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repe_v your_o field_n be_v defraud_v by_o you_o and_o not_o pay_v cry_v to_o god_n for_o vengeance_n and_o the_o cry_n of_o theym_n be_v enter_v in_o to_o the_o â—eâ—es_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o ooste_n jabobi_n quinto_fw-la capitulo_fw-la and_o the_o wile_n man_n say_v that_o who_o so_o offer_v sacrefyce_n of_o the_o poor_a man_n good_a is_z like_o he_o that_o slee_v the_o soon_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o his_o fader_fw-mi and_o he_o that_o defraud_v the_o poor_a man_n of_o his_o good_a be_v a_o mansleer_n homo_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiastici_fw-la xxxiiij_o ¶_o dives_fw-la this_o point_n of_o manslaughter_n touch_v moche_n man_n of_o holy_a chirche_n for_o as_o the_o law_n say_v the_o tithe_n of_o holy_a chirche_n be_v trybute_n of_o theym_n that_o be_v in_o need_n to_o revele_v theym_a in_o their_o need_n and_o all_o that_o man_n of_o holy_a chirche_n have_v it_o be_v the_o poor_a man_n good_n and_o their_o house_n shall_v be_v common_a to_o all_o man_n at_o their_o need_n they_o shall_v be_v besy_n to_o resceyve_v pylgremy_n and_o keep_v hospytalyte_n after_o their_o power_n xuj_o q.i_fw-la decime_fw-la et_fw-fr c._n quam_fw-la quicquid_fw-la wherefore_o i_o thynk_v if_o any_o poor_a folk_n perysshe_v by_o their_o defaute_n and_o for_o that_o that_o they_o will_v not_o help_v they_o they_z be_v guilty_a of_o manslaughter_n ¶_o pauper_fw-la that_o be_v sothe_o and_o therefore_o cryste_n say_v thrye_n to_o saint_n peter_n place_n that_o be_v to_o say_v feed_v my_o lamb_n and_o my_o sheep_n that_o be_v though_o soul_n that_o cry_v buy_v with_o his_o blood_n for_o prelate_n and_n curate_n of_o holy_a chirche_n must_v feed_v their_o sugette_n by_o good_a ensample_n gyne_v and_z by_o help_n at_o need_n and_o therefore_o cryste_n say_v twye_n to_o saint_n peter_n fede_fw-es my_o lamb_n but_o the_o three_o time_n he_o say_v fede_fw-es my_o sheep_n for_o as_o long_o as_o they_o be_v lamb_n they_o gyve_v neither_o milk_n ne_o wool_n but_o when_o these_o be_v waxen_a sheep_n they_o gyve_v both_o milk_n and_o wool_n and_o so_o cryste_n in_o his_o word_n bid_v that_o prelate_n and_n curate_n of_o holy_a chirche_n shall_v have_v double_a cure_n of_o the_o poor_a people_n to_o feed_v theym_a goostly_a and_o also_o bodily_a with_o bodily_a help_n at_o need_n but_o they_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o feed_v the_o rich_a folk_n but_o goostly_a and_o they_o that_o have_v no_o need_n with_o holy_a chirche_n good_n and_o of_o the_o poor_a folk_n gyve_v they_o no_o tale_n but_o to_o pylle_v they_o and_z have_v of_o they_o and_z get_v of_o theym_n what_o they_o may_v by_o ypocresy_n by_o fraud_n by_o drede_fw-la and_o violence_n and_o therefore_o god_n underneme_v theym_a by_o the_o prophet_n ezechyell_n and_o say_v to_o theym_v thus_o we_o pastoribus_fw-la israel_o woo_v
all_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o second_o table_n be_v knit_v in_o the_o second_o commandment_n of_o charyte_n why_o the_o commandment_n of_o worshype_a fader_fw-mi &_o mother_n be_v the_o first_o of_o the_o second_o table_n &_o how_o they_o shall_v be_v worshyp_v also_o of_o pain_n that_o come_v to_o they_o that_o worship_n not_o fader_fw-mi &_o moð_n example_n of_o cham_n the_o soon_o of_o noe._n ca._n i._n ¶_o what_o myscheef_n come_v to_o child_n that_o hynder_n fader_fw-mi &_o mother_n for_o their_o good_a &_o of_o they_o that_o ben_fw-mi unburum_fw-la to_o fader_fw-mi &_o mother_n example_n by_o absalon_n and_o adonye_n ca._n ij_o ¶_o by_o example_n in_o kind_n we_o be_v taugh_v te_fw-mi to_o worship_n fader_fw-mi &_o moð_n as_o of_o the_o stork_n &_o of_o the_o pellycane_n ca._n iij_o ¶_o help_v at_o need_n be_v call_v worship_n in_o holy_a wryt_n &_o that_o ought_v the_o child_n to_o fað_n &_o moð_n what_o peryll_n it_o be_v &_o folly_n man_n or_o woman_n to_o dysmytte_n they_o of_o their_o good_a &_o trust_v to_o their_o child_n ca._n iiij_o ¶_o in_o what_o manner_n the_o child_n ought_v to_o hate_v fader_fw-mi &_o mother_n &_o to_o forsake_v theym_a &_o how_o fader_fw-mi &_o mother_n shall_v help_v the_o child_n &_o the_o child_n theym_fw-mi at_o need_n example_n by_o the_o rote_n &_o the_o crop_n of_o a_o tree_n but_z the_o fader_fw-mi &_o the_o moð_n have_v more_o kindly_a love_n to_o their_o child_n than_o ayenwarde_a ca._n five_o ¶_o in_o