The Parson's Tale Folio 440r 1 of 74 folios
beit / for he schal not take kep who sit there ; but in
whois place that he sittyth .
sed to a lord /
acord /
holde h
ue remyssio
that thyn schrifte schulde ben ful of teerys if man
may /
let h
petir / for aftyr that he hadde forsake ih
te out
he ne lette not for schame to schewyn his confessiou
ne sparede for no shame of hem that weryn at the
feste for to go to oure lord ih
h
woman be obeysaunt to resceyue the pena
h
of man was obeysaunt to the deth
condicyo
ly don / For certis if aman hadde a dedly wo
the lengere that he taryede to wariche h
more wolde it corupte
the wounde wolde be the werse to hele .
rygh so faryth synne / that long tyme is in a man
on schewid /
hise synnys for manye causys as for dred of deth
that comyth off the sodeynly /
me it schal be ne in what plase / And ek the drech
ge of on s
re that he taryeth / the ferthere he is from c
And ȝif he a byde to his laste day / skarsely may he
schryue h
for the greuous maledye of his deth
che / as he ne hath not in his lyf herkenyd Ih
at his laste day
vndyrstonde that this condycio
thyngis
forn
that a man can schryue h
pryde or of enuye