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þe fourþe poynt of shryfte.
Þe fourþë poynt, ful feyre hyt ys,
‘yn shryftë to haue mekënes.’
‘yn shryftë to haue mekënes.’
She chese þat vertu, oure lady,
So seyþ “magnificat,” here owne storye,
‘Þe gretë mekenes many folde
Yn hys hand-mayden, God wlde beholde.’
So seyþ “magnificat,” here owne storye,
‘Þe gretë mekenes many folde
Yn hys hand-mayden, God wlde beholde.’
Syn mekenes ys so noble a ȝyfte,
For-ȝete hyt nat yn ȝourë shryfte.
So spekeþ þe gospel of þys vertu,
How a mesyl come to Ihesu
with gode wyl, and on knees hym sette,
And ful myldely, Ihesu he grette;
“lorde,” he seyd, “þou mayst me saue
Ȝyf þou wylt, and y hele haue.”
Ihesu sagh hys myldënes,
And seyd “y wyl hele, alle þy sykenes.”
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So spekeþ þe gospel of þys vertu,
How a mesyl come to Ihesu
with gode wyl, and on knees hym sette,
And ful myldely, Ihesu he grette;
“lorde,” he seyd, “þou mayst me saue
Ȝyf þou wylt, and y hele haue.”
Ihesu sagh hys myldënes,
And seyd “y wyl hele, alle þy sykenes.”
He þat ys yn dedly synne,
Gostely he ys a mesyl with-ynne;
He þat wyl hys helë seke,
To hys prest he mote be meke;
Ȝyf þou meke þe to þy prest,
Þou mekës þe to Goddës brest;
Ȝyf þou be to hym ful stour,
Þou doust to God grete dysonour;
he sytteþ þere, yn Goddys se;
To deme þy synne, he haþ pouste;
Ȝyf he blame þe for þyn euyl,
þat þou hast serued moche þe deuyl,
Defendë nat þy folye,
yn pryde ne yn ypocrysye;
Noþer on þy self lye þou noȝt,
To seye þyng þat þou neuer wroȝt;
Ne forsake nat þy synne to wreye;
More and lesse, behoueþ þe seye.
Gostely he ys a mesyl with-ynne;
He þat wyl hys helë seke,
To hys prest he mote be meke;
Ȝyf þou meke þe to þy prest,
Þou mekës þe to Goddës brest;
Ȝyf þou be to hym ful stour,
Þou doust to God grete dysonour;
he sytteþ þere, yn Goddys se;
To deme þy synne, he haþ pouste;
Ȝyf he blame þe for þyn euyl,
þat þou hast serued moche þe deuyl,
Defendë nat þy folye,
yn pryde ne yn ypocrysye;
Noþer on þy self lye þou noȝt,
To seye þyng þat þou neuer wroȝt;
Ne forsake nat þy synne to wreye;
More and lesse, behoueþ þe seye.
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