o not_o the_o fader_n save_v josue_n &_o laleph_n and_o that_o for_o their_o bacbiting_a numeri_fw-la xiiii_o also_o marry_o the_o sustre_n of_o moses_n bacbyte_v her_o brother_n mose_n and_o spakevil_n of_o hin_n &_o anon_o she_o be_v afoul_a lepre_a &_o may_v notte_fw-it be_v hele_v till_o mose_n pray_v to_o god_n for_o she_o num_fw-la i_o vii.c_fw-la the_o three_o chapter_n also_o there_o be_v theft_n of_o wordy_n of_o which_o theft_n god_n speak_v by_o the_o prophet_n jeremie_n xxiiio._n co._n where_o god_n undernimethe_v false_a ê“phetis_fw-la and_o fall_v pchoury_n which_o stale_a away_o his_o wordis_fw-la from_o the_o peple_n and_o tell_v not_o the_o truth_n as_o god_n bid_v they_o butt_n only_o say_v such_o thing_n that_o shall_v please_v the_o peple_n and_o so_o deseyve_v the_o peple_n with_o lesynge_n and_o with_o false_a miracle_n as_o man_n do_v these_o dayis_o feign_a miracle_n of_o ymagis_n as_o man_n do_v these_o day_n to_o maynteyn_a ydolatrie_n for_o lucre_n of_o offering_n &_o false_a miracle_n of_o wicked_a lyver_n and_o say_v that_o god_n do_v miracle_n for_o they_o and_o so_o blind_a the_o peple_n in_o falseness_n and_o so_o they_o yeve_v the_o worship_n of_o miracle_n do_v to_o ymagis_fw-la that_o man_n have_v make_v &_o to_o wicked_a lyver_n god_n enemy_n which_o miracli_v only_a god_n may_v do_v &_o so_o rob_v god_n of_o his_o worship_n and_o in_o that_o they_o withdraw_v god_n word_n and_o the_o trewethe_v the_o god_n law_n that_o long_v to_o man_n of_o holy_a church_n to_o tech._n and_o to_o the_o peple_n to_o cun_fw-fr and_o to_o know_v and_o so_o they_o deseyve_v the_o peple_n in_o that_o they_o be_v thief_n of_o god_n word_n and_o shall_v be_v punissh_v full_o hard_a of_o god_n for_o such_o theft_n of_o god_n word_n for_o god_n say_v to_o every_o plate_n curate_n and_o prechourer_n speculatorem_fw-la dedi_fw-la te_fw-la domui_fw-la israel_n &_o ceterus_fw-la i_o have_v make_v the_o a_o day_n wait_v to_o the_o household_n of_o israel_n and_o to_o my_o peple_n &_o thou_o shall_v here_o my_o word_n of_o my_o mouth_n and_o show_v it_o and_o tell_v it_o in_o my_o name_n to_o they_o if_o i_o say_v to_o the_o wicked_a man_n that_o he_o shall_v dye_v for_o his_o wickedness_n and_o thou_o tell_v he_o not_o butt_n hydeste_v my_o word_n and_o spekeste_v not_o to_o hin_n that_o he_o may_v turn_v he_o from_o his_o wickedness_n and_o leave_v it_o that_o wicked_a man_n shall_v dye_v in_o his_o wickedness_n and_o i_o shall_v seek_v the_o blood_n and_o the_o death_n of_o he_o of_o thin_a hon_n that_o be_v to_o say_v thou_o shall_v answer_v for_o his_o death_n ezech._n iiio._n co._n also_o they_o be_v thief_n of_o god_n word_n that_o pche_v god_n word_n to_o their_o own_o worldly_a avantage_n not_o to_o you_o worship_v of_o god_n ne_o to_o profyt_v of_o manny_n soul_n also_o they_o be_v thief_n of_o god_n wordis_fw-la that_o eleggen_fw-mi goddess_n word_n and_o holy_a writ_n false_o to_o maynteyn_a error_n and_o eresy_n or_o sin_n or_o shrewdnesse_n the_o four_o chapter_n also_o there_o