*SI%N yE CREATURIS yAT SKIL HAN NAAN LOI%N HI%M IN yE KYNDE y\T yEY HAN TAAN THAN AUHTTE MAN . yAT HAy SKIL & MYNDE . TO LOUE HIS CREATURE IN HIS KYNDE . *AND NOUHT TO BE OF WERSE COnDICIUN . THAN CREATURIS WIy-OUTE RESUN . *MANNIS KYNDE IS TO DOO GODDes WILLE . *AND ALL HISE MAUnDEMEnTes TO FULFILLE . *FOR OF AL yAT GOD MADE MORE & LES . *MAN MOST PriNCIPAL CREATURE ES . *AND AL yAT HE MADE FOR MAN WAS DONE . *AS zE SCHUL HERE AFTIRWARD SOONE . *GOD TO MANKYnDE HAD GRET LOUE . QWAN HE ORDAYNID FOR MAnNIS BE-HOUE HEUENE HOLLICHE & yIS WORLD BRAD . *AL MIDLERD & MAN LAST HE MAAD . TO HIS LICKNESSE I%N FAYR STATURE . *AND MADE HI%M MOST DIGNE CREATURE . *BE-FORN ALL CREATURIS OF KYNDE HE zAF HIM WIT SKIL & MYNDE . *FOR TO KNOWE BOy\E GOOD & ILLE . *AND ALS HE zAF HIM A FRE WILLE . *FOR TO CHESE & FOR TO HOLDE . GOOD OR EUIL QWEyI%R HE WOLDE . *AND AS HE ORDEYNI%D MAN FOR TO DWELLE . *AND HI%M I%N ERTHE I%N FLESCH & FELLE . TO KNOWE HIS WERKIS & HIm WURCHEPE . *AND HIS COmMAUnDMEnTes FOR TO KEPE . *AND zIF HE BE TO GOD BUXOME TO ENDLES BLISSE yAN SCHAL HE COME . *AND zIF HE WRONGLY I%N yIS WORLD WENDE . TO PAYNE OF HELLE WIy-OUTI%N ENDE . *GOD MADE TO HIS OWIN LICKNESSE . *ICHE MAN yAT HERE LI%UI%y MORE & LESSE . *TO QWOM HE HAy zOUI%N WIT & SKILLE . *FOR TO KNOWE BOyE GOOD & ILLE . *AND WIL TO CHESE ALS yEY VOUCHE-SAUE . GOOD OR EUIL QWEyI%R yEY WIL HAUE . *HE yAT HIS WIL TO GOOD WIL SET . GRET MEDE yERFORE MAY HE GET . *AND HE yAT TO WICKIDNESSE SET HI%S WILLE . *SCHAL HAUE GRET PEYNE AS I%T IS SKILLE . *AND FOR-THY MAN IS HOLDI%N FOR WOOD . THAT CHESI%y yE EUIL & LEUI%TH yE GOOD . *SI%TTHI%N GOD MAD MAN OF MOST DIGNETE . *OF ALLE CREATURIS AND MOST *FRE . *AND MAD HIm TIL HIS OWI%N LICKNESSE . *IN FAYR STATURE AS BE-FORN SEYD ESSE . *AND MOST IS zOUI%N & zIT yER-TO . *HEUENE BLISSE zIF HE WEL DOO . *AND zIT QWAN HE HAD DOON AMI%S . *AND yURH SI%NNE WAS PriUID OF BLIS . *GOD TOOK MANKYnDE FOR HIS SAKE . *AND FOR HIS LOUE yE DED GAN TAKE . *AND WIy HIS BLOOD BOUHT HIm AGEYN . TO yAT BLIS FRO ENDLES PEYN . *THUS GRET LOUE GOD TO MAN KID . *AND MANY BENEFYCes TO HI%M DID . *FOR-THY ICHE MAN LERID & LEWID . *SCHULD THYnKE ON y\E LOUE y\T HE HIm SCHEWID . *AND HISE BENEFYSIS HOLDE I%N MYNDE *THAT HE yUS DIDE TO MANKYNDE *AND LOUE HIm & yANK HI%M AS HE KAN . *AND ELLS I%S HE AN VNKYNDE MAN . *AND SERUE HI%M BOyE DAY & NYHT . *AND yAT HE HAy zOUI%N HIm VSE IT RYHT . *AND SPENDE HIS WI%T IN GODDIS SERUYSE . *FOR SOyE ELLIS HE IS NOUHT WYSE . *AND KNOWE KYNDLY QWAT GOD ES . *AND QWAT MAN SELF IS yAT IS LES . *HOW WEYK MAN IS I%N SOULE & BODY . *AND HOW STALWURTHY GOD IS & MYHTTY . *HOW MAN GOD GREUIy y\T DOy NOUHT WELE *AND QWAT MAN IS WURTHY yerFORE TO FELE . *HOW MerCYFUL & GRACI%OUS GOD IS . *AND HOW FUL OF GOODNES HE IS . *HOW RYHTWYS HE IS & HOW STEDFAST . *AND QWAT HE HAy DOON & SCHAL ATTE+LAST . *AND ICHE DAY DOOy TO MANNI%S KYNDE THIS SCHULDE ICHE MAN HAUE In MYNDE . *FOR THE RYHT WAYE yAT LYy TO yE BLIS . *AND LEDE MAN MAY THEDI%R IS THIS / . *THE WEYE OF MEKNESSE PriNCI%PALY . *AND OF DREDE & LOUE OF GOD ALMYHTTY . *THAT MAY BE CALD yE WEYE OF DOME . *JN TO yE QWICHE WEYE NO+MAn MAY KOME . WIy-OWTI%N KNOWYNG OF GOD HERE . OF HIS MYHTTes & OF HIS WERKIS SERE . DIUerSE *BUT OR HE MAY TO yAT KNOWYnG WInNE . *HI%M BE-HOUI%y TO KNOWE HIm SELF WIy-I%NNE . ELLIS GETI%y HE BE NOO KNOWYnG TO COME . *JN TO yE FORSAYDE WEYE OF WISDOME . *SUmME HAN WIT TO VNDIRSTANDE . *AND zIT yEY ARN FUL VNKUNNANDE . *AND OF SUM THYNG yEY HAN NO KNOWYnG . THAT MYHT STI%RE HEM TO GOOD LI%UYNG . *SWICHE MEN HADDIn NEDE TO LERE ICHE DAY . *OF OyRE MEN yAT KUN MORE yAN yAY . TO KNOWE yAT MYHT HEm STI%RE & LEDE . TO MEKNESSE & TO LOUE AND DREDE . THE QWICHE IS WEYE & GOOD WISSYNG . THAT VNTO HEUENE MAY VS BRYNG . *JN GRET PerYL OF SOULE IS yAT MAN . THAT HAy WIT & MYnDE & NOO GOOD KAN . *AND WIL NOUHT LERE FOR TO KNAWE . THE WERKIS OF GOD & GODDes LAWE . *NE KNOWE HIm SELF THAT IS LESTE . BUT LI%UIy AS AN VNSKILFUL BESTE . THAT NEYTHI%R HAy SKIL WIT NE MYnDE . THAT MAN LI%UIy A-GEYN HIS KYNDE . *FOR NOUHT EXCUSIy A+MAN HIS VNKUnNYnG . THAT HIS WIT VSIy NOUHT I%N LERYNG *NAMELY IN yAT HIm FALLI%y TO KNOWE . THAT MYHT MEKE HIS HERTE & MAKE IT LOWE . *BUT HE yAT KAN NOUHT SCHULD HAUE WILLE . TO LERE & KNOWE GOOD AND ILLE . *AND HE yAT KAN OWHT SCHULD LERE MARE . TO KNOWE AL yAT HI%M NEDFUL WARE . *FOR AN VNKUNNAND MAN yURH LERYNG . *MAN BE BROUHT TO VNDIRSTANDYNG . *OF MANYE yYNGIS TO KNOW & SEE . THAT HAy BEN AND IS AND SCHAL BE . *THAT TO MEKENESSE MYHT STI%RE HIS WILLE . *AND TO LOUE & DREDE & LEUE AL ILLE . *MA+MEn HAN LYKYNG TRIFLIS TO HERE . *AND VANI%TEI%S WILN GLADLY LEERE . *AND ARN BESY I%N WURD & THOUHT . TO LERE yAT yE SOULE HELPIy NOUHT . *BUT yAT