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Beati quorum remisse sunt iniquitates, & quorum tecta sunt peccata.

Blissed be thei whos werkes wrong
Be forgiuen and synnes hydde,
For [thei] þat God hath vndirfong
In heuen blys ben couth and kydde;
But thei þat ben in lustes long,
And doon no better than beest or bridde,
Thei may be sekir of stormes strong;
Thoo wrecches are ful woo bytidde.