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which_o will_v sacrefye_v his_o soon_o to_o the_o devyll_n /_o begin_v in_o latyn_a quid_fw-la dicâ—_n etc._n etc._n caplm_n xxxvi_o ¶_o of_o a_o relygyous_a to_o who_o the_o devyll_n show_v the_o armee_n of_o crysten_v man_n and_o of_o the_o sarasyns_n /_o begin_v fuit_fw-la etc._n etc._n caplm_n xxxvij_o ¶_o how_o for_o to_o be_v confessyd_v of_o his_o sin_n it_o chass_v away_o the_o devyll_n more_o than_o other_o thing_n begin_v in_o latyn_a abbess_n etc._n etc._n caplm_n xxxviij_o ¶_o of_o relygyous_a people_n slay_v by_o the_o intydeles_a begin_v in_o latyn_a in_o palestine_a etc._n etc._n caplm_n xxxix_o ¶_o of_o thabbot_n danyell_n begin_v in_o latyn_a inter_fw-la etc._n etc._n caplm_n xl_o ¶_o of_o thabbot_n serenus_n begin_v /_o sum_z &c._a &c._a caplm_n xli_o ¶_o how_o the_o devylles_n have_v not_o so_o moche_v power_n now_o against_o the_o monk_n as_o they_o have_v in_o old_a time_n begin_v in_o latyn_a satis_fw-la tamen_fw-la caplm_n xlij_o ¶_o of_o thabbot_n paul_n begin_v 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to_o plaice_n her_o amourouse_n or_o love_n which_o this_o day_n ben_fw-mi /_o and_o tomorn_n shall_v not_o be_v /_o ¶_o she_o appoint_v herself_o so_o honest_o that_o there_o fayllyd_v not_o a_o pin_n as_o towching_n to_o the_o world_n /_o ¶_o and_o if_o she_o for_o to_o plaice_n the_o world_n takith_v so_o moche_n besynesse_n ¶_o alas_o we_o that_o have_v god_n our_o fader_fw-mi god_n king_n of_o heaven_n and_o of_o earth_n what_o shall_v we_o do_v /_o ¶_o and_o who_o shall_v gyve_v to_o we_o the_o heavenly_a good_n which_o may_v not_o be_v estemyd_fw-la nor_o think_v /_o ¶_o what_o shall_v we_o do_v /_o true_o we_o ought_v to_o have_v
the_o say_a pelage_n aroo_v up_o atte_a mydnyghte_n /_o and_o saint_n nun_n clothe_v she_o with_o the_o here_o /_o and_o a_o groo_v and_o course_n robe_n of_o a_o man_n /_o and_z after_o the_o say_a day_n she_o never_o enter_v in_o to_o the_o cytee_n of_o antioch_n /_o ¶_o whanne_n saint_n romayn_n know_v it_o she_o begin_v to_o weep_v /_o by_o cause_n she_o have_v lose_v her_o company_n /_o and_o saint_n nun_n comfort_v she_o in_o sayenge_a that_o she_o have_v choose_v the_o right_a holy_a way_n like_o as_o the_o gospel_n contain_v /_o ¶_o in_o the_o which_o be_v find_v that_o our_o lord_n prefer_v marye_n magdalene_n lede_a contemplatyff_fw-mi lyffe_n tofore_o her_o fast_a martha_n which_o lad_n actyf_v life_n ¶_o the_o good_a pelage_n in_o this_o habyte_v dyssymyle_v go_v to_o iherusalem_n in_o to_o the_o mount_n of_o olyvete_fw-fr /_o where_o our_o redeemer_n pray_v to_o god_n his_o fader_fw-mi tofore_o his_o sorowefull_a passion_n /_o ¶_o and_o there_o she_o make_v a_o lityll_a 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/_o and_o the_o deken_fw-mi in_o like_a wise_n nigh_o to_o the_o wall_n say_v with_o she_o /_o and_z after_o return_v in_o to_o iherusalem_n moche_v comfort_v of_o the_o sight_n of_o one_o so_o holy_a woman_n ¶_o from_fw-mi thens_o he_o go_v to_o vysyte_n all_o the_o monasterye_n and_o holy_a place_n of_o the_o cyte_n and_o for_o to_o see_v the_o relygyouse_a people_n with_o who_o he_o be_v there_o he_o hear_v say_v thyngys_n merueyllous_a of_o the_o holy_a religyous_a pelagius_n /_o in_o devyse_v of_o who_o they_o speak_v of_o the_o say_a pelage_n ¶_o for_o they_o suppose_v that_o she_o have_v be_v a_o religyous_a man_n /_o by_z cause_n she_o feign_v she_o allwaye_o to_o be_v a_o man_n /_o and_o name_v herself_o pelagius_n /_o ¶_o the_o same_o deken_fw-mi for_o the_o great_a virtue_n that_o he_o hear_v say_v of_o she_o /_o will_v one_o go_v to_o vysyte_n she_o /_o and_z cam_fw-la and_o knock_v at_o she_o wyndowe_v /_o as_z he_o have_v do_v to_o before_o /_o and_z by_o cause_n that_o 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they_o begin_v to_o sing_v and_o rendre_fw-fr grace_n and_o thankynge_n to_o god_n /_o in_o preyse_v and_o magnyfe_v his_o loverâ—â—yn_a bounte_n /_o for_o contemplaconn_v of_o his_o noble_a â—â—clours_n which_o be_v hide_v not_o oon_o in_o holy_a man_n but_o also_o in_o vertuoule_a wyman_n /_o which_o by_o straight_o and_o hard_a penaunce_n have_v goten_a the_o royame_n of_o heaven_n ¶_o and_o after_o they_o put_v the_o body_n in_o a_o rich_a tomb_n garnysshid_v with_o gold_n and_o precyous_a stone_n ¶_o thenne_v late_o we_o pray_v unto_o this_o holy_a woman_n pelage_n that_o by_o her_o intercessyon_n and_o prayer_n we_o may_v come_v to_o everla_a bliss_n in_o heaven_n amen_n /_o ¶_o thus_o end_v the_o lyf_v of_o saint_n pelage_n ¶_o here_o follow_v the_o lyf_v of_o saint_n marry_v egypcyen_v which_o in_o desert_n lad_n a_o solytarye_a lyf_v and_o begyn_v in_o latyn_a fuit_fw-la quidam_fw-la senex_fw-la et_fw-la ceterus_fw-la /_o ¶_o capitulum_n xlii_o saint_n jerome_n recount_v 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his_o infancy_n and_o yongthe_n put_v he_o in_o a_o movastery_n in_o which_o he_o live_v by_o the_o space_n of_o fyfthy_a year_n /_o ¶_o during_o the_o which_o for_o the_o mooste_o part_n he_o be_v grete_o persecute_v with_o deign_v cogytacyon_n and_o thought_n /_o in_o resy_a of_o who_o he_o have_v in_o such_o wise_a fight_a against_o the_o devyll_n by_o great_a and_o hard_a abstynence_n /_o that_o he_o semyd_fw-la that_o in_o alle_fw-mi the_o desert_n there_o be_v no_o man_n that_o excede_v he_o in_o doctrine_n ne_fw-la in_o penance_n as_o he_o that_o in_o his_o person_n have_v experyment_v ¶_o and_o in_o such_o wise_n
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