| | annoyeth or greuith so mykel anoieth a venyal synne vnto | |
| | a man that is parfight in the loue of Ihesu Crist / 311 Men may | |
| | also refreyne venyal synne by the receyuyng of the precyous | |
| | body of Ihesu Crist / 312 by receyuyng eke of holy water / by | |
| | almes dede / by general confession of confiteor at masse & | |
| | at pryme and complyne / and by blissyng of bisshopps | |
| | and of preestis and by other good werkis . | |
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| | ¶ De septem peccatis mortalibus. Incipit de superbia . | |
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| 313 | N | Ow it is behouely thing to tellyn whiche ben dedely | |
| | synnes / that is to saye caytif of synnes / Alle they | |
| | renne in to colis but in diuerce maner / Now be they cleped | |
| | caytifs for as muche as they be chief & springing of all other | |
| | synnys / 314 Of the rote of thyse .vij. synnys is pryde the general | |
| | rote of all harmis for of this rote springen certain braunchis | |
| | as Ire / enuye / accidye or slouthe / auarice or couetyse to comyn | |
| | vnderstanding / glotonye / and lecherye / 315 And euerich of | |
| | thise synnes hath his braunchis and his twigges as shal be | |
| | declared in her chapitres folowyng / 316 And though so be that | |
| | man knoweth not vtterly the nombre of the twiggis and | |
| | of the harmys that comen of pryde / yet wil I shewe a partye | |
| | of hem as ye shal vnderstande / 317 Ther is inobedience / auaun- | |
| | tyng / ypocrysye / despyte / arrogancye / Imprudence / swelling | |
| | of herte / Insolence / Elacion / pertynacye / veyn glorye / And | |
| | many other twiggis that I can not declare / 318 Inobedient is he | |
| | that disobeieth for despite to the comandement of god & to his | |
| | souereins and to his gostly fader / 319 Auauntour is he that | |
| | auaunteth hym of the harme or of the bounte that he hath don | |
| | 320 Ipocrysye is he that hideth to shewe hym suche as he is . | |
| | And shewith hym to the peple to seme suche as he is not . | |
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