what_o manner_n man_n of_o relygyon_n shall_v help_v fað_n &_o moð_n at_o need_n ca.vi_fw-la ¶_o the_o good_n of_o holy_a chirche_n ben_fw-mi the_o good_n of_o poor_a man_n and_o needy_a how_o saint_n benet_n have_v good_n of_o his_o covent_n to_o poor_a man_n saint_n france_n bid_v the_o same_o ca._n seven_o ¶_o good_n of_o relygyon_n shall_v be_v more_o common_a than_o other_o man_n good_n to_o help_v needy_a folk_n of_o the_o abusyon_n of_o some_o proud_a relygyouse_a man_n and_o their_o ypocryte_n excuse_v fro_o gyve_v of_o alms_n ca._n viij_o ¶_o textis_fw-la of_o holy_a wryt_n how_o child_n shall_v be_v obedyent_n to_o fader_fw-mi &_o mother_n &_o that_o good_a lyve_a of_o the_o child_n be_v worship_n to_o fader_fw-mi &_o mother_n and_z their_o evyll_n lyve_v be_v shenshyp_n to_o fader_fw-mi &_o mother_n ca._n ix_o ¶_o myssuffraunce_n of_o child_n in_o their_o youth_n be_v their_o shenshyp_n &_o velonye_n to_o all_o their_o kin_n that_o man_n shall_v chastyse_n their_o child_n &_o teach_v they_o to_o serve_v god_n ca._n x_o ¶_o every_o man_n &_o woman_n be_v bind_v after_o his_o degree_n to_o do_v his_o besynesse_n to_o know_v god_n law_n that_o he_o be_v bind_v to_o keep_v &_o how_o each_o man_n in_o some_o manner_n shall_v teach_v god_n law_n how_o the_o child_n shall_v worship_n fader_fw-mi &_o mother_n when_o they_o benâ—deed_o ca._n xi_o ¶_o how_o we_o shall_v worshyppe_n god_n as_o pryncypall_v fader_fw-mi &_o mother_n ca._n xij_o ¶_o onre_n goostly_a fader_n be_v to_o be_v worshype_v &_o why_o they_o be_v call_v goostly_a fader_n what_o harm_n come_v by_o they_o that_o be_v call_v curate_n both_o of_o themselves_o &_o to_o the_o people_n for_z they_o do_v not_o their_o devour_v ca._n xiij_o ¶_o our_o elder_n that_o be_v our_o fader_n &_o moder_n in_o age_n be_v to_o be_v worshype_v old_a man_n yâ—_z been_v custom_a in_o sin_n shall_v be_v hard_o repreve_v ca._n fourteen_o ¶_o king_n &_o all_o soverayne_n ought_v to_o be_v fader_n to_o their_o sugette_n &_o of_o they_o to_o be_v worshyp_v how_o &_o why_o servant_n shall_v obey_v to_o their_o lord_n &_o how_o lord_n shall_v do_v to_o their_o servant_n caplm_n xu_o ¶_o how_o wicked_a man_n &_o tyrant_n be_v god_n servant_n &_o why_o god_n suffer_v wicked_a folk_n to_o be_v in_o this_o world_n capitulum_fw-la xvi_o ¶_o god_n gyve_v lordship_n &_o power_n to_o wicked_a man_n for_o sin_n of_o the_o people_n to_o who_o man_n ought_v to_o obey_v &_o to_o do_v they_o worship_n for_o their_o dygnyte_n caplm_n xvij_o ¶_o how_o &_o in_o what_o order_fw-fr man_n shall_v obey_v to_o their_o soverayne_n &_o in_o what_o thing_n in_o what_o thing_n knight_n bind_v man_n wyves_n &_o child_n eke_v be_v bind_v to_o obey_v to_o their_o soverayne_n &_o in_o which_o thing_n they_o ben_fw-mi not_o bind_v ca._n xviij_o ¶_o in_o which_o thing_n subgette_n be_v bind_v to_o obey_v to_o their_o prelate_n &_o in_o which_o not_o though_o prelacy_n or_o lordship_n be_v occypy_v against_o the_o common_a law_n yet_o it_o be_v good_a to_o obey_v what_o a_o press_v shall_v do_v if_o the_o bysshop_n bid_v high_o curse_v a_o man_n who_o he_o hold_v ungylty_a ca._n nineteeen_o ¶_o in_o what_o manner_n offycer_n of_o yâ—_z king_n shall_v obey_v to_o the_o juge_a in_o mater_fw-la of_o man_n death_n in_o which_o thing_n a_o relygyouse_a man_n be_v bind_v to_o obey_v his_o prelate_n &_o in_o which_o thing_n not_o in_o what_o manner_n thing_n a_o prelate_n of_o relygyon_n may_v dyspense_v &_o in_o some_o thing_n not_o ca._n xx_o ¶_o in_o what_o thing_n a_o clerk_n be_v bind_v to_o obey_v his_o bysshop_n how_o the_o wyf_v be_v bind_v to_o her_o husbond_n in_o break_v of_o her_o vow_n some_o thing_n be_v good_a of_o themselves_o some_o been_v evyll_n of_o themselves_o &_o some_o indyfferent_a in_o which_o thing_n indyfferent_a stand_v propre_o obedience_n to_o man_n that_o be_v soverayne_n ca._n xxi_o ¶_o awl_n man_n of_o astate_n &_o dygnyte_v be_v call_v fader_n &_o aught_o to_o be_v worshyp_v of_o low_a man_n ce_fw-fr xxij_o ¶_o angel_n &_o saint_n in_o heaven_n ben_fw-mi our_o fader_n &_o be_v to_o be_v worshype_v how_o angel_n keep_v &_o defend_v us._n ca._n twenty-three_o ¶_o patroness_n of_o chirche_n be_v fader_n of_o the_o same_o chirche_n on_o three_o manner_n by_o come_v a_o man_n patron_n &_o what_o right_a long_v to_o patroness_n also_o of_o presentaconn_n of_o person_n to_o chirche_n ca._n twenty-four_o ¶_o every_o man_n ought_v to_o hold_v other_o his_o