HEM NEDFUL WERE TO KNAWE . TO LISTI%N & HERE yEY ARN FUL SLAWE . *FOR-THY yEY KAN NOUHT KNOWE NE SEE . THE PERYLIS yAT yEY SCHULD DREDE & *FLE . *OR QWAT WEYE yAT yEY SCHULD TAKE . *NE QWI%CHE WEYE yEY SCHULD FOR-SAKE . *BUT NOO WUNDIR IS yAUH yEY GOO WRANG . *JN MI%RKNESSE OF VNKNOWYnG yEY GANG . WIy-OUTI%N LYHT OF VNDIRSTANDYNG . *OF yAT yAT FALLIy TO *RYHT KNAWYNG . *FOR-THY ICHE CRISTEN MAN & WUMMAN . THAT WIT & WISDAM MOCHI%L KAN . THAT yE PERYLIS yAT WYSMEN FLESE . THEY SCHULD BE BUXOM AY AND BESY . TO HERE & LERE OF HEM NAMELY . THAT VNDIRSTANDIy & KNOWIy BE SKILLE . QWICHE WEYE IS GOOD & QWICHE IS ILLE . *HE yAT RYHT WEYE OF LIUYNG WIL LOKE . *SCHULD yUS BE-GINNE AS SEYy yE BOKE . TO KNOWE FIRST QWAT HI%M-SELF ES . *SO MAY HE SONEST KOME TO MEKENES . THAT IS yE GROWND OF ALLE VERTUIS ATTE+LASTE . *ON QWICHE ALLE VERTUI%S MOW BEn SET FASTE . *FOR HE yAT KNOWIy WEL & KAN SEE . QWAT HE IS WAS AND SCHAL BEE . WYSERE MAN HE MAY BE TELD . QWEyI%R HE BE zUNG MAN OR ELD . THAN HE yAT KAN AL OyIR yYNG . *AND OF HI%M-SELF HAy NOO KNOWYnG . *FOR HE MAY NOUHT KNOWE GOD NE FELE . BUT zIF HE FI%RST KNOWE HIm-SELF RYHT WELE . *THERFORE A+MAN SCHULD FIRST LEERE . TO KNOWI%N HI%m-SELF ProPIRLY HERE . *FOR zIF HE KNOWE HI%M-SELF KYNDLY . THAN MAY HE KNOWE GOD ALMYHTTY . *AND OF HIS ENDYNG yYNKE SCHULD HE . *AND OF yE LASTE DAY yAT SCHAL BE . *HE SCHULD KNOWE QWAT yIS WORLD ES . THAT IS FUL OF POMPE & LETCHEROUSNES . *AND LERE TO KNOWE & yENK WIy ALLE QWAT SCHAL AFTI%R yIS LYF BE-FALLE . *KNOWYNG OF AL yIS yAN SCHULD HIm LEDE . TO HAUE MYNDE OF MEKNESSE & DREDE . *SO MAY HE COME TO GOOD LI%UYNG . *AND QWAN HE OF yIS WORLD SCHAL WENDE . BE BROUHT TO BLIS WIy-OUTI%N ENDE . *THE BEGI%NNYNG OF yIS ProCES *RYHT KNOWYNG OF A+MAN HImSELF ES . *BUT SUM+MAN HAy GRET LETTYNG . THAT yEY MAY HAUE NOO RYHT KNOWYnG . *OF HEM-SELF yAT yEY SCHULD FIRST KNAWE . THAT *FIRST TO MEKENESSE SCHULD HEm DRAWE . THEROF *FOURE THYNGIS *J FYNDE THAT MAKIy A+MANNIS WIT OFTE BLYnDE . *zI%T ARE yER MOO yAN *J NOW TOLDE . *THAT FALLIy TO MAN QWAN HE WEXI%y OLDE . *THUS MAY MEN SEE yAT HEm KNOWE KAN . QWAT yE MANERIS ARN OF AN ELD MAN . *THE LAST ENDE OF MANNI%S LYF I%S HARD . *THAT I%S QWAN HE DRAWIy TO DEDWARD . *QWAN HE IS SYK AND DOWN LYS . *AND SO FEBIL yAT HE MAY NOUHT RYS . *THAN ARN ELDE MEN AS VNCERTEYN . QWEyI%R HE SCHAL DEYE OR COUerE A-GEYN . *BUT