The Parson's Tale Folio 419r 37 of 74 folios
se And therfore seyth a wis man that Ire is bet
than pley /
w oute bittyrnesse / not wroth a geyns the man ;
but wroth wt the mysdede of man As seyth the
phete dauid
sens of this / is that the reso
te not to thilke sodeyn yre /
nothir yre is / ful wekkede that comyth of felonye
of herte auysed
don vengea
sothly this is dedly s
to god that it distorbelyth his hous /
holy gost out of manys soule /
eth the liknesse of god . that is to seyne the vertu
that is in manys soule /
of the deuyl /
is his ryghtful lord
sa
that is eschafid / with the fyr of helle /
ryȝt so as fyr is moore myȝty to distroye ertheli
th
ty to distroye alle spirituel th
fuyr of smale gledys that been almost dede vn
dir aschyn welyn quekyn a geyn whan they
been touchede / with brynston / right so Ire we-
le eueremore quekyn a geyn / whan it is tou-
chid
nys herte
of no thyng but if it were fyrst in the seme
thyng naturelly as fyr is draw
tys with styl .
nye tyme matire of yre ; righ so is rancure
noryce
of tree as seith seynt Isydre that wh
ilke tre
wele lastyn al a ȝeer or more / And riȝt so farith it of r