| | hony / ete of hit that suffyseth . 449 For yf thou ete of hit out | |
| | of mesure / thou shalt spewe / and be nedy and poure 450 And | |
| | parauenture Crist hath the in dispyte / and hath torned a- | |
| | way fro the his face and his misericorde 451 And also he hath | |
| | suffryd that thou hast be punysshid in the maner that thou | |
| | hast trespassed / 452 Thou hast don synne agayn our lord Ihesu | |
| | crist . 453 For certes the thre enemyes of mankynde that is to | |
| | saye the flessh the fende and the world 454 thou hast suffryd | |
| | hem for to entre in to thy herte wilfully by the wyndowes | |
| | of thy body . 455 And hast not defended thy self sufficyently | |
| | agaynst her assaultes and her temptacions / so that they | |
| | haue wounded thy soule in fyue places 456 this is to saye / the | |
| | dedely synnes that ben entrid in to thy herte be thy fyue wyt | |
| | tes . 457 And in thys maner our lord Ihesu Crist hath suf- | |
| | fryd that thy thre enmyes ben entryd in to thy hous by | |
| | the wyndowes . 458 And haue wounded thy doughter in the | |
| | maner aforesaid . | |
| 459 | C | Ertes said Mellebe I see well that ye enforce yow | |
| | mykyl by wordes to ouercome me in suche maner as I | |
| | shal not venge me of myn enemyes 460 Shewyng me the perill | |
| | & the euyll that myght befalle of this vengeance / 461 But who | |
| | so wold considere in alle vengeances the peryll & the euyll | |
| | that might sewe of vengeance takyng / 462 a man wold neuer | |
| | take vengeance / & that were harme / 463 for by vengeance taking | |
| | ben wicked men disseuerd from the good men 464 And they | |
| | that haue wil to do wickednes restreyue her wicked purpoos | |
| | Whan they see the punysshyng & the chastysing of the tres | |
| | passours . 465 And yet saye I more / that right as by singuler | |
| | persumpcion he synneth in taking vengeance of another man | |
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