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< 348r Cx1: Folio 348v; The Parson's Tale 474-486 349r > Go to Cx2
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 474 Loke how that fyre of smale gledis that be almost dede vn-  
 der asshen wil quycken ayen when they be touchid with brem  
 stom / Right so Ire wil euer more quicken agayn whan it is  
 touchid with pryde that is coueryd in mannys herte / 475 For  
 certes fyre may not come out of nothing but yf hit were  
 first in the same thing naturelly as fyre is drawen out of  
 flyntis with steel / 476 Right so is pryde a mater of Ire / right  
 as rancour is norissher and kepar therof / 477 Ther is a maner  
 tre as saith seynt Isodore / That whan men make fyre of  
 that tre and couer the colis of hit with asshen / Sothly the  
 fyre therof wol laste al a yere or more / 478 And right so farith  
 it by rancour / Whan he is ones conseyned in the hertes of  
 sum men / Certis it wil last perauenture from one ester day  
 Tyl an other or more / 479 But certes that man is ful ferre  
 from the mercy of god al that whyle / 480 In this forsaid de-  
 uylles forneys they forgen thre shrewis / Pryde than blow-  
 eth and encreceth the fyre by chydyng and wickyd wordes  
 481 Thenne stont enuye and holdeth the yron vpon the hertes  
 of men / Wyth a payr of long tonges wyth longe ran-  
 cour / 482 And then stont the synne of contynuel stryf and  
 cheest and betith and forgith the vilayns reprouynges .  
 483 Certes this cursid synne anoieth both the man hym self &  
 eke his neyghbour For sothly almost al the harm that ony  
 man doth to his neyghbour cometh of wrath . 484 For certes  
 outrageous wrath doth al that euer the deuyl comandeth  
 hym . For he sparith neyther for Crist ne his swete moder  
 485 in his outrageous anger and Ire but spekith and sklaun  
 drith his neyghbour / 486 this is a cursid lyf whiche lyf shold  
 be debonayr and spyrytuel that shold kepe hys sowle .  
  

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In CTP line numbering: PA, 474
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 548
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 548

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In CTP line numbering: PA, 475
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 549
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 549

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In CTP line numbering: PA, 476
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 550
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 550

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In CTP line numbering: PA, 477
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 551
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 551

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In CTP line numbering: PA, 478
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 552
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 552

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In CTP line numbering: PA, 479
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 553
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 553

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 480
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 554
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 554

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 481
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 555
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 555

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 482
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 556
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 556

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In CTP line numbering: PA, 483
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 557
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 557

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 484
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 558
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 558

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 485
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 559
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 559

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 486
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 560
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 560