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| horrible deuylles that hem tormente 110 couerd with the derk- | |||
| nes of deth 111 that ben the synnes that the wrecchyd man | |||
| hath don / Whyche that destourben hym to see the face of | |||
| god / Right as a derk cloude betwene vs and the sonne | |||
| 112 Londe of mysese by cause that ther be thre defautes ayenst | |||
| thre thynges that folk of this world haue in this pre- | |||
| sent lyf / that is to saye / honouris / delytes / and Ry- | |||
| ches / 113 Ayenst honour haue they in helle shame and con- | |||
| fusion / 114 For wel ye wote they clepen honour the reuerence | |||
| that men don to men / but in helle is none honour ne Re | |||
| uerence / For certes nomore Reuerence shal be there to a | |||
| kynge than a knaue / 115 For whiche god saith by the pro- | |||
| phete Iheromye / The folk that me dispysen shall be in | |||
| despyte / . 116 Honour is eke cleped a grete lordshyp / there | |||
| shal no wight seruen other / but of harme and torment | |||
| Honour is eke cleped grete dignyte and highnes but | |||
| in helle shall they alle be fortroden with deuylles 117 as god | |||
| saith / The horrible deuylles shulle goo and comyn vpon | |||
| heedes of dampned folk / And this is for as muche that | |||
| the hyer that they were in this present lyf the more they | |||
| shul be abated and defowled in helle / 118 Ayenst the riches | |||
| of thys world / shal they haue mysese of pouerte / And | |||
| this pouerte shal be in . iiij . thynges 119 In defawte of tresour | |||
| of whiche Dauid saith / The riche folk that enbracen and | |||
| coueyten in al her herte þe riches of this world shulle slepe | |||
| in the slepyng of deth / as nothing shul they fynde in | |||
| there hondes of all her tresour / 120 And more ouer the mysese | |||
| of helle shal be in defaute of mete and drynke . 121 For god | |||
| saith thus by Moyses / Ye shal be wasted with hunger . | |||