fader_fw-mi in_o some_o degree_n forâ—ther_o ben_fw-mi many_o manner_n fader_n &_o so_o by_o this_o commandment_n we_o be_v bind_v to_o help_v all_o needy_a folk_n upon_o our_o power_n capitulum_fw-la xxu_o ¶_o why_o this_o commandment_n be_v give_v with_o a_o byheste_n of_o welfare_n and_o meed_n caplm_n xxvi_o ¶_o pride_n rebellyon_n &_o unbuxunnesse_n of_o the_o people_n against_o their_o soverayne_n &_o that_o they_o will_v entremet_v they_o &_o determine_v every_o cause_n of_o the_o land_n and_o of_o the_o chirche_n be_v cause_n of_o destruccyon_n of_o ream_n ca._n xxvij_o ¶_o the_o fyfthe_a commandment_n ¶_o vnlefull_a manslaughter_n be_v do_v by_o herte_a by_o mouth_n by_z deed_n &_o how_o a_o bâ—â—cbyter_n slee_v three_o at_o one_o ca._n i._n ¶_o three_o manner_n of_o flaterynge_n in_o which_o be_v manslaughter_n &_o deadly_a sin_n all_o so_o of_o pain_n of_o flatter_a both_o by_o god_n law_n &_o man_n ca._n ij_o ¶_o what_o myschef_n come_v of_o flatter_a &_o to_o theym_v that_o have_v like_n in_o flatter_a ca._n iij_o ¶_o a_o mustere_a or_o whystere_a be_v a_o prevy_a rowner_n &_o a_o prevy_a liar_n who_o be_v a_o double_a tonged_a man_n the_z flatter_a tongue_n be_v the_o three_o tongue_n that_o do_v moche_n woo_v ca._n iiij_o ¶_o flatter_a of_o false_a ê“phete_n &_o prechour_n &_o other_o false_a man_n destroy_v â—ytees_n &_o kingdom_n ensample_n by_o scrypture_n &_o how_o the_o flatter_a tongue_n be_v a_o gylous_a tongue_n ca._n five_o ¶_o on_o three_o manner_n may_v a_o man_n be_v slay_v unryghtful_o ca._n vi_fw-la ¶_o nygarde_v that_o will_v not_o help_v poor_a folk_n at_o need_n also_o tyrant_n &_o extorcyoner_n yâ—_z take_v fro_o man_n their_o shynne_n &_o their_o flesh_n from_o the_o bone_n be_v mansleer_n what_o be_v understande_v by_o these_o iij_o skin_n flesh_n &_o bone_n ca._n seven_o ¶_o man_n yâ—_z witholde_v servant_n their_o hire_n be_v manqueller_n why_o cryste_n say_v to_o peter_n thrye_v pasce_fw-la fede_fw-it man_n of_o holy_a chirche_n spend_v a_o miss_v good_n of_o holy_a chirche_fw-fr &_o will_v not_o help_v the_o poor_a needy_a folk_n been_v manqueller_n caplm_n eight_o ¶_o all_o the_o draw_v folk_n to_o sin_n by_o miss_v entice_v or_o wicked_a example_n or_o miss_v counseyll_n or_o false_a lore_n &_o namely_o man_n of_o holy_a chirche_n be_v manqueller_n also_o all_o that_o gyve_v occasyon_n of_o sclaundre_v how_o prelate_n &_o their_o offycer_n shall_v have_v themselves_o in_o their_o vysytaconns_n without_o what_o devoconn_n prayer_n be_v deed_n c.ix_o ¶_o all_o that_o let_v man_n of_o their_o good_a dede_n of_o their_o good_a purpose_n &_o miss_v techer_n be_v mansleer_v as_o the_o fiend_n be_v a_o contynuell_n manqueller_n also_o man_n of_o holy_a chirche_n
all_o that_o thou_o haste_v &_o gyve_v it_o to_o the_o poor_a folk_n and_o come_v &_o follow_v i_o but_o as_o say_v the_o gospel_n when_o he_o hear_v these_o word_n he_o go_v away_o full_a sorry_a for_z he_o have_v many_o possessyon_n and_o moche_n richesses_n than_o cryste_n say_v to_o his_o dyscyple_n it_o be_v full_a hard_a the_o scotfree_a man_n to_o entre_fw-fr in_o to_o the_o kyngdom_n of_o heaven_n it_o be_v more_o easy_a say_v he_o a_o camele_n to_o pass_v through_o nedels_n eye_n than_z the_o scotfree_a man_n to_o entre_fw-fr in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n than_o his_o dyscyple_n say_v to_o cryste_n lord_n who_o may_v than_o be_v save_v cryste_n answer_v and_o say_v that_o as_o anentes_n man_n it_o be_v impossyble_a but_z to_o god_n alle_fw-mi thing_n be_v possible_a ¶_o dives_fw-la these_o word_n sound_o full_a hard_a to_o my_o understond_n and_o soon_o may_v bring_v i_o &_o such_o other_o in_o dyspayre_n i_o pray_v the_o declare_v i_o this_o manner_n of_o speech_n if_o 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affynyte_n or_o of_o gossyprede_v &_o sodomye_n that_o be_v mysuse_v of_o man_n body_n or_o woman_n in_o lechery_n against_o kind_n &_o pollucyon_n of_o man_n body_n or_o woman_n by_o their_o own_o stere_a &_o by_o themselves_o which_o be_v a_o full_a horryble_a sin_n and_o also_o synful_a meddle_a togydre_n bytwene_v husbonde_n and_o wife_n formcaciomeretricium_n adulterium_fw-la stupâ—un_n sacrilegiu_fw-la incestus_fw-la peccatum_fw-la sodomiticum_fw-la voluntaria_fw-la in_o se_fw-la pollucio_fw-la et_fw-la ê‘_n se_fw-la ê“uocat_fw-la et_fw-la libidinosus_fw-la coitus_fw-la piugalis_fw-la ¶_o dives_fw-la in_o how_o many_o way_n may_v