be_v atheft_n of_o worldly_a good_a of_o such_o theft_n job_n say_v agrun_n non_fw-la suum_fw-la demetunt_fw-la they_o repe_v other_o mennys_n feldy_n &_o make_v vintage_n of_o their_o mennys_n wine_n &_o take_v mennys_n clothinge_v from_o they_o and_o late_o they_o naked_a in_o the_o cold_a winter_n and_o rob_v moderles_a child_n &_o poor_a widowis_n by_o might_n and_o spoil_n and_o rob_v the_o poor_a peple_n the_o thief_n say_v he_z rise_v up_o in_o the_o morwe_v &_o sle_v the_o needy_a and_o the_o poor_a and_o by_o night_n he_o stele_v as_o a_o micher_n sê«_n deus_fw-la inultum_fw-la abire_fw-la non_fw-la patit_fw-la job_n xxiiii_o c_o dives_fw-la how_o many_o spice_n be_v of_o theft_n pauper_fw-la full_o many_o for_o some_o time_n a_o thing_n be_v steal_v pue_o without_o wit_a of_o the_o lord_n or_o of_o the_o keeper_n and_o ayens_n there_o will_v &_o it_o be_v clepe_v mycherie_n suntyme_o it_o be_v do_v open_o by_o might_n and_o violence_n wit_a the_o lord_n &_o the_o keeper_n ayens_fw-fr there_o will_v and_o that_o be_v ê“pir_o rapina_fw-la raveyn_a suntyme_o it_o be_v do_v wit_a the_o lord_n or_o the_o keeper_n and_o apart_o ayens_n the_o will_n but_o not_o all_o ayens_n there_o will_v under_o certeyn_fw-mi condition_n of_o wynninge_v not_o leful_a in_o the_o taker_n and_o thamne_v it_o be_v clepe_v usura_fw-la govel_a or_o usure_v in_o englyssh_n also_o all_o manner_n unrightful_a occupi_v of_o any_o thing_n lordship_n or_o any_o other_o aver_o in_o this_o world_n be_v clepe_v theft_n and_o therefore_o saint_n austen_v say_v thus_o the_o thing_n that_o man_n or_o woman_n have_v by_o the_o law_n that_o be_v he_o by_o you_o law_n and_o non_fw-la other_o manny_n and_o man_n have_v by_o you_o law_n that_o he_o have_v rightful_o and_o he_o have_v that_o rightful_o that_o he_o have_v we_o will_v and_o therefore_o say_v he_o every_o thing_n that_o be_v miss_v have_v be_v other_o mennys_n and_o every_o man_n have_v his_o good_n amiss_o that_o use_v his_o good_a amiss_o in_o eplan_n ad_fw-la macedonium_fw-la also_o withhold_v of_o alm_n from_o the_o poor_a needy_a folk_n be_v theft_n in_o good_n sight_n for_o the_o covetous_a rich_a man_n withdraw_v fro_o the_o poor_a folk_n that_o long_v to_o they_o and_o misspende_v the_o poor_a mennys_n good_a whereby_o they_o shall_v be_v sustain_v and_o therefore_o the_o wis_v man_n say_v soon_o defraud_n thou_o not_o the_o alm_n of_o the_o poor_a man_n ne_z turn_v not_o away_o thin_a iyen_n from_o the_o poor_a ne_o despise_v not_o the_o hungry_a soul_n ne_fw-la tene_fw-la ne_fw-la anger_n thou_o not_o the_o poor_a in_o his_o mischeffe_n torment_v thou_o not_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o needy_a ne_o delay_v thou_o not_o the_o yift_n from_o he_o that_o be_v in_o angwyssh_n cast_v not_o away_o the_o preyer_n of_o he_o that_o be_v desese_v ne_o turn_v thou_o not_o thy_o face_n away_o from_o the_o helplese_v for_o wrath_n ne_fw-mi yeve_v thou_o not_o he_o that_o ax_v the_o good_a non_fw-fr occasion_n to_o curse_v the_o byhynd_a the_o for_o if_o the_o poor_a man_n curse_v the_o in_o bytternes_n of_o soul_n his_o prayer_n shall_v be_v hear_v for_o he_o that_o make_v he_o shall_v hear_v he_o and_o therefore_o make_v the_o plesaunt_n in_o speech_n to_o the_o congregation_n of_o poor_a folk_n
