And kouthe I nevere, by Crist! That I ne soiled it with sighte Or thorugh werk, or thorugh word, That I ne flobre it foule Fro morwe til even." [Conscience, "And I shal kenne thee," quod r 'Of contricion to make That shal clawe thi cote Of alle kynnes filthe. Cordis contritio, etc. 8934 Do-wel shal wasshen and wryngen it Thorugh a wis confessour. Oris confessio, etc. Do-bet shal beten it and bouken it As bright as any scarlet, And engreyven it with good wille And Goddes grace to amende the, And sithen sende thee to satisfaccion For to sowen it after. Satisfactio Do-best, r 8945 Shal nevere cheeste by-molen it, Ne mothe after biten it, Ne fend ne fals man Defoulen it in thi lyve. Than Haukyns wif the wafrer, 8956 Ne solliciti sitis, etc. Volucres cœli Deus pascit, etc. vincunt. Patientes Thanne laughed Haukyn a litel, And lightly gan swerye, "Who so leveth yow, by oure Lord! I leve noght he be blessed." "No," quod Pacience paciently; And out of his poke hente Vitailles of grete vertues For alle manere beestes, 8978 And seide," Lo here liflode y-nogh! "First the wilde worm Under weet erthe, Fissh to lyve in the flood, 8989 And in the fir the criket, The corlew by kynde of the eyr In menynge that alle men 8990 Lyve thorugh leel bileve And love, as God witnesseth." Quodcunque petieritis a patre in nomine meo, etc. Et alibi: Non in solo pane vivit homo, sed in omni verbo quod procedit de ore Dei. But I lokede what liflode it was Shul nevere gyves thee greve, Prison ne peyne; 9012 9023 Or thorugh hunger or thorugh hete, For if thow lyve after his loore, Si quis amat Christum, Mundum non diliget istum. "For thorugh his breeth beestes And a-brood yeden. Dixit et facta sunt, etc. [woxen Ergo thorugh his breeth mowen Men and beestes lyven, As holy writ witnesseth, Whan men seye hir graces. 9035 Aperis tu manum tuam, et imples omne animal benedictione. “It is founden that fourty wynter Folk lyvede withouten tulying; And out of the flynt sprong the flood That folk and beestes dronken; And in Elyes tyme Hevene was y-closed, That no reyn ne roon; Thus rede men in bokes That many wyntres men lyveden, And no mete ne tulieden. 9046 "Sevene slepe, as seith the book, Sevene hundred wynter, And lyveden withouten liflode, If Cristes wordes ben trewe. unkyndenesse caristiam "Ac maketh 9056 Amonges cristen peple; And over plentee maketh pryde 9057 For the meschief and the meschaunce Amonges men of Sodome, Otiositas et abundantia panis pec catum turpissimum nutrivit. For thei mesured noght hemself Thei diden dedly synne That the devel liked, vengeaunce fil upon So For hir vile synnes; Thei sonken into helle, The citees echone. 9071 hem "For-thi mesure we us wel, And make oure feith oure sheltrom; And thorugh feith cometh contriConscience woot wel, [cion, Which dryveth awey dedly synne, And dooth it to be venial. [speke, And though a man myghte noght Contricion myghte hym save, And brynge his soule to blisse; For so that feith bere witnesse, That whiles he lyvede, he bilevede In the loore of the holy chirche. Ergo contricion, feith, and conscience Is kyndeliche Do-wel, 9089 |