The Lay Folks' Catechism, or the English and Latin versions of Archbishop Thoresby's Instruction for the People Together with a Wycliffite adaptation of the same, and the corresponding canons of the council of Lambeth. With introduction, notes, glossary, and index, by the late Thomas Frederick Simmons ... and Henry Edward Nolloth |
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The be-houys to know þy fyue wyttys þe vttyr and þe ynnyr.
and to spend hem in good vse ; and in þe louynge of god./
þe fyrst ys. syȝt of eye. þe toþer. heryng of Ere.
þe þyrd. tast of Mowþ. The ferþe smellyng of nese.
þe fyfte handlynge or towchyng of membris./
Kepe so þy syȝt ; þat þou se nothyng
þat ys not leful to se or may harme þy sowle.
and kepe þy heryng so ; þat þow here no euyl speche
or þyng þat is nat honeste ne profitable./
and kepe so þy tast. þat þou swolow no more
þan ys nede or myster to þy bodily sustynaunce.
And kepe so þy smellyng. þat yt make þe nat to ete ouer moche./
ne delite not ouer mekyl in smellyng. ne vgge þou not with seknesse of þyn euyn-cristyn.
And kepe so þy towchyng ; þat þou with-draw þe fro schameful towchyng
or handlyng bare of man. or of womman.
handyl þou not vnhonestly þy self. ne noon oþer.
ne let non oþer towche þe vnhonestly.
For ȝif þy flesche neghȝe ony towching vnclene ;
þou may not þe dede etthwe or eschewe.//
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þe fyrst ys. syȝt of eye. þe toþer. heryng of Ere.
þe þyrd. tast of Mowþ. The ferþe smellyng of nese.
þe fyfte handlynge or towchyng of membris./
Kepe so þy syȝt ; þat þou se nothyng
þat ys not leful to se or may harme þy sowle.
and kepe þy heryng so ; þat þow here no euyl speche
or þyng þat is nat honeste ne profitable./
and kepe so þy tast. þat þou swolow no more
þan ys nede or myster to þy bodily sustynaunce.
And kepe so þy smellyng. þat yt make þe nat to ete ouer moche./
ne delite not ouer mekyl in smellyng. ne vgge þou not with seknesse of þyn euyn-cristyn.
And kepe so þy towchyng ; þat þou with-draw þe fro schameful towchyng
or handlyng bare of man. or of womman.
handyl þou not vnhonestly þy self. ne noon oþer.
ne let non oþer towche þe vnhonestly.
For ȝif þy flesche neghȝe ony towching vnclene ;
þou may not þe dede etthwe or eschewe.//
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