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þe fyueþe poynt of shryfte.
Go we now to þe fyfþe poynt:
To þe þrydde hyt ys a ioynt,
þere y spake of ofte shryuyng,
To tellë many prestes a þyng.
To þe þrydde hyt ys a ioynt,
þere y spake of ofte shryuyng,
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what men are þo þat shryue hem bleþly,
But þo þat synne but lyȝtly?
For þo þat haue do synnës grete,
Vnneþë wyl þey any lete.
Ȝyf þey here any predycacyoun,
Or sum ouþer chaunse be doun,
Ȝyt wyl þey neuer shryue here shame,
So are þey bounde yn þe fendës hame.
But þo þat synne but lyȝtly?
For þo þat haue do synnës grete,
Vnneþë wyl þey any lete.
Ȝyf þey here any predycacyoun,
Or sum ouþer chaunse be doun,
Ȝyt wyl þey neuer shryue here shame,
So are þey bounde yn þe fendës hame.
And somë lette, for hard penaunce,
For to telle here grete cumberaunce.
And somë lette here synne to seye,
For doute of prest, þat wyl hem bewreye:
No shame myȝt to mochë be
To þe prest þat telleþ þat pryuyte.
For to telle here grete cumberaunce.
And somë lette here synne to seye,
For doute of prest, þat wyl hem bewreye:
No shame myȝt to mochë be
To þe prest þat telleþ þat pryuyte.
letteþ nat, ȝoure synne to telle;
Þenkeþ on þe peynes of helle;
what day þat ȝe dyd ȝoure synne,
And how long ȝe haue lyued þer-ynne,
what tyme, ánd how, hyt was wroȝt;
Alle hyt nede þurghout be soghte.
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what day þat ȝe dyd ȝoure synne,
And how long ȝe haue lyued þer-ynne,
what tyme, ánd how, hyt was wroȝt;
Alle hyt nede þurghout be soghte.
Seynt Dauyd, þe holy prophete,
Seyþ, þese wurdes, ful swete,
“Alle my shryftë and my shame
Haþ so couerd and hyd my blame,
þat þe fende may haue no syȝt,
Me to bewreyë with no plyȝt;
Ne God of heuene wyl nat se
Any þyng þat wyl dampnë me.”
Ȝyf þou shryue þe apertly,
Þou mayst be sekyr to haue mercy.
Seyþ, þese wurdes, ful swete,
“Alle my shryftë and my shame
Haþ so couerd and hyd my blame,
þat þe fende may haue no syȝt,
Me to bewreyë with no plyȝt;
Ne God of heuene wyl nat se
Any þyng þat wyl dampnë me.”
Ȝyf þou shryue þe apertly,
Þou mayst be sekyr to haue mercy.
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