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The fyrste poynt of shryfte.
Þe fyrst poynt of þy shryfte oweþ to be,
‘with þy gode wyl and hertë fre,
whan þou art yn þy lyfë best,
Awey þou shalt þy synnë kest;’
For þan wurschepest þou God aboue,
And forsakest þy synne for hys loue.
‘with þy gode wyl and hertë fre,
whan þou art yn þy lyfë best,
Awey þou shalt þy synnë kest;’
For þan wurschepest þou God aboue,
And forsakest þy synne for hys loue.
Dauyd seyþ, yn wurde to fulfyl,
God shrofe hym with hys gode wyl;
Abyde nat tyl þou most nedly,
For þan hyt ys with fors and maystry;
Þou shryuest þe þan for drede,
Nat for loue, but more for nede;
Þan semeþ hyt þat hyt shulde be
Þat þy synne forsakeþ þe.
Swyche shryftë made Acor þe þefe:
whan he shulde go to pynë grefe,
He shrof hys synne, how he hadde stole
Þre þyngës þat he hade forhole,
A mantle of skarlet, a rolle of golde,
And syluer, he hydde vndyr molde;
Yn þe byble men mow hyt se,
Yn þe story of Iosue.
God shrofe hym with hys gode wyl;
Abyde nat tyl þou most nedly,
For þan hyt ys with fors and maystry;
Þou shryuest þe þan for drede,
Nat for loue, but more for nede;
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Þat þy synne forsakeþ þe.
Swyche shryftë made Acor þe þefe:
whan he shulde go to pynë grefe,
He shrof hys synne, how he hadde stole
Þre þyngës þat he hade forhole,
A mantle of skarlet, a rolle of golde,
And syluer, he hydde vndyr molde;
Yn þe byble men mow hyt se,
Yn þe story of Iosue.
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