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A11157 This book was compyled [and] made atte requeste of kyng Phelyp of Fraunce ... whyche book is callyd in frensshe. le liure Royal· that is to say the ryal book. or a book for a kyng. ...; Somme des vices et vertus. English Laurent, Dominican, fl. 1279.; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491. 1485 (1485) STC 21429; ESTC S109148 224,600 322

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the_o cross_a bow_n so_o moche_n more_o smit_v it_o the_o hard_a and_o strong_a and_o certeynlye_a god_n have_v his_o bow_n bend_v and_o ready_a to_o loze_v as_o say_v the_o psaulter_n for_o to_o slay_v the_o synnar_n if_o they_o will_v not_o converte_v they_o and_o if_o they_o take_v not_o good_a heed_n ¶_o also_o the_o synnar_a that_o overlonge_n tarry_v to_o confess_v he_o forgete_v oft_o his_o sin_n so_o that_o it_o hap_v that_o unnethe_v that_o he_o be_v well_o and_o true_o confessyd_v for_o he_o forgete_v many_o sin_n which_o he_o shall_v never_o remember_v and_o so_o of_o they_o shall_v he_o never_o repent_v ne_o never_o be_v confess_v of_o which_o it_o be_v to_o he_o great_a perylle_n ¶_o also_o when_o a_o synnar_a be_v tofore_o his_o confessor_n he_o ought_v to_o express_v and_o say_v his_o sin_n clere_o so_o that_o his_o confessor_n see_v evydent_o his_o herte_n and_o all_o thentencyon_n of_o he_o that_o confess_v he_o for_o the_o seek_v man_n ought_v to_o dyscoure_v his_o maladye_o unto_o the_o physycyen_fw-mi elly_n the_o physycyen_n may_v not_o werke_v ne_o the_o surgyen_n ne_o may_v not_o heel_n the_o sore_a but_o if_o he_o see_v the_o wound_n and_o therefore_o say_v the_o wise_a man_n if_o thou_o will_v that_o the_o surgyan_a heel_n the._n thou_o must_v dyscovere_v to_o he_o thy_o wound_n or_o sore_n ¶_o thenne_v the_o truaunte_n and_o the_o lame_a kechen_a the_o to_o confess_v the_o which_o show_v their_o malady_n and_o lie_v forth_o the_o foul_a tofore_o for_o to_o have_v alms_n thus_o thenne_n ought_v the_o synnar_a to_o dyscover_v his_o sin_n to_o his_o confessor_n for_o to_o have_v mercy·_v and_o this_o be_v the_o thyrd_o condycyon_n that_o aught_o to_o be_v in_o confessyon_n ¶_o also_o the_o synnar_a aught_o to_o confess_v he_o entyerly_a and_o hooly_a this_o be_v the_o four_o condycyon_n for_o he_o ought_v to_o say_v alle_fw-mi his_o sin_n great_a and_o lytel_a and_o alle_fw-mi the_o cyrcumstaunce_n of_o the_o synnes·_n thenne_n he_o ought_v first_o to_o byholde_v the_o dede_o synnes·_n of_o which_o i_o have_v speak_v tofore_o and_o to_o confess_v he_o hoo_o of_o everyche_n of_o they_o after_z that_o he_o fele_v he_o culpable_a wythoute_n to_o hide_v any_o thing_n and_o wythoute_n say_v more_o and_z wythoute_n excuse_v hym·_v and_o wythoute_n to_o accuse_v any_o other_o ¶_o right_a so_o confessyd_v he_o davyd_v that_o say_v in_o the_o psaulter_n i_o shalle_o confess_v i_o and_o shall_v say_v all_o my_o sin_n against_o i_o and_o not_o against_o other_o like_o as_o ypocryte_n which_o put_v always_o the_o fair_a outward_a and_o telle_fw-fr their_o good_a dede_n and_o hide_v their_o evil_a dede_n and_o accusen_v other_o of_o that_o which_o they_o them self_o be_v more_o culpable_a of_o for_o they_o see_v well_o a_o lytel_n festue_n or_o a_o lytel_n mote_n in_o the_o eye_n of_o other_o and_o behold_v not_o a_o great_a beme_fw-mi or_o block_n which_o be_v in_o their_o owen_n eye_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o great_a sin_n 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than_o in_o another_o as_o in_o a_o relygyous_a man_n more_o than_o in_o a_o secular_a in_o a_o prelate_n than_o in_o a_o simple_a man_n ¶_o also_o this_o be_v more_o great_a sin_n in_o one_o place_n than_o in_o another_o as_z in_o a_o monasterye·_n or_o in_o any_o other_o holy_a place·_n more_o than_o in_o a_o unhalowed_a place_n also_o in_o one_o time_n more_o than_o in_o another_o as_o in_o lent_fw-la or_o on_o festeful_a day_n ¶_o also_o when_o one_o syn_v wytyng_o and_o in_o earnest_a he_o syn_v more_o than_o when_o one_o syn_v ygnorantlye_o ¶_o also_o one_o ought_v for_o to_o say_v the_o condycyon_n of_o the_o sin_n for_o it_o be_v gretter_n sin_n with_o a_o wed_a woman_n
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of_o the_o sin_n of_o avaunt_a capo._n lij_o of_o evil_a sayer_n of_o other_o ca_fw-mi liij_o of_o the_o sin_n to_o say_v lesynge_n capitulo_fw-la liiij_o of_o the_o sin_n of_o pariurye_n capitulo_fw-la lv_o of_o the_o sin_n &_o peryl_n that_o be_v in_o chyde_a ca_fw-mi luj_o of_o the_o sin_n of_o murmur_n ca_fw-mi lvij_o of_o the_o sin_n &_o peryl_n that_o be_v in_o rebellyon_n ca_fw-mi lviij_o of_o the_o sin_n of_o blasphemye_n ca_fw-mi lix_o that_o this_o lyf_v ny_n but_o death_n as_o hit_v appyer_v ca_fw-mi lx_o how_o man_n lyve_v deyeng_v in_o this_o world_n capitulo_fw-la lxj_o how_o a_o man_n ought_v to_o live_v holy_o &_o to_o learn_v to_o do_v well_o lxij_o of_o iij_o manner_n of_o good_n spyrytuel_a capitulo_fw-la lxiij_o of_o the_o good_n of_o fortune_n capitulo_fw-la lxiiij_o of_o the_o good_n of_o nature_n ca_fw-mi lxv_o of_o the_o good_n of_o grace_n capitulo_fw-la lxuj_o what_o virtue_n be_v honourable_a good_a capitulo_fw-la lxvij_o of_o veray_fw-fr sapyence_n or_o 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