Instructions for Parish Priests By John Myrc [i.e. Mirk]. Edited from Cotton MS. Claudius A. II, by Edward Peacock |
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De gula.
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De gula.
Hast þou I-synget in glotorye?Telle me, sone, baldelye.
Hast þow ete wyth syche mayn,
Þat þow hast caste hyt vp a-gayn?
Hast þow wyþ suche vomysment
I-cast vp a-ȝayn þe sacrament?
Hast þow be dronke ofte by vse,
And schent þy self by þat vyce?
Hast þou by malys or by nyste
I-made any mon dronke to be,
For þou woldest þe mene whyle
Any þynge of hym by-gyle,
Or for þow woldest borde haue,
To se hym dronke and to raue?
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Dayes þat þow were ioynet to,
Or any oþer fastynge day?
Ȝef þow haue do þou moste say.
Hast þow also for glotory
Ete or dronke to frechedely?
Hast þow ete or dronke more,
Þen þy nede askede fore,
Oþer to erly or to late,
Oþer to swete or delycate?
Ȝef þow haue done þus by vys,
Telle me, sone, for nede hyt ys.
Hast þow I-chereschet þy body ofte,
In swete metus and cloþus softe?
Art þow I-wonet to go to þe ale,
To fulle þere thy fowle male,
And drawe þyder oþer wyth þe,
To bere þe feleschype in þat degre?
Hast þou I-stole mete or drynke,
For þou woldest not þerfore swynke?
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