the_o husbonde_a sin_n meddle_v with_o his_o wife_n ¶_o pauê‘_n in_o eight_o way_n first_o if_o he_o meddle_v with_o her_o only_a to_o fulfil_v his_o lust_n &_o his_o lechery_n take_v no_o heed_n to_o god_n ne_o to_o yâ—_z honest_a of_o matrymonye_n also_o if_o he_o pass_v measure_n in_o his_o do_v also_o if_o he_o meddle_v with_o she_o in_o time_n which_o holy_a chirche_n counseyl_v man_n to_o contynence_n as_z in_o holy_a time_n &_o in_o time_n of_o lent_fw-la in_o time_n of_o fast_a and_z of_o other_o prayer_n which_o time_n he_o may_v meddle_v with_o she_o so_o bodily_a against_o reverence_n of_o the_o time_n &_o of_o god_n that_o he_o shall_v sin_n dede_o for_o peter_n and_o poule_n teach_v that_o wed_a folk_n shall_v in_o holy_a time_n &_o in_o time_n of_o prayer_n abstain_v they_o from_o such_o lust_n that_o the_fw-mi prayer_n may_v the_o more_o gracyous_o be_v herd_n of_o god_n &_o their_o herte_n yâ—_z more_o give_v to_o god_n for_o such_o lust_n as_o for_o the_o time_n draw_v man_n herte_n and_o womannes_n moche_n from_o god_n and_o make_v they_o fulfle_v we_o she_o &_o the_o less_o goostly_a therefore_o as_o we_o rede_v gen_n vij_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o flood_n in_o noes_n time_n for_o the_o herd_n trybulacyon_n &_o dredther_n they_o be_v in_o all_o that_o year_n no_o and_o his_o three_o son_n keep_v they_o chaste_a &_o lay_v by_o themselves_o and_o their_o wyve_n by_o themselves_o so_o that_o by_o holy_a prayer_n and_o contynence_n they_o may_v yâ—_z soon_o be_v delyver_v of_o that_o peryll_n and_o myscheef_n that_o they_o be_v in_o also_o if_o he_o meddle_v with_o his_o wife_n in_o holy_a place_n without_o need_n for_o in_o time_n of_o be_v though_o he_o meddle_v with_o his_o wife_n in_o chirche_n if_o he_o dare_v not_o lie_v out_o of_o yâ—_z chirche_fw-fr for_o drede_v of_o his_o enemy_n he_o be_v excuse_v &_o the_o chirche_n be_v not_o pollute_v or_o elly_n it_o be_v pollute_v and_o also_o if_o he_o meddle_v with_o his_o wife_n when_o she_o be_v great_a with_o child_n nyghe_o the_o time_n of_o birth_n for_o than_o lyght_o he_o may_v slay_v the_o child_n also_o if_o they_o meddle_v togydre_n with_o evyll_n condyconn_v also_o if_o he_o meddle_v with_o his_o wife_n wetyng_o in_o her_o common_a sekenes_n at_o his_o own_o proufre_o but_o if_o husbonde_a and_o wife_n meddle_v to_o gydre_v 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rise_v they_o up_o out_o of_o bed_n without_o spot_n of_o blame_n caplm_n two_o qatrymonye_n be_v ordain_v of_o god_n for_o two_o cause_n first_o pâ—ycypaly_n in_o to_o offyce_v to_o bring_v forth_o child_n to_o god_n seruyce_n also_o in_o to_o remedy_n to_o flee_v fornycaconn_v &_o lechery_n for_o the_o first_o cause_n it_o be_v ordain_v in_o paradyse_n before_o adam_n sin_n for_o yâ—_z second_o cause_n it_o be_v ordain_v out_o of_o paradyse_n after_o adam_n sin_n three_o good_a thing_n be_v pryncypaly_a in_o matrymovye_n the_o first_o be_v faith_n that_o each_o of_o theym_n keep_v true_o his_o body_n to_o other_o &_o meddle_v flesshe_o with_o none_o other_o the_o second_o be_v bryng_v forth_o &_o nourysshing_n of_o child_n to_o yâ—_z worship_n of_o god_n &_o to_o god_n seruyce_n for_o elly_n it_o be_v better_a that_o they_o be_v unborn_a the_o three_o be_v yâ—_z sacrament_n which_o may_v not_o be_v undo_v but_o only_o by_o death_n and_o therefore_o the_o order_fw-fr of_o wedloke_n be_v full_a worshipful_a for_o it_o represent_v yâ—_z great_a sacrament_n of_o unyte_n &_o of_o endless_a love_n bytwene_v yâ—_z godhede_v &_o the_o manhede_v in_o cryste_n very_a god_n and_o very_a man_n &_o bytwene_n cryste_n &_o holy_a chirche_n &_o bytwene_n cryste_n &_o crysten_v soul_n and_o the_o faithful_a love_n that_o ought_v to_o be_v bytwene_v husbonde_n &_o wife_n betoken_v the_o love_n &_o the_o faith_n that_o ought_v to_o be_v bytwene_v cryste_n &_o crysten_v soul_n &_o bytwene_a cryste_n &_o holy_a chirche_n for_o the_o husbonde_n shall_v love_v his_o wife_n with_o true_a love_n and_o therefore_o when_o he_o w_v her_o he_o set_v a_o ring_a on_o her_o fynger_n which_o ring_v be_v a_o token_n of_o true_a love_n that_o ought_v to_o be_v bytwene_v they_o for_o they_o must_v love_v they_o togydre_fw-fr hertely_fw-mi and_o therefore_o it_o be_v set_v in_o the_o fourthe_n fynger_v for_o as_o clerk_n say_v fro_o that_o fynger_v god_n gyve_v she_o but_o one_o ring_v in_o token_n that_o they_o shall_v love_v theymsynguler_o