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De El eemo-
synis.
Guy Learns
5i And so he shal casten his lone
To lesu Crist, pat is aboue,
A?zd leten and flen sinful dede,
Bope for lone and eke for drede.
Ac, who-so wole don be my lore,
Iwis he shal spare more,
To flen sinne day and niht,
Tor drede to lese pat faire siht
IT Off godes face, pat is so cler,
Off whom we han al cure power,
J?an for drede of any wo,
pat any ping mihte hem do.
5i Leue frend, herkne to me,
And more i wole speke to pe;
For in pe godspel i wole rede
Off pe uertu of almesdede.
pin almesse pu shalt forp puite,
And spare hit noht, pouh hit be luite :
[In pe godspel it es write,
I sal, man, przt pou it wife.]
God seip pus in his lore :
‘ Man, if pu miht ^eue no more
But a dishful of cold water,
pu shalt hit ^eue neuere pe later
Wid gode wille and wid charite,
And ful wel it worp golden pe.’ tib
And, whan pu shalt haue pank and mede
For so litel an almesdede,
Siker maitou panne be,
If pu ^euest muche in charite
To god, pu miht pe betre spede,
41
908
to flee the
evil world,
912
916
lest thou lose
the sight
of God’s glori-
ous face.
920 Be piteous
to the poor.
924
Put forth
alms.
928
Give but a
cup of cold
water in love,
932 and it will re-
ward thee.
936
907 so] Jus D. he] om. R. shal] may fen Hi, fen shal he R. 908 is]
syttes DR. 909 leten and flen] leteflene D, leue and flye Hi, leeue & fie alle
R. 910 eke] om. HjR. The manuscript ends with 910 in Hi. 911 Ac] and
D, But R. 912 spare] lett R. 913 day] bothe day R. 915 Off] And of D.
916 Off] And of D. 917 any] oure R. 918 mihte hem] hym myjt {over
erasure) D, vs might R. 919 herkne] herken now D. 920 more i wole]
meche I sal D. 921 fe godspel i wole] f is boke I sal D, J>o gospel as we R.
923 almesse] almes dede R. puite] pitte R. 924 1st! hit] om. D. luite] litte
R. 925 and 926 are omitted in AiR. 930 shalt hit Jeue] putt hit forth R.
931 wid charite] in pyte D, charite R. 932 worf] wrof D, bes R. golden]
ijolde D. 933 whan] hou D. haue fawk and] be fenke for fat D. 935
maitou fanne] fen may fou R. 937 To] Tho D. miht] salt D.
synis.
Guy Learns
5i And so he shal casten his lone
To lesu Crist, pat is aboue,
A?zd leten and flen sinful dede,
Bope for lone and eke for drede.
Ac, who-so wole don be my lore,
Iwis he shal spare more,
To flen sinne day and niht,
Tor drede to lese pat faire siht
IT Off godes face, pat is so cler,
Off whom we han al cure power,
J?an for drede of any wo,
pat any ping mihte hem do.
5i Leue frend, herkne to me,
And more i wole speke to pe;
For in pe godspel i wole rede
Off pe uertu of almesdede.
pin almesse pu shalt forp puite,
And spare hit noht, pouh hit be luite :
[In pe godspel it es write,
I sal, man, przt pou it wife.]
God seip pus in his lore :
‘ Man, if pu miht ^eue no more
But a dishful of cold water,
pu shalt hit ^eue neuere pe later
Wid gode wille and wid charite,
And ful wel it worp golden pe.’ tib
And, whan pu shalt haue pank and mede
For so litel an almesdede,
Siker maitou panne be,
If pu ^euest muche in charite
To god, pu miht pe betre spede,
41
908
to flee the
evil world,
912
916
lest thou lose
the sight
of God’s glori-
ous face.
920 Be piteous
to the poor.
924
Put forth
alms.
928
Give but a
cup of cold
water in love,
932 and it will re-
ward thee.
936
907 so] Jus D. he] om. R. shal] may fen Hi, fen shal he R. 908 is]
syttes DR. 909 leten and flen] leteflene D, leue and flye Hi, leeue & fie alle
R. 910 eke] om. HjR. The manuscript ends with 910 in Hi. 911 Ac] and
D, But R. 912 spare] lett R. 913 day] bothe day R. 915 Off] And of D.
916 Off] And of D. 917 any] oure R. 918 mihte hem] hym myjt {over
erasure) D, vs might R. 919 herkne] herken now D. 920 more i wole]
meche I sal D. 921 fe godspel i wole] f is boke I sal D, J>o gospel as we R.
923 almesse] almes dede R. puite] pitte R. 924 1st! hit] om. D. luite] litte
R. 925 and 926 are omitted in AiR. 930 shalt hit Jeue] putt hit forth R.
931 wid charite] in pyte D, charite R. 932 worf] wrof D, bes R. golden]
ijolde D. 933 whan] hou D. haue fawk and] be fenke for fat D. 935
maitou fanne] fen may fou R. 937 To] Tho D. miht] salt D.