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The Parson's Tale Folio 230v 1 of 49 folios

Telleþ qd he ȝoure Meditacione

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Bot hasteþ ȝowe þe sonne wil adoune

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Beþ fructuous & þat in litel space

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And to do wele god send ȝowe his grace

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Explicit prohemium .

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Incipit Sermo

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Ier .vI ^o.. State super vias . & videte & int errogate de semites antiquis
que sit via bona ; & ambulate in ea & īuenietes refrigerium aī~abz vrīs

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Owre swete lord god of heuene . þ^t no man wil
perisshe ; but wil þat we cōme al to the know-
leche of him ; & to þe blisful lyf þ^t is pardura-
ble ;

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amonesteþ vs be þe prophet . Iorom .
þ^t seiþe in this wise ;

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Standeþ vpon þe
weyes & seeþe & axeþ of olde paþes . þat
is to seie of olde sentences ; whiche is
þe goode weie ;

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& walkeþ in þat weie ; & ȝe schal finde refrisscheinge for-
ȝoure soules ; & c

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¶ Many buen þe weyes speuele . þ^t leden folk to oure
lorde ihū criste & to þe regne of glorie .

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¶ Of whiche weyes þere is
a ful noble weie and ful couenable weie ; whiche maye not faile
to man ne to wōman þat þoruhe sinne haþ mys gone fro þe riht weie
of Ierlm Celestial .

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And þis weie is cleped Penitence ; of whiche men
scholde gladly herken & enquere wiþ al his he

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to wit what is penance ;
& whan it is cleped penanc . & ī howe many manere bene þe accionce of
worchinge of penance ;

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And howe mony spices þere biene of penycence
And whiche þinges aperpartenen ; & be houen to penitence ; & whiche þin-
ges distourben penitence

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¶ Seint Ambrose seiþe þat penitence is
þe pleyneinge of man for þe gilt þat he haþ done ; and nomore to do
any þinge for whiche we ouhte to pleyne ;

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And sōm docto^r seiþe ; Penitence
is þe weymentynge of man þat sorweþ for his sinne ; an peyneþ him se\l/ft for
he haþe mys done ;

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Penytence wiþ certeyne circūstance is verrey repen-
tance of men þat halt him self in sorwe ; And oþere peyne for his giltes

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For he schal be verreye penitent ; he schaƚƚ first be weilen þe sinne þat he
haþe done ; And stedfastly purposen in his herte to haue schrift of mouþe
And to done satisfaccione ;

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And neuer to do þinge . For whiche him ouht
to beweile or to complene & to continue in goode werkes ; or elles his re-
pentance mai nouht availe

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¶ For as seint Isider seiþe . He is a Iap
& a gabbere & no verrei repentant ; þat eft sone doþ þinge For whiche
him ouht to repent

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wepeinge ; & nouht for to stinte to do sinne Maie
not availe ;

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Bot naþeles men schol hope ; þat at euery time þ^t man falleþ
beit neuere so of ; þ^t he may rise þorwhe penitence if he haue grace ¶ Bot
certeinly . it is grete doute

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for as seiþe seinte gregori . vnneþes ariseþ
he oute of his sinne þat is charged wiþ þe charde of yuel vsage ;

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& þer
fore repentant folke þat stinte for to sinne & for lete sinne er sinne for-

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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 14 December 2024].

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