togydre_a for_o as_o against_o comyne_v of_o the_o body_n the_z husbonde_a shall_v love_v his_o wife_n and_o none_o other_o and_z the_o wife_n her_o husbonde_n &_o none_o other_o the_o ring_a be_v round_o about_o and_o have_v none_o end_n in_o token_n that_o theridamas_n love_n shall_v be_v endeles_a &_o no_o thing_n depart_v they_o but_o death_n alone_o also_o the_o ring_a be_v make_v of_o gold_n or_o of_o silver_n in_o token_n that_o as_o gold_n and_o silver_n pass_v all_o other_o metal_n in_o value_n and_o clennesse_n so_o shall_v their_o love_n pass_v all_o other_o love_v and_o the_o husbonde_a love_n his_o wife_n pass_v all_o other_o wyman_n and_o the_o wife_n love_v her_o husbonde_n pass_v all_o other_o man_n and_o as_o gold_n and_o silver_n pass_v all_o other_o metal_n in_o clenne_n so_o shall_v there_o love_v all_o be_v set_v in_o clennes_n &_o not_o common_a togydre_fw-fr but_z for_o bryng_a forth_o of_o child_n or_o to_o flee_v fornycaconn_v or_o to_o yield_v the_o debt_n of_o their_o body_n this_o love_n betoken_v the_o love_n that_o we_o owe_v to_o god_n that_o be_v our_o goostly_a husbonde_n to_o who_o we_o be_v all_o wed_a in_o onr_n baptem_fw-la for_o we_o shall_v love_v he_o herte_o with_o all_o our_o herte_n synguler_o with_o all_o our_o soul_n lastyng_o with_o all_o our_o mind_n myghte_o and_z with_o all_o our_o myghtes_n and_o therefore_o say_v he_o deutronoê°_n vi_o thou_o shall_v love_v thy_o lord_n god_n with_o all_o thy_o herte_fw-fr with_o all_o thy_o soul_n with_o all_o thy_o mind_n and_z with_o all_o thy_o may_v the_o husbonde_n betoken_v cryste_n the_o wife_n betoken_v holy_a chirche_n &_o crysten_v soul_n which_o be_v god_n spouse_n and_o aught_o to_o be_v suget_v to_o cryste_n as_o wife_n to_o husbonde_n three_o
the_o open_o and_o so_o it_o befall_v for_o absalon_n his_o own_o soon_o droffe_n he_o out_o of_o his_o own_o kingdom_n and_o lay_v by_o he_o wyf_v in_o the_o sight_n of_o all_o the_o people_n and_o thereafter_o be_v never_o stabylyte_n in_o his_o kingdom_n and_o yet_o the_o avoutrye_n of_o davyd_v be_v more_o punyssh_v for_o the_o child_n that_o be_v beget_v in_o avoutrye_n die_v soon_o after_o for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o fader_fw-mi and_o of_o the_o mother_n and_o afterward_o aaman_n davyde_v soon_o lay_v by_o thamar_n his_o own_o sister_n &_o therefore_o absalon_n her_o brother_n sloughe_n aaman_n his_o brother_n in_o treccherye_n and_o all_o these_o myscheve_n felle_fw-fr for_o davyde_n sin_n with_o barsabee_n we_o find_v also_o in_o holy_a wryt_n judicum_fw-la twenty_o that_o for_o defoul_v of_o one_o man_n wife_n be_v slay_v three_o score_n thousand_o and_o fyve_o thousand_o it_o be_v a_o common_a proverb_n in_o latyn_a debile_a fundamentum_fw-la fallit_fw-la opus_fw-la a_o feeble_a ground_n desceyve_v the_o werke_n for_o when_o the_o ground_n be_v feeble_a and_o false_a the_z werke_n that_o be_v setttheron_o shall_v soon_o fail_v but_o yâ—_z ground_n and_o the_o beginning_n of_o every_o people_n be_v lawful_a wedloke_n &_o lawful_a generaconn_n in_o matrymonye_n and_o if_o that_o fail_v the_o people_n shall_v be_v unstable_a and_o unthryfty_a and_o that_o god_n show_v well_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n for_o when_o man_n wed_v unlawful_o and_o break_v the_o bond_n &_o the_o law_n of_o wedloke_n which_o god_n ordain_v at_o the_o beginning_n than_o god_n send_v the_o great_a flood_n and_o destroy_v all_o mankind_n save_o no_n &_o his_o wife_n and_o his_o three_o son_n and_o their_o wyve_n caplm_n four_o diues_fw-la when_o gaaf_a god_n law_n of_o matrymonye_n &_o what_o law_n gaaf_a he_o ¶_o pauper_fw-la when_o god_n have_v make_v adam_n he_o put_v a_o great_a sleep_v in_o adam_n &_o in_o his_o sleep_v he_o take_v out_o one_o of_o his_o rib_n &_o fill_v up_o the_o place_n with_o flesh_n &_o of_o that_o rybbe_n he_o make_v eve_n &_o bring_v she_o to_o adam_n than_o adam_n awake_v &_o as_o god_n inspire_v he_o he_o take_v the_o law_n of_o wedloke_n and_o say_v thus_o this_o bone_n be_v now_o of_o my_o bone_n &_o this_o flesh_n of_o my_o flesh_n for_o this_o thing_n man_n shall_v forsake_v fader_fw-mi &_o mother_n and_o take_v he_o to_o his_o wife_n and_z they_o shall_v be_v two_o in_o one_o flesh_n gen_n two_o in_o which_o word_n when_o he_o say_v that_o man_n for_o his_o wife_n shall_v forsake_v fader_fw-mi and_o mother_n and_o take_v he_o to_o his_o wife_n he_o show_v the_o sacrament_n of_o