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AS *J SE CAN *IN AL YE ParTYE OF YE LIFE OF MAN *ALL A MANNES LIFE KAST MAY BE *PRYNCIPALLY IN ParTES THRE . *YAT ARE YES . TO OURE VNDIRSTANDING *BE-GYNNYNG . MYDWARD AND YE ENDYNG YESE THRE ParTYS . ARE I%I%J% ParTES CALD *OF MANNES LIFE . zONG AND ALDE **B*E-GENNYnG OF MANNES LIFE . YAT FYRST ES *CONTENES MYKYL WRECHEDNES *YAR-FORE *J WILL AR *J FERYER PAS *SCHEWE WhaT A MAN FYRST WAS *SUmME TYME WAS WaN A+MAN WAS NOzT *BE-FORE YAT HE WAS GETYN & FORTH BROzT *HE WAS GETEN . ALS . ES KNAWEN . *OF WILK OF MAN WIT SYN IS SOWEN *HE WAS CONSAYUED . SYNFULLY *WIT-JN HIS . MODRES BODY **WHAR HIS HERBER WIT-*JNNE WAS DYzT *ALS DAUID SAYS IN SAUTER RYzT *LO HE SAYS ALS MAN-KYND ES *J AM COnSAUED IN WRECHEDNES . *AND MY MODIR HAS COnSAUED MEE *JN SYN AND IN CAYTYFTE *YAR DUELED MAN IN MERKE DOUNI%OUn *AND IN A FOUL STED OF CORRUPCIOUn *WHARE HE HAD NO NOYER FODE *BUT WLATSUM GLETT & LOPURYD BLODE *AND STYNK AND FYLCH . ALS *J SAID ARE *SO WAS HE FIRST . NORYSCHED YARE . *AFTER-WARD WHEN HE OUTE COmME *FRO YAT DONIUN HIS MODIR WOME *AND WAS BORN TIL YIS WORLDE LYzT *HE HAD NOYER STRENGTHE NE NO MYzT *NOYER TO GO NE TO STAND *NOR TIL CREPE . WIT FOR NE HAND *YAN HAS A+MAN LEST MYzT YAN A BEST *WaN HE IS BORN & IS SO . VNLEST *FOR WaN A BEST IS BORN MAY GO *AND ALS TYTE RENNE TO AND FRO *BUT A+MAN HAS NO MYzT YAR-TO *WaN HE IS BORN SO FOR TO DO *FOR YAN MAY HE NOzT STAND NE CREPE *BUT LIG CROULAND CRYE AND WEPE *FOR VNNES IS A BARN BORN FULLY *YAT IT BE-GYNNYS TO GAULE & CRY *AND BE YAT CRY MEN MAY KNAW YAN *WHEYER IT BE MAN OR ELLES WOmMAn *FOR WHEN IT IS BORN IT CRYES SWA *IF IT BE MAN IT SAYS *A . *A . *YAI YE FIRST LITTer IS OF YE *NAME *OF OURE FORME FADER *ADAM *AND IF YE CHYLDE A WOmMAN BE *WaN ^IT IS BORN IT SAYS *E . *E *IT IS YE FIRST **LETTER . 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FYLLED IS HE YAN *OF MANY MANERES OF WRYCHEDNES *YUS SAYS *JOB AND SO IT IS *ALSO MAN IS BORN TO NOzT ELLES *BUT TO TraUAYL ALS *JOB zET TELLES *HE SAYS ^{MAN IS} BORNE TO TraUAYL RYzT *ALS A FOUL IS HERE TO FLYzT *FOR LYTIL REST IN YIS WORLDE IS *BUT TraUAYL GRET AND BESYNES *zET A+MAN WaN HE IS BORN *YE FYND SONE IS & FRO GOD LORN *AY TIL HE THOROW GraCE MAY COmME *TO BAPTYM AND TIL CriSTYN DOME *YUS MAY A MAN HIS BEGYNNYNG SE FUL OF WRYCHEDNES AND CAYTEFTE *YE SECUnDE ParT OF YE LIFE OF MAN **Y*E TOYER PART OF LIFE OF MAN HE CALLES *YE MIDWARD SOWNE AFTER IT FALLYS *YE WHILK RECHES FRO YE BE-GYNNYNG *OF MAnNES LIFE . TO YE ENDYNG *YE BE-GYNNYNG OF MANNES LIFE *AS *J TALD *JS VYLE WRYCHEDNES TO BE-HALD *BUT HOW FOUL MAN IS AFTERWARD *TYL VS SPEKES OPYNLY SAYD *BERNARD *SEYN BERNARD SAYS ALS YE BOOK TELLES *YAT ^MAN IS HERE NO THYNG ELLES *BUT A FOUL SLYM WLATSUM TO MENE *AND A SEK FUL OF STYNKAND FENE *AND WORMES