The Parson's Tale Folio 438r 5 of 74 folios
And that with sorwe some folk wele peyny
to doon ; tha
nere of chastite is / for to been a cleene wedewe /
we the enbras
gis of Ih
And han forgetyn here husbondys . And ek wemen that
han doon lecherye .
certis ȝif that a wyf coude kepyn hire al chast by lyc
ce of hire husbonde / so that sche ȝeue noon occasyo
that he agilte it were to hire a greet merite.
manere of wemen that obseruyn chastite in cloth
ge
blyssede Magdelyn that fulfillyth holy cherche of good
odour
be houyth that it be holy in herte and cleene of body
th
gellis /
as these martyrys in egalyte / sche hat in hire that tunge
may not telle / ne herte thynke /
lord Ih
remedye ageyn lecherye is this / specyally to withdra
we sweche th
as ese etynge
lyth strongely ; the beste remedye is to wt drawe the feer
lecherye
man or a woman eschewe the c
che he doutyth to been temptyd / For al be it so / that
the dede is wt st
of a candele ; ȝit is the wal blak of the lyght .
te tyme I reede that no man ful truste in his owen
than Danyel . and wisere th
that I haue declared / ȝow as I can the seuene dedly s
nys / And some of here bra
ȝif I coude I wolde telle ȝow the ten Coma