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| For hit is so high and so worshipful that the corsid fende | |||
| in helle shold tremble for to here it named / 525 Than semeth | |||
| it that men that swere so horribly his blessid name that | |||
| they despyse it more boldly than dyde the cursid Iewys that | |||
| tremeleden whan they herd his name / 526 Now certes sith that | |||
| sweryng but it be do al lawfully is so hoolly defended muche | |||
| werse is for to swere falsely and eke nedeles / 527 What saye we | |||
| eke of them that delyten them in sweryng and holde it a | |||
| gentrye or manly dede to swere grete othis / And what of | |||
| hem that of very vsage ne cesse not to swere grete othes / . | |||
| Al the cause not worth a straw / Certes this is horryble . | |||
| synne / 528 Sweryng also withoute auisement is eek a synne . | |||
| 529 But late vs goo now to that cursid and horrible swering | |||
| of adiuracion and coniuracion as don thyse fals enchaun- | |||
| tours and nygromancers in basyns ful of water / or in a | |||
| bright swerd / in a cercle or in a fyre / or in a sholdre boon | |||
| of a sheep 530 I can not saye but they do cursidly and dampna | |||
| bly ayenst Crist and al the faith of holy chirche / 531 What saye | |||
| by them that bileuyn in dym naylis as by flight or by noyse | |||
| of birdis & of beestis or by sorte / by nygromancye / by dremes | |||
| By chirchyng of dooris by gnawyng of rattis or crakyng | |||
| of housis and suche maner of wrecchidnes / 532 Certis all this | |||
| thing is defendid by god and eke holy chirche / for whiche | |||
| they be cursid til they come to amendement / that on suche | |||
| fylthe sette their byleue / 533 Charmys for woundis and mala- | |||
| dyes of men or of bestis / yf they take ony effect / it may be | |||
| perauenture that god suffreth it / for men shold gyue the | |||
| more feith and reuerence to his name / 534 Now wil I speke | |||
| of lesynges whiche generally is fals significacion of word | |||