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The Parson's Tale Folio 232r 52 of 53 folios

¶ Thanne is discipline eek in knokkynge of thy brest . in scourgynge w^t
yerdes . in knelynges . in tribulacions .

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in suffrynge paciently wron-
ges that been doon to thee . and eek in pacient suffraūce of maladi-
es / or lesynge of worldly catel / or of wyf or of child / or othere freen-
des

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¶ Thanne shaltow vnderstonde / whiche thynges destourben ~
penaūce . and this is in .iiij. maneres / . that is . drede . shame .
hope . and wanhope / that is desperaciou

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¶ And for to speke first
of drede . for which he demeth that he may suffre no penaunce / ~

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985

ther agayns is remedie for to thynke . that bodily penaūce / is
but short and litel at regard of the peynes of helle . that is so
crueel and so long that it lasteth with outen ende

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¶ Now again
the shame / that a man hath to shryuen hym . and namely thise
ypocrites / that wolden been holden so parfite / that they han no nede
to shryuen hem

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¶ Agayns that shame / sholde a man thynke that
by wey of resoū / that he þ^t hath nat been shamed to doon foule thin-
ges / certes hym oghte nat been ashamed to do faire thynges / and that
is confessioūs

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¶ A man sholde eek thynke / that god seeth and woot ~
alle hise thoghtes and alle hise werkes / to hym may no thyng been
hyd ne couered

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¶ Men sholden eek / remembren hem of the shame
that is to come at the day of doome to hem that been nat penitent
and shryuen in this persent lyf . /

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990

For alle the creatures in erthe and
in helle shullen seen apartly / al that they hyden in this world

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¶ Now
for to speken of hope / of hem that been necligent and slowe to shry-
uen hem ; that stant in two maneres .

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that oon is þ^t he hopeth for ~
to lyue longe and for to p^rchacen muche richesse for his delit . and ~
thanne he wol shryuen hym . and as he seith / hym semeth thanne
tymely ynougħ to come to shrifte [wedge]

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Another is Surquidrie / that he hath
in cristes mercy

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¶ Agayns the firste vice . he shal thynke / that oure ~
lif is in no sikernesse . and eek that alle the richesses in this world / ben
in auenture & passen as a shadwe on the wal .

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995

and as seith seint
Gregorie . / that it aperteneth to the grete rigħtwisnesse of god . that neuere
shal the peyne stynte . of hem þ^t neuere wolde withdrawen hem fro
synne hir thankes / but ay continue in synne . For thilke perpetueel wil
to do synne / shul they han perpetueel peyne

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¶ wanhope is in two ma-
neres . the firste wanhope / is in the mercy of crist [wedge]

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. that oother is / þ^t they
thynken / þ^t they ne mygħte nat longe perseuere in goodnesse

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¶ The firste
wanhope comth / of that he demeth that he hath synned so greetly and
so ofte / and so longe leyn in synne / that he shal nat be saued

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¶ Certes a-
gayns that cursed wanhope sholde he thynke that the passion of Ihū
crist is moore strong for to vnbynde / than synne is strong / for to ~
bynde

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¶ Agayns the seconde wanhope / he shal thynke / that as of-
te as he falleth . he may arise agayn by penitence / And thougħ he neuer
so longe haue leyn in synne / the mercy of crist is alwey redy / to receiuē
hym to mercy

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1000

¶ Agayns the wanhope / þ^t he demeth / that he sholde .
nat longe perseuere in goodnesse . he shal thynke / þ^t the feblesse of the
deuel may no thyng doon / but if men wol suffren hym .

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and eek /
he shal han strengthe of the helpe of god / and of al hooly chirche / &
of the proteccioū of Aungels / if hym list

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¶ Thanne shal men vnder-

stonde / what is the fruyt of penaūce And after the word of Ihū crist
it is the endelees blisse of heuene .

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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 23 March 2023].

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