The Multitext Edition > Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales MS. Peniarth 392 D
The Parson's Tale
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/ thow shalt loue hym in word
/ & benygne amonestynge
/ & chastisynge
/ & conforte hym
/ in hise anoyes
& preye for hym
w
t al thyn herte
ouer
/ thow shalt loue hym in word
/ & benygne amonestynge
/ & chastisynge
/ & conforte hym
/ in hise anoyes
& preye for hym
w
t al thyn herte
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And in dede / thow shalt loue hym in swich
wise / þt thow shalt doon to hym in charitee / as thow woldest
þt were doon to thyn owene persone /
and therfore / thow ne shalt
doon hym no damage in wikked word / ne harm in his body /
ne in his catel / ne in his soule by entisynge of wikked ensam-
ple
¶ Thow shalt nat eek desiren his wyf ne none of hyse
thynges ¶ Vnderstoond eek þt in the name of neighebore / is
cōprehended his enemy /
c
ertes man shal loue his enemy for the
comandement of god
/ and soothly
/ thy freend shaltow loue
in god
I seye / thyn enemy shaltow loue for goddes sake / by
his comandement / for if it were resoū / þt man sholde hate
his enemy / for sothe / god nolde nat receyuen vs to his loue
þt ben hise enemys
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¶ Agayns .iij. manere of wronges þt
his enemy dooth to hym / he shal doon .iij. thynges / as thus /
Agayns hate
& rancour of herte
/ he shal loue hym in herte
/ Agayns chidynge
& wikked wordes
/ he shal preye for his ene-
my
Agayns the wikked dede of his enemy
/ he shal doon
hym bountee
/
for crist seith / loueth youre enemys / & preieth
for hem / þt speke yow harm / & eek for hem / þt yow chacen
and pursuen / and dooth bountee / to hem þt yow haten ¶ Lo
thus comandeth vs oure lord Ihū crist to do to oure enemys /
for soothly / nature dryueth vs to louen oure frendes / & parfey
oure enemys / han moore nede to loue / than oure frendes / and
they þt moore nede haue / certes to hem shal men doon goodnes-
se /
and certes in thilke dede haue we remembraūce of the loue
of Ihū crist þt deyde for hise enemys /
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and in as muche as
thilke loue is the moore greuous to parfourne / so muche is the
moore gret the merite / and therfore the louynge of of oure
enemy / hath confounded the venym of the deuel /
for right /
as the deuel is desconfited by humylitee / right so is he wown-
ded to the deth / by the loue of oure enemy /
certes thanne is
loue the medicyne þt chaceth out the venym of enuye fro
mannes herte
¶ the speces of this pas shullen ben moore lar-
gely declared / in hir chapitres folwynge ~ ~ ~ ~
After Enuye / wol I discryuen the synne of Ire / for
soothly / who so þt hath enuye vp on his neighebore