zIT KAN SUm+MEN yAT ARN SLY WI%TE zIF HE SCHAL OF yAT EUIL DY . *BE CERTEYN TOKNI%S AS zE SCHAL HERE . THAT BE-FALLI%N QWAn DED IS NERE . *HIS FROUnT BE-GI%NNI%y yAn DOUnWARD TO FALLE . *AND HIS BROWIS HELDIN DOWN W\T ALLE . *THE LEFTE EYE OF HIm y\T SEMI%y LESSE . *AND NARWERE yAN yE RYHT EYE ESSE *HIS NOSE AT yE POYNT IS SCHARP & SMAL . THAnNE BE-GI%NNIy HIS CHIN TO FAL . *HIS POUCIS ARN STILLE W\T-OUTE STIRYnGes . *HIS FEET WAXE COLDE HI%S BODY CLYNGes . *AND zIF DED BE NEER AS TO A zUNG MAN . HE WALKIy & MAY NOUHT SLEPE yAN . *AND AN ELD MAN TO DED DRAWENDE . *MAY NOUHT WAKE BUT AY IS SLEPENDE . *MEN SEYN yAT ALLE yESE TOKNI%S SEERE . *ARN OF A MAN yAT DED IS NEERE . QWIL A+MAN LI%UI%y HE IS LYK A MAN . QWAN HE IS DED QWAT IS HE yAN . *THAnNE MAY MEN HER LICKNESSE SEE . *CHAUnGI%D AS IT HAD NEUI%R BEN HEE . QWAN MANNI%S LYF IS BROUHT TO ENDE . *ON yE SAME WYSE SCHAL HE HETHE WENDE . *PORE & NAKID AS HE KAM HERE . THE FIRSTE DAY FRO HIS MODIR DERE . *NOO THYNG HE BROUHT W\T HIm yAT DAY . *NO THYNG SCHAL HE BERE HETHI%N AWAY . *BUT A WYNDYNG-CLOy ONLY . THAT IN SCHAL BE LAPPID HIS BODY . *AND yUS WRECCHIDLY ENDIy yE LYF OF MAN . *AND zIF WE BE-HELDE QWAT IS HE yAN . *QWAN yE LYF IS PASSID A-WAY . THAN IS HE NOUHT BUT ERTHE & CLAY . THAT TURNI%y TO MORE CORRUPCI%UN . THAN ANY STYNKANDE CAREYNI%S DOON . *FOR yE CORRUPCI%Un OF HIS BODY . zIF IT SCHULD LONGE A-BOUE ERyE LY . *JT MYHT yE EYR SO CORRUPT MAKE . THAT MEN yER OF HER DED MYHT TAKE . *SO IS IT VYL AND VIOLENT . THERFORE yE GRET CLERK *JNNOCENT . *TELLIy IN HIS BOOK FUL OPI%NLY . *OF yE WRETCHIDNESSE OF MANNI%S BODY . *HE SAYy QWAT yYNG FOULERE MAY BE . THAN MANNI%S CAREYN yAT IS TO SEE . *OR QWAT IS MORE ORRIBLE I%N STEDE . *THAN MANNI%S BODY QWAN IT IS DEDE . *AS QWO SAYy NOTHYNG IS SO VGLY . *AS HERE IS A MANNIS DED BODY . *AND QWANNE IT IS IN ERTHE LEYD LAWE WIRMIS SCHAL IT AL TO-GNAWE . *TIL yE FLESCH BE FRO yE BONI%S BITI%N . *FOR-THY IN BOKIS yUS FYND WE WRITIN . *THE BOOK SEYy yAT QWAN A MAN . *JS DED yER SCHAL COME TO HIm yAN . WIRMIS & NEDDRIS VGLY IN SYHT . TO QWOM MANNIS FLESCH FALLIy WYHT . *FOR-THY I%N ERTHE MAN SCHAL SLEPE . *AMONG WIRMI%S yAT ON HIm SCHULN CREPE . *AND GNAWE ON yAT STYNKAND CARKAYS . *AS IS WRITIN IN A BOOK yAT SAYS . *HE SAYy IN POUDIR SCHAL SLEPE ICHE MAN . *AND WIRMI%S SCHULN ALLE COUERE HIm yAN . *FOR I%N yIS WORLD IS NOOn