criste_n say_v to_o his_o disciple_n it_o be_v nat_n you_o that_o speak_v but_o the_o holy_a goost_n of_o your_o fader_fw-mi in_o hevene_n spekith_n in_o you_o and_o so_o he_o speak_v in_o jacob_n and_o rebecca_fw-it his_o mother_n that_o counseiled_a he_o so_o to_o gete_v his_o fader_n bless_v the_o iiii_o chapter_n diues_fw-la seint_a austyn_n say_v that_o lose_v and_o li_v be_v not_o only_o in_o feign_a speech_n but_o also_o in_o feign_a dede_n pauper_fw-la seynt_a austyn_a say_v not_o that_o all_o feign_a dede_n be_v lesynge_n &_o sin_v but_o he_o say_v that_o all_o feign_a speech_n in_o falshede_v be_v lose_v and_o sin_n for_o man_n have_v more_o free_a might_n to_o govern_v his_o speech_n thanne_v for_o to_o govern_v his_o dedy_n for_o always_o a_o man_n may_v speak_v as_o he_o will_v butt_n he_o may_v not_o always_o do_v as_o he_o will_v and_o the_o philosophre_n say_v p_o o_o ê‘y_o armynias_fw-it that_o speech_n be_v token_n of_o thought_n in_o the_o heart_n for_o it_o be_v ordain_v that_o man_n by_o his_o speech_n shall_v show_v thing_n to_o be_v or_o not_o to_o be_v as_z he_o felith_a and_o thynk_v in_o his_o heart_n and_o therefore_o crist_n say_v in_o the_o gospel_n sit_fw-la sermo_fw-la vester_fw-ge est_fw-fr en_fw-fr non_fw-it non_fw-la be_v your_o speech_n yhe_v yhe_v nay_o nay_o that_o as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o heart_n so_o it_o be_v in_o the_o mouth_n that_o yhe_n of_o the_o mouth_n be_v yhe_v of_o the_o herte_n and_o nay_o of_o the_o mouth_n be_v nay_o of_o the_o heart_n so_o that_o the_o mouth_n &_o the_o heart_n must_v always_o accord_v for_o as_o say_v seint_a austyn_a in_o libro_fw-la contra_fw-la mendacium_fw-la the_o mouth_n berith_v wytnesse_n to_o the_o heart_n and_o therefore_o if_o man_n or_o woman_n say_v otherwise_o thanne_v it_o be_v in_z his_o heart_n he_o berith_n fall_v wytnesse_n against_o his_o heart_n &_o against_o himself_o &_o do_v against_o the_o pcept_n of_o god_n that_o bid_v he_o say_v no_o false_a witness_n against_o his_o nighbour_n ne_o against_o his_o next_o that_o be_v his_o own_o heart_n and_o his_o soul_n another_o skill_n be_v this_o for_o deed_n be_v not_o ordain_v principal_o to_o be_v wytnesse_n to_o the_o thought_n of_o man_n herte_n but_o it_o be_v ordain_v to_o the_o profit_n of_o the_o doer_n and_o to_o the_o proufytte_n of_o his_o neighbour_n &_o to_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o whanne_n feign_v in_o deed_n be_v profitable_a to_o the_o doer_n and_o to_o his_o evyn_n cristen_v and_o to_o you_o worship_v of_o god_n it_o be_v leful_a and_o in_o case_n fulle_v medeful_a and_o therefore_o david_n when_o he_o be_v among_o his_o enemy_n in_o perel_n of_o of_o dethe_v medeful_o feign_a he_o to_o be_v wood_n so_o to_o save_v his_o lyf_v