true_a love_n and_o unyte_v that_o aught_o to_o be_v bytwene_v husbonde_n and_o wife_n and_o by_o the_o same_o word_n he_o show_v what_o faith_n ought_v to_o be_v bytwene_v theym_fw-mi for_o he_o shall_v take_v he_o to_o his_o wife_n and_o meddle_v with_o she_o and_o with_o none_o other_o and_z she_o with_o he_o and_o with_o none_o other_o and_o in_o that_o he_o say_v that_o they_o shall_v be_v two_o in_o one_o flesh_n he_o show_v that_o they_o shall_v meddle_v togydre_n pryncypal_o to_o bring_v forth_o child_n to_o god_n worship_n for_o in_o their_o child_n husbonde_a and_o wife_n be_v one_o flesh_n and_o one_o blood_n also_o in_o that_o he_o say_v that_o the_o husbonde_n shall_v cleve_v to_o his_o wife_n he_o forbid_v fornycacyon_n and_o avoutrye_n and_o that_o he_o say_v in_o the_o syngule_a nombre_fw-fr to_o his_o wife_n and_o not_o to_o his_o wyve_n he_o forbid_v bygamye_n that_o a_o man_n shall_v not_o have_v two_o wyve_n to_o gydre_v ne_o one_o woman_n two_o husbonde_n to_o gydre_n and_o in_o yâ—_z he_o say_v that_o they_o shall_v be_v two_o in_o one_o flesh_n he_o forbid_v sodomye_n &_o also_o by_o the_o same_o word_n he_o show_v that_o each_o of_o theym_n have_v power_n over_o other_o body_n &_o none_o of_o they_o may_v contain_v but_o by_o assent_n of_o they_o both_o ¶_o dives_fw-la why_o make_v god_n woman_n more_o of_o the_o rybbe_n of_o adam_n than_o of_o a_o other_o bone_n ¶_o pauê‘_n for_o the_o rybbe_n be_v next_o the_o herte_n in_o token_n that_o god_n make_v she_o to_o be_v man_n fellow_n in_o love_n &_o his_o helper_n and_o as_o the_o rybbe_n be_v next_o the_o herte_n of_o all_o bone_n so_o shall_v the_o wyf_v be_v next_o in_o love_n of_o all_o wyman_n &_o of_o all_o man_n god_n make_v not_o woman_n of_o the_o foot_n to_o be_v man_n thrall_n ne_z he_o make_v she_o not_o of_o the_o heed_n to_o be_v his_o master_n but_z of_o his_o side_n &_o of_o his_o rybbe_n to_o be_v his_o fellow_n in_o love_n &_o helper_n at_o need_n but_o when_o eve_n sin_v than_z be_v woman_n make_v suget_v to_o man_n so_o that_o the_o wife_n shall_v be_v rule_v by_o her_o husbond_n &_o drede_v he_o and_o serve_v he_o as_o fellow_n in_o love_n &_o helper_n at_o need_n &_o as_o next_o solace_n in_o sorrow_n not_o as_o thrall_v &_o bind_v in_o vyleyne_v seruage_n for_o yâ—_z husbonde_a aught_o to_o have_v his_o wife_n in_o reverence_n &_o worship_n in_o that_o they_o be_v both_o one_o flesh_n &_o one_o blood_n ¶_o dives_fw-la why_o make_v not_o god_n woman_n by_o hyrselfe_n of_o the_o earth_n as_o he_o do_v adam_n ¶_o pauê‘_n for_o to_o increase_v their_o love_n to_o gydre_fw-fr &_o also_o to_o gyve_v woman_n matter_n of_o lowenesse_n first_o for_o increase_v of_o love_n for_z in_o that_o woman_n be_v part_n of_o man_n body_n man_n must_v love_v she_o as_o his_o own_o flesh_n &_o blood_n and_o also_o she_o must_v love_v man_n as_o her_o beginning_a &_o as_o her_o flesh_n &_o her_o blood_n also_o she_o ought_v to_o take_v great_a matter_n of_o lowness_n &_o think_v that_o man_n be_v her_o perfeccyon_n &_o her_o beginning_n &_o have_v man_n in_o reverence_n as_o she_o perfecconn_v as_z her_o pryncypal_n as_z her_o beginning_n &_o her_o first_o in_o order_fw-fr of_o kind_n god_n make_v all_o mankind_n of_o one_o for_z he_o will_v that_o all_o mankind_n shall_v be_v in_o one_o charyte_n as_o they_o come_v all_o of_o one_o caplm_n u_o diues_fw-la whether_o be_v avoutry_n gretter_n sin_n in_o the_o man_n or_o in_o the_o woman_n ¶_o pauper_fw-la common_o it_o be_v more_o sin_n in_o the_o man_n for_o the_o hygh_a degree_n yâ—_z hard_a be_v the_o fall_n &_o the_o sin_n more_o grevous_a also_o man_n be_v more_o mighty_a by_o way_n of_o kind_n to_o withstand_v &_o have_v more_o reason_n whereby_o he_o may_v withstand_v &_o beware_v of_o the_o fende_v gyle_v and_o in_o that_o he_o be_v make_v master_n &_o governor_n of_o woman_n to_o govern_v she_o in_o virtue_n &_o keep_v she_o fro_o vice_n if_o he_o fall_v in_o vice_n and_o in_o avoutre_n more_o than_o yâ—_z woman_n he_o be_v moche_n to_o blame_v &_o worthy_a to_o be_v repreve_v shameful_o therefore_o saint_n austen_n in_o li._n de_fw-fr decem_fw-la cordis_fw-la vnderneme_v husbonde_n that_o fall_v in_o avoutrye_n &_o say_v to_o each_o of_o they_o in_o this_o manner_n god_n say_v to_o the_o thou_o shall_v do_v no_o lechery_n that_o be_v to_o say_v thou_o shall_v meddle_v with_o no_o woman_n but_o with_o the_o wife_n thou_o axe_v this_o of_o thy_o wife_n that_o