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vnderstonde / that oriso
herte that redresseth it in god and exp
moeuen harmes and to han thynges espiritueel and durable / and
somtyme temporele thynges . / of whiche oriso
the Pater noster
p
ne / than any oother preyere . for that Ih
it is short
holden it the moore esily in herte . and helpen hym self
the oriso
a man may nat excusen hym to lerne it
for it comp
hooly preyere / that is so excellent and digne I bitake to thise maistres
of Theologie . saue thus muchel wol I seyn . that whan thow prayest
that god sholde foryeue thee thy giltes / as thow foryeuest hem that
agilten to thee . be ful wel war / that thow ne be nat out of charitee ;
neth specially to penitence
and in v
the wille of god
se and ful pure honestly . and nat to the anoya
man / . It moste eek been continued with the werkes of charitee .
leth eek
fastynge / been saued the vices of the fless
es of the soule
peyne / stant in wakynge / for Ih
that ye ne entre in wikked temptacio
also . that fastynge stant in thre thynges . In forberynge of bodily me-
te and drynke . and in forberynge of worldly Iolitee . and in forberynge
of deedly synne . this is to seyn / that a man shal kepen hym fro
deedly synne with al his myg
eek
gry / ne anoyed / ne grucche for he fasteth . / and also / resonable houre for to
ete by mesure . that is for to seyn . a man shal nat ete in vntyme / ne
sitte the lenger at his table to ete for he fasteth
derstonde / that bodily peyne / stant in disciplyne or techynge / by
word and by writynge / or in ensample . / Also in werynge of heyres
or of stamyn / or of haubergeons on hir
and swiche manere penances .
pena
self
sikernesse of Ih
as they that been chosen of god in herte . of Misericorde . debonairetee /
suffra
moore apayed / than of heyres / or haubergeo