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[XVIII. An orisoun for negligens of þe X Comaundemens.]
Inwardliche, lord, bi-seche i þe,Al my trespas for-ȝiue þou me:
Þat I haue broken þi Comaundemens
Aȝein þi wille and þi defens.
I haue not loued þe ouer alle þyng
And worschiped as my lord, my kyng;
Min Euencristen ne loued I nouht
As my-self, in wil ne þouht.
Þi nome not nempned in worschupe,
Bute ofte-siþes in Idelschupe.
In holi-dayes haue I wrouht,
To holychurche eode I nouht.
ffadur and Modur worschupet haue not I,
But aȝeyn hem don vnboxumly.
Men haue I slawen wiþ my wille,
And Bakbited hem boþe loude and stille.
Wiþ wrong ichaue had muche þing,
Boþe of ȝifte and of stelyng.
Boren ichaue fals witnesse
And seldene i-don Rihtwysnesse.
In lecherie haue I sunged ille
Ofte-siþes aȝeynes skille.
I-chaue coueyted more þen me hihte
Mi neihȝebores god wiþ vnrihte,
His wyf, his seruaunt, his oþur þing.
ffor-þi, Almihti heuene-kyng,
ffor-ȝif me now, and alle men
Þat haue broken þi comaundemens ten.
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