Instructions for Parish Priests By John Myrc [i.e. Mirk]. Edited from Cotton MS. Claudius A. II, by Edward Peacock |
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Isti mittendi sunt ad episcopum.
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Isti mittendi sunt ad episcopum.
Bvt confessour be wys and ȝop,And sende forth þese to þe byschop:
Alle þat smyteþ prest or clerk,
And hem þat worcheþ wycked werk,
Hows brenner & sleer of mon,
And fader or modur in vyolens þat leyþ hond vp-on,
Þe modur þat þe chylde ouer lyth,
Þe fader also sende þow wyth,
A mon þat ys a-corset wyþ book & belle,
And eretykes as I the telle;
Hym þat brekeþ solempne vow,
Or chawnge hyt wole, sende hym forþ now;
Clypper of þe kynges mynt,
And hym þat lyueth by swerdes dynt
Alle fals sysourus and okererus,
And hem þat fals wytnes berus;
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Or susterus or cosynus lyggeþ by;
And alle þo, schortely to say,
Þat þe grete sentens a-corseþ ay;
And ȝef þe byschope a-corse mo,
Sende hem forth-wyth also.
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