she_o meddle_v with_o none_o but_o with_o the._n and_o therefore_o thou_o ought_v to_o be_v before_o thy_o wife_n in_o virtue_n thou_o fall_v down_v under_o the_o fylthe_n of_o lechery_n thou_o will_v that_o thy_o wife_n be_v overcome_a of_o lechery_n &_o have_v yâ—_z maystrye_n of_o the_o fiend_n &_o thou_o will_v be_v overcome_v as_o a_o coward_n &_o lie_v down_o in_o lechery_n and_o notwithstanding_o that_o thou_o be_v heed_n of_o thy_o wife_n yet_o thy_o wife_n go_v before_o the_o to_o god_n &_o thou_o that_o be_v heed_n of_o thy_o wife_n goo_v bacwarde_o to_o hell_n man_n say_v he_o be_v heed_n of_o woman_n &_o therefore_o in_o what_o household_n the_o woman_n lyve_v better_a than_o the_o man_n in_o yâ—_z household_n hang_v the_o heed_n donewarde_o for_o since_o man_n be_v heed_n of_o woman_n he_z aught_o to_o live_v better_a than_o woman_n &_o 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sight_n shall_v be_v foul_a worm_n toad_n adder_n &_o horryble_a face_n of_o the_o fende_v &_o mysshape_v thing_n there_o wicked_a worm_n shall_v gnaw_v the_o herte_a rote_n there_o shall_v be_v sorrow_n &_o sighing_n and_o horryble_a drede_n there_o sinful_a wretch_n shall_v brenne_n in_o the_o fire_n without_o end_n in_o their_o body_n they_o shall_v be_v tourment_v by_o fire_n &_o in_o their_o soul_n by_o worm_n of_o conscyence_n there_o shall_v be_v death_n without_o death_n for_o always_o they_o shall_v be_v in_o de_v and_o in_o utter_a pain_n and_o may_v not_o dye_v but_o always_o live_v in_o de_v there_o smelling_n shall_v be_v fill_v with_o horryble_a stench_n for_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o hope_n but_o when_o they_o be_v in_o these_o pain_n ten_o hondr_v year_n yet_o their_o pain_n in_o new_a all_o to_o begin_v and_o therefore_o if_o love_n of_o god_n &_o meed_n in_o heaven_n styre_v we_o not_o to_o flee_v lechery_n and_o all_o other_o sin_n let_v we_o flee_v lechery_n &_o 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argue_v against_o the_o &_o say_v that_o woman_n sin_v more_o grevous_o than_o adam_n for_z she_o put_v hyrself_fw-mi in_o sin_n &_o her_o husbonde_a adam_n but_z adam_n put_v only_a hynselfe_n in_o sin_n ¶_o pauper_fw-la this_o reason_n be_v nought_o for_o as_o i_o say_v first_o adam_n be_v shend_v with_o prevy_a pride_n and_o wealth_n of_o hynselfe_n &_o fall_v in_o to_o sin_n or_o eve_n proâ—ced_v he_o yâ—_z apple_n also_o say_v saint_n austen_n de_fw-fr ci_fw-fr dei.li.xiiij.ca.xi_fw-la adam_n wyste_v well_o that_o it_o be_v a_o grevous_a sin_n but_o eve_n be_v so_o desceyve_v that_o she_o wend_v that_o it_o have_v be_v no_o sin_n and_o therefore_o the_o sin_n that_o she_o do_v by_o ignorau_n ce_fw-fr &_o desceyte_n of_o the_o fiend_n excuse_v not_o ne_z less_v not_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n that_o he_o do_v willing_n &_o wyttyngly_a adam_n be_v her_o soverayne_a &_o shall_v have_v govern_v they_o both_o and_o not_o obey_v to_o the_o voice_n of_o his_o wife_n against_o the_o voice_n of_o god_n that_o forbid_v he_o the_o tree_n example_n if_o a_o simple_a man_n be_v unconning_a and_z by_o desceyte_n of_o some_o shrew_n do_v a_o folly_n wen_v not_o to_o do_v amiss_o and_z he_o come_v to_o his_o prelate_n or_o his_o bysshop_n &_o counseyll_v he_o to_o do_v the_o same_o and_z his_o prelate_n or_o his_o bysshop_n do_v the_o same_o wit_v well_o that_o he_o do_v amiss_o and_o that_o it_o be_v a_o grevouse_n sin_n every_o man_n will_v deem_v that_o the_o bysshop_n and_o his_o prelate_n syn_v more_o grevous_o than_o the_o simple_a man_n that_o wend_v not_o to_o do_v amiss_o and_o thus_o nyghe_a all_o circumstance_n thaâ—_n aggreggen_fw-mi any_o sin_n aggreg_v the_o sin_n of_o adam_n more_o than_o yâ—_z sin_n of_o eve_n for_o he_o be_v soverayne_a and_o parfyght_o more_o in_o kind_n wise_a and_o myghty_a to_o withstand_v the_o fende_v fode_v and_z with_o less_o temptaconn_n fall_v in_o sin_n &_o brake_n god_n commandment_n wityng_o but_o eve_n by_o desceyte_n of_o the_o 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show_v i_o that_o ¶_o pauper_fw-la for_o god_n blame_v high_o first_o of_o all_o &_o declare_v to_o he_o his_o sin_n &_o god_n abode_n of_o punysshing_n till_o he_o have_v undernomen_fw-la eve_n and_z after_o eve_n the_o fiend_n in_o the_o adder_n &_o first_o he_o punyssh_v the_o adder_n &_o than_o eve_n that_o adam_n shall_v have_v beware_v and_o axe_v mercy_n and_o so_o god_n blame_v he_o