to_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n and_o the_o profyt_n of_o his_o nation_n and_o of_o his_o friend_n and_o of_o his_o enemy_n that_o shall_v else_o have_v fall_v in_o manslaughter_n primo_fw-la regum_fw-la xxi_o but_o speech_n be_v ordain_v of_o god_n principal_o for_o to_o be_v true_a wytnesse_n of_o thought_n in_o heart_n and_o therefore_o who_o so_o say_v other_o wise_a thanne_v it_o be_v in_o his_o heart_n and_o in_o his_o conscience_n he_o syn_v for_z he_o misuse_v his_o speech_n against_o the_o order_fw-fr of_o kind_n ordain_v of_o god_n dives_fw-la scythe_n feign_v of_o deed_n be_v not_o always_o sin_n as_o feign_v of_o speech_n tell_v i_o whanne_v it_o be_v sin_n and_o whamne_v not_o pauper_fw-la feign_v in_o deed_n be_v do_v suntyme_o by_o slight_a for_o a_o good_a end_n as_o we_o rede_v in_o the_o four_o book_n of_o king_n four_o reg._n xo._n that_o jev_n the_o king_n of_o israel_n do_v clepe_v to_o giddre_v all_o the_o preste_n of_o the_o false_a mawmet_n baal_n into_o a_o certain_a day_n as_o though_o he_o will_v have_v make_v a_o great_a solempnytie_n and_o worship_n to_o baal_v &_o do_v clothe_v alle_fw-mi the_o false_a preeste_n in_o one_o certain_a cloth_n that_o he_o have_v theym_a that_o by_o the_o clothing_n man_n shall_v know_v they_o from_o other_o and_o whanne_v they_o be_v all_o gadryd_a to_o giddre_v in_o their_o temple_n to_o worship_n baal_v the_o king_n jev_n bid_v man_n of_o arm_n go_v and_o sle_v they_o all_fw-ge and_o so_o they_o do_v also_o josue_n leder_n of_o god_n people_n feign_v flight_n to_o disceyve_v god_n enemy_n josue_n viii.c._o such_o feign_v so_o that_o it_o be_v do_v without_o lose_v of_o the_o mouth_n be_v leful_a and_o in_o case_z medeful_a also_o there_o be_v feign_v for_o good_a tech_v and_o so_o crist_n feign_v he_o to_o go_v ferth_a to_o stir_v his_o disciple_n to_o hospitalite_n also_o there_o be_v feign_v of_o signification_n and_o so_o jacob_n as_o by_o man_n doom_n feign_v he_o to_o be_v esau_fw-mi but_o in_o god_n doom_n it_o be_v no_o feign_v of_o falshede_v but_o figure_n shewyd_v by_o holy_a ghost_n that_o speak_v in_o he_o and_o wrought_v in_o he_o aso_n there_o be_v feign_v of_o falseness_n and_o of_o doublenes_n for_o to_o disceive_v and_o such_o be_v in_o ypocrite_n &_o false_a folk_n and_o all_o such_o feign_a be_v lose_n and_o forboden_a of_o god_n by_o this_o precepte_v the_o v._o chapter_n diues_fw-la be_v it_o any_o sin_n to_o bileve_v thing_n that_o be_v false_a pauê‘_n there_o be_v falshede_v of_o the_o sayer_n and_o falshede_v of_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v say_v falshede_v of_o the_o sayer_n sumtyme_o be_v ê‘nycious_a and_o wicked_a and_o to_o bileve_v light_o such_o falshede_v itt_fw-ge be_v dede_o sin_n and_o damnable_a sumtyme_o false_a heed_n of_o the_o sayer_n be_v profitable_a as_o touch_v worldly_a thing_n &_o not_o noyous_a as_o to_o the_o world_n &_o suntyme_o it_o be_v neither_o ê“fitable_a ne_o noyê°_n to_o the_o world_n as_o lesinge_n make_v only_o for_o board_n that_o harm_v no_o