Instructions for Parish Priests By John Myrc [i.e. Mirk]. Edited from Cotton MS. Claudius A. II, by Edward Peacock |
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Contra luxuriam.
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Contra luxuriam.
Thagh þow þenke þy lechery swete,Lef þow hyt I the hete,
And lerne to lyue in chastyte,
In goddes name I charge þe;
And for þy flesch þer-in has game,
With bred & water þou schalt hyt tame,
And ȝef he say a-gayn to þe,
He may not lyue in chastyte,
Charge hym þenne to take a wyf,
In goddes lawe to lede hys lyf,
And þaȝ he say he wole not do so,
Ȝet penaunce make hym to do;
Hyt schale do gode here or henne,
Laske hys peynes or cese hys synne.
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