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The Parson's Tale Folio 207r 2 of 53 folios

to no man / ne to womman / that thurgħ synne hath mysgoon fro the rigħte
wey of Ierusalem celestial /

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and this wey / is cleped Penitence / of which
man sholde Ñ gladly herknen and enquere with al his herte /

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to wyten ~ ~
what is Penitence / and whennes it is cleped Penitence / and in how manye
maneres been the accioūs or werkynges of Penitence /

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and how manye spe-
ces / ther been of Penitence / and whiche thynges apertenen and bihouen ~
to Penitence / and whiche thynges / destourben Penitence /

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¶ Seint Am-
brose seith / that Penitence / is the pleynynge of man / for gilt þ^t he hath
doon / and namoore to do any thyng for which hym ogħte to pleyne ~

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¶ And som doctour seith / Penitence is the waymentynge of man / that
sorweth for his synne / and pyneth hym self for he hath mysdoon

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¶ Pe-
nitence / with certeyne circumstances / is verray repentance of a man that
halt hym self in sorwe / and oother peyne for hise giltes /

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and for he shal
be verray penitent. he shal first biwaylen the synnes that he hath doon
and stidefastly / p^rposen in his herte / to haue shrift of mouthe / and to doon
satisfaccioū /

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and neuere to doon thyng for which hym ogħte moore biway-
le / or to compleyne / and continue in goode werkes / or elles his repentan-
ce may nat auaille /.

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For as seith Seint Ysidre ¶ he is a Iaper and a gab-
ber / and no verray repentant. that eftsoone dooth thyng. for which hym
ogħte repente /.

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wepynge / and nat for to stynte to synne / may nat auay-
le

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¶ But nathelees / men shal hope /. that euery tyme þ^t man falleth / be
it neuer so ofte / þ^t he may arise thurgħ Penitence / if he haue g^ace /. but
certeinly / it is greet doute [wedge]

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For as seith Seint Gregorie / vnnethe ariseth he
out of synne / that is charged with the charge of yuel vsage /

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And therfore /
repentant folk / þ^t stynte for to synne / and forlete synne / er þ^t synne ~
forlete hem / hooly chirche / holdeth hem siker of hir sauacioū /.

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And he that
synneth / and verraily repenteth hym in his laste /. hooly chirche / yet hopeth ~
his sauacioū / by the grete mercy / of oure lord Ihū Crist for his repentaūce
but taak \tene/ the siker \certū/ wey

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¶ And now / sith I haue declared yow / what
thyng is penitence / now shul ye vnderstonde / that ther been .iij. accioūs
of Penitence /

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¶ The firste accioū of Penitence / is that a man be bap-
tized after that he hath synned [wedge]

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Seint Augustyn seith [wedge]

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but he be peny-
tent for his olde synful lyf. he may nat bigynne / the newe clene ~
lif /.

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for certes / if he be baptized / with outen penitence of his olde gilt
he receyueth the mark of baptesme / but nat the g^ace / ne the remission of
his synnes / til he haue repentance verray /

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¶ Another defaute is this
that men doon deedly synne / after þ^t they han receyued baptesme

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¶ The
thridde defaute is /. that men fallen in venial synnes after hir baptes-
me / fro day to day

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¶ Ther of seith seint Augustyn ¶ That penitence / of
goode and humble folk /. is the penitence of euery day

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¶ The speces \species/
of Penitence / been .iij. ¶ That oon of hem / is solempne ¶ Another is
cōmune ¶ And the thridde is pⁱuee /

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¶ Thilke penance that is solemp-
ne is in two maneres /. as to be put out of hooly chirche in lente ~
for slaughtre of children / and swich maner thyng

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¶ Another thyng
is / whan a man hath synned openly / of which synne / the fame is o-
penly spoken in the contree / and thanne hooly chirche by Iuggement
destreyneth hym / for to do open penaunce /

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¶ Cōmune penaunce
is / that preestes enioynen men in certeyn caas / as for to goon par auen-

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Stubbs, Estelle, Michael Pidd, Orietta Da Rold, Simon Horobin and Claire Thomson with Linda Cross, eds. (2013). The Multitext Edition. The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales. Published by: University of Sheffield. Available at: <http://www.chaucermss.org/multitext> [Accessed 27 September 2023].

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