SO WITTY . *SO WYHT SO FAYR NE SOO MYHTTY . *EMPerOUR DUK NE KAYSERE . *NE OTHRE yAT BERI%N GRET STAAT HERE . *NE LERID NE LEWID BONDE NE FRE . *NE RICHE NE PORE QWAT SO HE BE . *THAT HE NE SCHAL TURNE AT HIS LAST DAY . *TO ERyE & POUDIR AL O-WAY . *AND WIRMIS SCHULN RYUE HIm AL O-SUNDIR . *AND yERFORE HAUY MOCHIL WUNDIR . *THAT VNNETHIS ANY MAN WIL SEE . *QWAT HE WAS AND QWAT HE SCHAL BE . *BUT QWO SO WOLDE IN HERTE CASTE . QWAT HE WAS & SCHAL BE ATTE LASTE . *AND QWAT HE IS QWILS HE LI%UI%y HERE . *HE SCHULD HAUE FUL LYTIL MATERE . *FOR TO MAKE IOYE QWIL HE HERE DUELLIy . *AS A VERCIFIOUR *JN HIS METRE TELLIy . *HE SAYy QWO SOO WOLD FELE AND SEE . QWEyI%N HE COME & QWIDIR SCHAL HEE . *SCHULD HE NEUerE BE BLITHE BUT IOYE FOR-SAKE . *AND EUerE WEPE & GRET DOOL MAKE . *QWER TO IS A+MAN yAN HERE SO MERY . *AND SO TENDRE OUIR HIS BODY . *THAT SCHAL BE GNAWE WIy WIRMIS KENE . *AND EK SO VGLY IS TO BE SENE . *QWO SO OF HI%M yAnNE HAD A SYHT . *QWAN yE WIRMI%S HIm SO HAN DYHT . *QWAN HE IS BARE I%N TO yE BOON . *SO GRISLY SYHT SAWH HE NEUer NOON . *AS HE MYHT SEE OF yAT CARKAYS QWY SEYnT BERNARD I%N HIS METRE SAYS . *AFTIR MAN HE SEYy WIRMI%S ES . *AND AFTI%R VERMYN STYNK & VGLYNES . *AND SO SCHAL I%CHE MAN TURNID BE THAN . *FRO A+MAN *JN-TO NOO MAN . *THIS MAY ICHE MAN In THIS ParTYE SEE . QWAT HE WAS AND QWAT HE SCHAL BEE . *AND QWAT HE IS QWIL HE HERE LIUIy . *AND QWAT MANER FRUT HIS KYnDE GIUI%y . *HERE MEN MAY SEE AS WRITIN ES . *MOCHIL OF MANNI%S WRETCHIDNES . *AND MOCHIL MORE zIT MAY MEN TELLE . *BUT GOO FERyERMORE & LOKE . TO yE SECUNDE PARTIE OF yIS BOKE . *JN yE QWICHE MEN MAY HAUE VNDIRSTAnDYnG *OF yE WORLD & OF WORLDLY LYKYNG . **AL THIS WORLD BOyE WYD & BRAD . *OWR LORD ONLY FOR MAN HAy MAD . *AND ALLE yYNGIS AS CLERKIS KAn ProUE . *ARN MAAD VN-TO MANNIS BE-HOUE . *SI%THEN HE yE WORLD & AL yYnG WROUHT . *TO MANNIS BE-HOUE yAN AUHT MAN NOUHT . *TO LOUE yE WORLD AND HIS BODY . *MORE yAN OWR LORD GOD ALMYHTTY . *NE zIT SO MOCHIL & yAT IS LES . *AND QWO SO DOOy VNKYnDE HE ES . *FOR GOD WERE MORE WURyY TO BE LOUI%D . *THAN ANY CREATURE AND SO BE-HOUID . *SITTHI%N HE IS MAKERE OF AL THYNG *AND OF ALLE CREATURIS yE BE-GI%NNYnG . *THIS SEYE *J BE MEN yAT zIUIn HEm TO MI%KIL *TO yIS WRETCHID WORLD yAT IS SO FI%KIL . *AND LOUI%N AL THYNG yAT TO IT FALLIy . *SWICHE MEN WORLDLY MEn MEN CALLIy . *THAT HER LOUE ON yE WORLD