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The seuenþe ys, and þat weyl endyþ,
‘Þat oure shryfte, þe deuyl blyndeþ.’
whan he made vs falle yn plyght,
He refte vs allë gostely syȝt;
Fro synne to synne he made vs falle,
And oure fadres byfore vs alle.
Y rede we ȝelde hym þe countre paye,
And blyndë we hym fro hys praye.
we put oute hys yȝe gostly
whan we shryue vs opunly;
Certes he may nat knowe vs efte,
For oure shryfte haþ hym þe syȝt refte.
þat may weyl y-shewed be
with a tale of an autoryte.