FODE . YAT YAI WALD HAUE *WaN HE IS DED AND LAYD JN GraUE *BUT SUmME MEN AND WOMEN FAYRE SEMES *TO SYzT WIT-OUTE . AS MEN DEMES . *AND YAT SCHEWES NOzT ELLES BUT A SKYN *BUT WHO SO MYzT SE YAIm WIT *JN *FOULERE CAYRYON MYzT NEUER NON BE *YAN HE SULD YAN OF YAIm SE *YER-FORE HE YAT HAD ALS SCHARPE SYzT *AND ALS CLERE EYN AND ALS LYzT *AS HAS A BEST . YAT MEN LYNX CALLES . *YAT MAY SE THOROW HARD STON WALLES . *LYTEL LYKYNG SULDE *A MAN YAN HAUE *FOR TO BE-HALD A FAYR WOMAN *FOR YAN MYzT ^HE HER SE WIT-OUTEN DOUTE *ALS WIL WIT-*JN ALS WIT-OUTE *AND IF HE WIT-*JN SAWz HIRE RYzT *SCHO WARE FUL WLATSUM TIL HIS SYzT *YUS FOULL WIT-*JNNE ILK MAN ES *ALS YE BOK . BERES WITNES . *YAN MAY WE SE ON YIS MANERE *HOW FOUL OF KYND YE MAN IS HERE . *WHAR-FORE *J HALD *A MAN NOzT WITTY *YAT IS OUER PROWED . OR OUER *JOLY *WaN HE MAY ILK DAY HERE AND SE *WHAT HE IS . WAS . & SAL BE . *BUT PROUD MAN OF YIS TASE NO HEDE *FOR WANTYNG OF SKIL YAT SULD HIM LEDE *WaN HE IS zENG . *AND LOUES LAYKYNG *OR HAS ESE AND WELTH & HIS LYKYNG *OR IF HE BE AT GRETT WORCHYPE *WHAT HIM-SELF IS . HE TAKYS NO KEPE *WHAR-FORE HYM-SELF . YAT KNOWES HE LEST *AND FARES ALS AN VNRESONABLE BEST *AND HIS AUWEN WIL FOLWES AND NOzT ELLES *AND YERFORE YE ProPHETE IN YE SAUTer TELLES *BUT MEN KNAWES NOzT WHAT IT ES *Yer-FORE MEN DREDES IT YE LES *BUT IF A SYNFUL MAN MYzT SE WITH-OUTE *HOW FOUL SYN ES . HE BERES A-BOUT *HE SULD NEUER MAKE *JOYE ; NE HAFE LYKYNG *TIL HE WARE DELYUERD . OF YAT FOUL THYNG *SYN HAS TANE ; YUS VGLYNES *OF FYLTHE OF SYN YAT SO FOUL ES *YAN AzT YE SAULE . OF YE SYNFUL WIT-*JN *BE FUL FOUL . AND FLOTERD *IN SYN *YER-FORE A+MAN ; WHAR SO HE WENDES *SULD MARE DRED SYN . YAN SYzT OF FENDES *YAT SAL APERE TIL HIM . AT HIS DED DAY <1-2 words> HIS SYNNE SAL BE FOULER YAN YAI *OF WHILK HE WALD . 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IN zOUTHE AND ELDE *HOW YOU HAS HERE LED YI LIFE *AND SPEND YI WYTTES FYFE *YAN SAL WALAWAY . BE YI SANG *FOR YOU SPEND YI TYME WRANG *BOTHE IN WERK . WORD . THOzT & WILL *AND WHEN YOU MYzT HELPE . YOU HELD YE STILL *YOU HAS DONnE MANY A SENFUL DEDE *TO GREUE GOD . YOU HAS NO DREDE *BOT WHEN YOU SES AL YI TRESPAS *YAN SAL YOU SAY *ALLAS *ALLAS *WHEN AL YI DEDES . SAL THOROW BEN SOzT *TO YE LEST THYNG . YAT EUER YOU WROzT *WHEYER YOU BE ; LERED OR LAWED *YI SYN SAL YAN FULLY BE SCHEWED *YAT YOU HAS DONn HERE IN YIS LIFE *OF WHILK YOU COUT YE NEUER SCHRYUE *AND YO SAL BE SCHEWED BEFORE YE *FOUL & VGLY SYNNES TO SE *OF WHILK YOU SAL HAUE MORE DREDE AND AWE *YAN OF YO YAT YOU COWD EUER SCHEWE *zET SUmME DEDES YAT YOU ^THOzT HER TO DO WELL *YOU SAL FYND YAIm FOUL SYNNES AND FELL *YAN BE-HOUES YE . RASAYUE SONE *AFTER YE WERKES YAT YOU HAS DONnE *YAT IS TO SAY OYER *JOYE OR PAYN *YOU MAY ON NO WYSE BE YAR A-GAYN *YUS SAL ILK MAN AT HIS ENDYNG *BEN PUT TO