man_n worldly_a ne_fw-fr profit_v and_o to_o bileve_v though_o two_o manner_n of_o falshede_n it_o be_v venial_a sin_n also_o there_o be_v reprovable_a falshede_v of_o thing_n that_o be_v say_v and_o either_o that_o thing_n longith_v to_o the_o nedefulnesse_n of_o our_o salvation_n as_o be_v article_n of_o the_o faith_n and_o to_o bileve_v such_o falshede_v it_o be_v deadly_a sin_n or_o it_o longith_v not_o to_o the_o nedefulnes_n of_o our_o salvation_n and_o to_o bileve_v suhce_n falsehede_v light_o it_o be_v venial_a sin_n or_o else_o not_o sin_v as_o say_v docking_a suê‘_n deutronomium_fw-la nevertheless_o there_o shall_v no_o wyseman_n be_v to_o hasty_a to_o bileve_v thing_n of_o charge_n that_o sound_o either_o great_a ê“sperite_n or_o great_a adversite_n for_o the_o wiseman_n say_v qui_fw-la cito_fw-la credit_n levis_fw-la est_fw-la cord_n he_o that_o soon_o bilevyth_v be_v light_n of_o heart_n and_o unstable_a ecclesiastici_fw-la nineteeen_o and_o therefore_o say_v he_o bileve_v not_o every_o word_n that_o man_n tell_v the._n ibidem_fw-la the_o foal_n simple_a man_n say_v he_o by_o leve_v every_o word_n but_o the_o wise_a man_n takith_o heed_n to_o his_o paa_n and_o goth_v ne_o bileve_v not_o chaungeable_o after_o mennys_n speech_n ne_o after_o lesinge_n but_o after_o the_o law_n of_o god_n that_o be_v not_o changeable_a prover._n xiiii_o &_o eccle_n xxxiii_o dives_fw-la sithen_n it_o be_v so_o that_o a_o man_n may_v sin_v bere_v false_a wytnesse_n of_o himself_o whether_o syn_v he_o more_o prise_v himself_o false_o or_o lack_v himself_o false_o pauê‘_n both_o be_v folly_n &_o in_o case_z great_a sin_v for_o caton_n say_v non_fw-fr te_fw-fr collaudes_fw-la nec_fw-la te_fw-la culpaveris_fw-la ipe_fw-la prise_n thou_o not_o thy_o selue_fw-mi ne_o lack_v thou_o not_o thyself_o and_o salomon_n say_v laudet_fw-la te_fw-la alienê°_n et_fw-fr non_fw-fr os_fw-la tuum_fw-la extraveus_n et_fw-la non_fw-la labia_fw-la tua_fw-la let_v a_o neither_o man_n prize_v the_o &_o not_o thy_o own_o mouth_n a_z stranger_a &_o not_o thy_o lip_n ê“uer_n xxvii_o and_o therefore_o by_o comyn_v opinion_n of_o clerk_n it_o be_v more_o sin_v a_o man_n to_o prize_n himself_o false_o by_o avantement_n than_o it_o be_v to_o lack_v hin_a self_n false_o for_o avamtment_n come_v of_o pride_n that_o be_v worst_a of_o all_o sin_n but_o lack_v of_o himself_o may_v come_v of_o lowness_n medeful_o for_o every_o man_n of_o hin_a self_n be_v more_o to_o lack_v than_o to_o prize_n and_o therefore_o saithe_v the_o prophet_n omnis_fw-la homo_fw-la man_n dax_fw-la every_o man_n &_o woman_n of_o himself_o be_v false_a and_o a_o liar_n and_o salomon_n say_v that_o no_o man_n wot_v whether_o he_o be_v worthy_a love_n or_o hate_v of_o god_n and_o so_o do_v man_n wot_v what_o he_o be_v worth_a in_o god_n sight_n and_o asmoch_v as_o he_o be_v worth_a in_o god_n sight_n so_o much_o he_o be_v worth_a &_o nomore_o therefore_o say_v aristotle_n iiii_o ethecorum_n xiiiic_a that_o the_o avaunter_n
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