first_o &_o punyssh_v high_o last_o so_z gyve_n he_o respite_n to_o repentance_n but_o for_o all_o this_o adam_n repent_v he_o not_o ne_z wool_fw-mi de_fw-fr axe_n mercy_fw-mi ne_fw-fr low_a he_o first_o god_n punyssh_v he_o fro_o for_o in_o yâ—_z adder_n in_o that_o that_o he_o curse_v the_o adder_n that_o be_v his_o suget_n &_o make_v the_o adder_n enemy_n to_o his_o wife_n &_o to_o her_o sede_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v to_o their_o child_n that_o she_o shall_v get_v of_o adam_n &_o so_o god_n make_v the_o adder_n that_o be_v before_o suget_v &_o meek_a to_o he_o rebel_n &_o enemy_n to_o his_o love_n that_o be_v he_o wyf_v &_o to_o all_o that_o shall_v come_v of_o they_o two_o yet_o adam_n stand_v obstynat_a than_o god_n punyssh_v eve_n his_o wyf_v his_o love_n his_o help_n &_o so_o punyssh_v high_a in_o eve_n for_o if_o he_o love_v she_o so_o moche_n as_o clerk_n say_v it_z shall_v have_v be_v to_o he_o full_o great_a pain_n to_o see_v his_o wyf_v his_o love_n so_o punyssh_v for_o as_o clerk_n say_v the_z great_a love_n that_o he_o have_v to_o eve_n make_v he_o to_o break_v yâ—_z commandment_n of_o god_n and_o yet_o now_o a_o day_n it_o be_v full_a great_a pain_n to_o kind_n folk_n true_a in_o love_n to_o see_v their_o love_n &_o their_o friend_n in_o sorrow_n and_o disease_n also_o god_n punyssh_v adam_n &_o eve_n in_o that_o that_o he_o punyssh_v she_o with_o myscheve_n of_o sykenesse_n freelte_fw-la &_o feebleness_n for_o in_o so_o moche_v god_n take_v from_o he_o his_o help_n that_o be_v woman_n make_v to_o be_v man_n help_n but_o the_o more_o feeble_a that_o god_n 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adam_n be_v ordain_v to_o many_o more_o peril_n both_o on_o land_n and_o on_o water_n and_z to_o war_n and_o to_o woo_v and_o besynesse_n of_o this_o world_n and_z to_o moche_n travail_n and_o to_o many_o peril_n more_o than_o woman_n be_v ordain_v to_o ¶_o dives_fw-la i_o have_v wondre_fw-fr that_fw-mi any_o clerk_n shall_v hold_v against_o the_o in_o this_o mater_fw-la of_o adam_n sin_n ¶_o pauper_fw-la clerk_n speak_v oft_o by_o opynyon_n in_o this_o mater_fw-la and_o other_o matter_n also_o and_o not_o always_o affirm_v that_o they_o say_v to_o the_o uttermoste_a but_o put_v it_o in_o the_o doom_n of_o other_o clerk_n if_o they_o can_v say_v better_o and_o so_o do_v i_o now_o at_o this_o time_n if_o any_o clerk_n can_v say_v more_o skylful_o reason_n ¶_o here_o end_v the_o sixthe_a commandment_n and_o begyn_v the_o seventhe_n commandment_n capitulum_n primum_fw-la diues_fw-la i_o thank_v the_o for_o thou_o have_v well_o declare_v to_o i_o the_o six_o commandment_n now_o i_o pray_v the_o inform_v thou_o i_o in_o the_o seventhe_n commandment_n ¶_o pauper_fw-la the_o seven_o commandment_n be_v this_o non_fw-la furtum_fw-la facies_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v thou_o shall_v do_v no_o theeft_n neither_o in_o will_n ne_z in_o deed_n as_o the_o gloze_n say_v and_o so_o by_o this_o commandment_n be_v forboden_v all_o manner_n miss_v take_v &_o all_o manner_n false_a with_o hold_v &_o withdraw_v of_o other_o man_n good_a against_o their_o will_n &_o all_o the_o mean_n that_o lede_v to_o theeft_v be_v also_o forboden_a by_o this_o commandment_n as_z false_a weyghtes_n false_a mesure_n fall_v oath_n gylous_a speech_n gyle_v in_o craft_n &_o gyle_v in_o chafayre_n false_a werkmanshyp_n &_o faint_a
of_o themselves_o yet_o the_o lordship_n &_o power_n be_v of_o god_n gift_n as_o saint_n austen_n say_v &_o therefore_o it_o must_v be_v worshyp_v the_o lordship_n that_o be_v only_o of_o dyspensaconn_n commit_v by_o a_o soverayne_n be_v medefull_a worshipful_a &_o commendable_a also_o there_o be_v three_o manner_n of_o propertee_n and_o properhede_v one_o be_v that_o kind_n gyve_v as_o man_n to_o lie_v and_o every_o man_n have_v his_o own_o herte_fw-la his_o own_o soul_n &_o his_o own_o will_n for_o to_o do_v well_o or_o evyll_n and_o this_o property_n be_v nedeful_a an_o other_o property_n there_o be_v that_o come_v only_o of_o covetyse_n by_o which_o covetyse_n folk_n say_v this_z be_v i_o &_o this_o be_v thy_o and_o so_o they_o propren_n to_o themselves_o by_o covetyse_n that_o be_v common_a by_o kind_n and_o this_o propertee_n so_o ground_v in_o covetyse_n be_v damnable_a &_o sinful_a the_o three_o be_v dyspensaconn_v for_o one_o man_n have_v moche_v thing_n in_o his_o 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