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And the birdes of helle shal deuoure hem with bitter deth . | |||
And the galle of the dragon her morsellis / 122 And ferther- | |||
ouer her mysese shal be in defaute of clothing for they shal | |||
be naked in body as of clothing / Saue the fyre in whiche | |||
they brenne and other fylthes / 123 And naked shal they be | |||
in sowle of alle maner vertues / whiche that is the clothing | |||
of sowle / Where ben thenne the gay Robis and the softe | |||
shetis and fyn shertis / 124 Lo what sayth god of hem by | |||
the prophete Ysaye / that vnder hem shal be strawed mothes | |||
and her couertours shal be of wormys of helle / . 125 And | |||
furtherouer her mysese shal be in defaute of frendes for he is | |||
not poure that hath good frendes / but ther is no frende / . | |||
126 For neyther god ne good creature shal be frende to hem | |||
And euery of hem shal hate other with dedely hate / 127 The | |||
sones and the doughters shul rebelle ayenst the fader and | |||
moder / And kynrede ayenst kynrede and chyden and des- | |||
pisen eche other both day and nyght / as god saith by the | |||
prophete Micheas / 128 And the louyng children that sōme | |||
tyme loueden so flesshely euerich of them wolde ete other yf | |||
he myghte / 129 For how sholde they loue to gyder in the peynes | |||
of helle / whan they hated eche other in the prosperyte of | |||
this lyf / 130 For trust wel / her fleshly loue is dedly hate as | |||
saith the prophete Dauid / who so loueth wickednes he ha- | |||
tith his sowle / 131 And who so hateth his owen sowle / Certes | |||
he may loue none other wight in no maner / 132 And therfore | |||
in helle is no frendship but euer the more cursyng the more | |||
chydyng and the more dedly hate is among hem 133 And | |||
furtherouer they shal haue defautes of alle maner delites / | |||
for why / For delites ben appetites of the wittes as sight / | |||