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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 . | |||