FUL HARD REKNYNG *AND BE A-RESONED ; ALS RYzT ES *OF ALL HIS MYSDEDES BOz MARE & LES *NO SYN VNREKNED YAN SAL BE *JF IT WORE NEUER SO PrIUE *ALL GUDE DEDES YAT *J HAUE DOnN *A-GAYN MY SYN . ARE BOT FOnN *AND zET WE ARE . VN-SYKER IN THOzT *WHEYER YAI SAL BE A-LOWED OR NOzT *FOR *J FYND WRETEN THRE SKILLES WHI *YAT NO MAN MAY TRAYST SYKERLY *JN HIS GUDE DEDES YAT HE DOS HERE *YES THRE SKILLES ARE GUDE TO LERE *AN IS FOR YI . YAT AL THYNGES *YAT GUDE ARE ONLY . OF GOD SPriNGES *YAN ARE GUDE DEDES . YAT ARE WROzT *GODES AWNE DEDES . AND OURES NOzT *BOT AL OURE SYNNES . YAT MAY BE KNOWEN *COmMES OF OURE SELF . YO ARE OURE AUWEN *FOR WHI ; WITH-OUTEN GOD . WE SYnNE SOnNE *BOT NO GUDE DEDE . WITH-OUTEN GOD IS DOnNE *ANOYER IS . ALS FOR YI *YAT ARE WE CUmLY . MORE REDY *A HUNDRED SYTHES . HERE TO SYN *YAN A GUDE DEDE . 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IN HIS DAYS *FOR WHI YE HALY MAN YUS SAIS *FOR CERTAYN HE SAIS . A MAN WAT NOzT *JF HE HAFE NEUER . SO MYKIL WROzT *WHEYER HE WARE WORTHI AFTer HIS DED TO HAUE LOFE . GOD OR HATRED *AND *JSODER ALS IN A BOK SCHEUES VS *YAT A-CORDES YER-TO . AND SAIS YUS *HE SAIS HE YAT IS . GODES SERUAND *WaN HE DOnS GUDE . WITH TONnG OR HAND *HE IS NOzT CERTAYN . zET IN THOzT *WHETHER IT BE GUDE . TIL HIM OR NOzT *YER-FORE OURE LYUYNG . HERE IS HARD *ALS YE HALY MAN SAIS . SAYnT BERNARD *WHO HE SAIS MAY YUS LIF LEDE *WITH-OUTEN TREMBLYNG HERE & DREDE *AL-SO HE SAIS HERE MAY LIF NA MAN *WITH-OUTEN DRED . YAT WIT CAN *FOR AL IF A MAN HERE A-FORS HYM AY *TO DO AL YE GUD HERE YAT HE MAY *zET MAY HIS GUDE DEDES BEN SO WROzT *YAT PerCHANS GOD . A-LOWES YAIm NOzT *OF YE LIF YAT IS ON YIS MANERE *SCHEWES VS YE BOK & TELLES VS HERE . *YESE ARE BERNARD WORDES YAT SAIS *AL MY WRECHED LIFE . HERE ME AFLAYS *FOR IF IT ENTENTLY BE DISCUSSED TIL ME *JT SEMES NOzT ELLES HERE FOR TO BE *BOT OYER SYN . YAT YE SAULE MORE DERES *OR BARAYN FRUTHYNG YAT NO FRUT BERES *JF ANY FRUT YER~ *JN SEME *J BE SKIL . YUS MAY IT DEME *OUYER FEYNED ; TO SCHEWE IN SYzT *OR THYNG YAT HAS NOzT AL BEN DONn RYzT *OR ON OYER~ WYSE . BEN CORRUmPT WITH-*JNNE *YAT IS TO SAY FYLED WITH SYNNE *SO YAT OYER YAN . MAY IT NOzT *PAY GOD ALMYzTY . YAT IS SO WROzT *OR PerAUENTurE . IT HIM MYSPAYS *YUS YE HALY MAN . SAYNT BERNARD SAIS *WHAT MAY A SYNFUL MAN SAY YAN *WHEN HE YAT WAS SO HOLY A+MAN *COUnT NO FROUT HERE IN YIS LIFE SE *YAN AzT YE SYNFUL . DREDAND TO BE *OF YIS LIFE HERE . YAT IS VNCLENE *JN WHILK NA FROUT MAY BE SENE **Y*E FORTHE SKIL . AND YE LAST TO TELLE *WHI MEN DREDES YE DED OF HELLE *JS FOR HE NE WHAT . WHEDIR HE SAL WYNDE *TO *JOYE OR PAYN . AFTER~ HIS ENDE *FOR SO WITTY A+MAN . IS HERE NAN WHOT WHEN YE DED SAL HIM TAN *FOR CERTAYN WHEUDIR~ HE SAL GO *WHEDIR~ HE SAL TO WEL OR WO *YAN AzT ILK zONG MAN AND OLD *HAF DRED FOR YE SKIL . YAT *J HAUE TOLD