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The Parson's Tale Folio 236r 28 of 30 folios

¶ Here bigynneth / the Persons tale

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Ier .6^o.

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State super vias / & videte & interrogate de semitis
antiquis / que sit via bona / & ambulate in ea / & inueni
etis refrigeriū animabus vestris et cetera

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Ovre swete lord / god of heuene / that no man wole
perisse / but wole þ^t we comen alle to the knoweliche
of hym / and to the blisful lyf / þ^t is pardurable /

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a-
monesteth vs / by the prophete Ieromie / that seith in this wise

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Stondeth vp on the weyes / and seeth / and axeth of olde pa-
thes / that is to seyn / of olde sentences / which is the goode
wey /

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and walketh in that wey / and ye shal fynde refressh-
ynge for youre soules et cetera

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5

¶ Manye been / the weyes espiri-
tuels / that leden folk / to oure lord Ihū crist and to the regne
of glorie /

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of whiche weyes / ther is a ful noble wey and
a ful couenable / which may nat faile / to man ne to wom-
man / þ^t thurgh synne hath mysgoon / fro the righte wey
of Ierusalem celestial /

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and this wey / is clepid Penitence /
of which / men sholde gladly herknen and enquere w^t al
his herte /

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to wite / what is penitence / and whennes / it is
clepid / penitence / and in how manye maneres / been the accions /
or werkynges of penitence /

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and how manye spices / ther
ben of penitences / and whiche thynges / apertenen & biho-
uen to penitence / whiche thynges / destourben penitence ;

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¶ Seint Ambrose seith [wedge]

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that penitence / is the pleynynge of
man / for the gilt þ^t he hath doon / and namoore to doon
any thyng for which hym oghte to pleyne

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¶ And som dec-
tour seith [wedge]

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Penitence / is \þe/ waymentynge of man / þ^t sor-
weth for his synne / and pyneth hym self / for he hath
mysdoon [wedge]

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Penitence / w^t certeyne circumstances / is verray
repentance of a man / þ^t halt hym self in sorwe / & oother
peyne for hise giltes /

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and for he shal be verray penitent
he shal first biwailen / the synnes / þ^t he hath doon / and
stedefastly / 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 oghte moore to biwaile / or to compleyne / and to conti-
nue in goode werkes / or ellis / his repentance may nat auayle

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The Multitext Edition is developed by the Digital Humanities Institute at The University of Sheffield in collaboration with Estelle Stubbs, Michael Pidd, Orietta Da Rold, Simon Horobin, Claire Thomson and Linda Cross.

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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 22 January 2025].

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