MOST SETTIy . *THE QWICHE yE LOUE OF GOD MOST LETTIy . *AND yERFORE SCHULD A MAN HIm KEPE . *FRO WORLDLI%CHE LOUE & VEYN WURCHEPE . *FOR yURH yE LOUE OF yIS WORLD & VANITE . *A MAN ATTE LASTE FOR-BARRID MAY BE . *OF yE BLISSID WORLD yERE AL IOYE ES . *QWERE yE LYF OF MAN SCHAL BE ENDLES . *THAT DOy TO GOD HERE yAT HIm FALLI%y . THAT yE WORLD OF WORLDIS RICHESSE CALLI%y . *BE AL yE WORLD yAT GOD WOLD MAKE . *TO MANNI%S BE-HOUE yAT *J OF SPAKE . *AL zIF IT GENERALY BE TAAN . *JT MAY BEN VNDIRSTANDIn MOO WORLDLIS yAn AN . *A GRET CLERK yAT HATTIy BARTILMEW . *SEYy yER ARE TWO WORLDIS TO SCHEW . THAT yE ELEMEnTI%S AND ALL yE HEUENIS . *CONTEYNI%y AL yAT CLERK I%N BOK NEUENI%S . *AND ALLE CREATURI%S yAT GOD WROUHT . *SOO yAT WIy-OUTIN HEM *ARE NOUHT . *THE TOON IS GOSTLY INUISIBLE & CLENE . *THE TOyIR IS BODYLY & MAY BE SEENE . *THE GOSTLY WORLD yAT MEN MAY NOUHT SEE *JS HEUENE QWERE GOD SITTIy In TRI%NI%TE . *AND yE NYNE ORDRIS OF AUNGELLIS . *AND HOLY SPIRITIS yAT yER-I%NNE DUELLIS . *THIDIR SCHUL WE COME & LIUE AY . zIF WE THIDIR HOLDE yE RYHT WAY . *THAT WORLD WAS MAD FOR MAnNI%S WONYnG *AMONG AUNGELLIS IN LYKYNG . *EUI%R MORE yER-I%NNE TO DWELLE . *AS MEN MAY HERE yESE CLERKes TELLE . *HER ON WUL *J NOO LENGERE STONDE . *FOR AFTIRWARD COMI%y yE MATERYE TO HOONDE . *THE TOyIR WORLD yAT MEN MAY SEE *JN TWO PARTI%J%S DIUYSID MAY BE . *THE QWICHE BODILY yYNG MAY BE-HALDE . *AND EYTHIR PARTYE MAY BE A WORLD CALD *AND BOyE MAY MEN SEE AND KNOWE . *BUT yE TON I%S HEY & yE TOyIR IS LOWE . *THE HEYERE IS FRO yE MONE EUENE . *JN-TO yE HEYEST STERRIS OF HEUENE . *THAT WORLD IS BOyE BRYHT & FAYR . *THER I%S NOO CORRUPCI%UN BUT CLER AYR WIy STERRIS & PLANETI%S SCHYNENDE . *AND SUNDRY SYGNI%S & NOUHT ELLIS WONENDE . *AND yE WORLD yAT LOWERE MAY FALLE . *CONTEYNI%y HOLICHE yE ELEMENTIS ALLE . *THAT ON ERTHE AND ABOUTE IT STANDIS . *QWERE SUNDRY MANERE OF MEN WONIn In SUnDRY LANDI%S . *AND I%N yIS WORLD I%S BOTHE WELE AND WOO . *AND CHAUNGYNGIS OFTE BOyE TWO & FROO . *THAT TO SUMME IS SOFTE & TO SUmME IS HARD . *AS MEN MAY HERE AFTIRWARD . *THI%S WORLD AS IT IS GODDIS WILLE . WAS MAD TO MAN FOR CERTEYN SKILLE . *THE HEYEST WORLD yAT PACIy AL THYNG . WAS MAD TO MANNIS ENDLES WONYNG . *FOR ICHE MAN SCHAL HAUE yERE A PLACE . *AND WONE I%N IOYE zIF HE HAUE GRACE . THAT WORLD WAS MAD TO OWR AVAUnTAGE . *AND ALSO IT IS OWR RYHT ERYTAGE .