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5.434: The kyndenesse that myn evenecristene kidde me fernyere<br />
5.435: Sixty sithes I, Sleuthe, have foryete it siththe<br />
5.436: In speche and insparge of speche; yspilt many a tyme<br />
5.437: Bothe flessh and fissh and manye othere vitailles,<br />
5.438: Bothe bred and ale. buttre, melk and chese<br />
5.439: Forsleuthed in my service til it myghte serve no man.<br />
5.440: I [yarn] aboute in youthe, and yaf me naught to lerne<br />
5.441: And evere sitthe have I be beggere [be] my foule sleuthe:<br />
5.441: Heu michi quia sterilem vitam duxi iuvenilem !'<br />
5.442: "Repentedestow the noght?' quod Repentaunce — and right with<br />
that he swowned<br />
5.443: Til Vigilate the veille fette water at hise eighen<br />
5.444: And flatte it on his face and faste on hym cryde<br />
5.445: And seide, 'Ware thee — for Wanhope wolde thee bitraye.<br />
5.446: ""I am sory for my synnes'', seye to thiselve,<br />
5.447: And beet thiself on the brest, and bidde Hym of grace,<br />
5.448: For is no gilt here so gret that his goodnesse nys moore.'<br />
5.449: Thanne sat Sleuthe up and seyned hym swithe,<br />
5.450: And made avow tofore God for his foule sleuthe:<br />
5.451: "Shal no Sonday be this seven yer, but siknesse it [make],<br />
5.452: That I ne shal do me er day to the deere chirche<br />
5.453: And here matyns and masse as I a monk were.<br />
5.454: Shal noon ale after mete holde me thennes<br />
5.455: Til I have evensong herd — I bihote to the Roode!<br />
5.456: And yet wole I yelde ayein. [y]if I so muche have,<br />
5.457: Al that I wikkedly wan sithen I wit hadde;<br />
5.458: And though my liflode lakke, leten I nelle<br />
5.459: That ech man shal have his er I hennes wende;<br />
5.460: And with the residue and the remenaunt, bi the Rode of Chestre,<br />
5.461: I shal seken truthe erst er I se Rome!'<br />
5.462: Roberd the Robbere on Reddite loked,<br />
5.463: And for ther was noght wher[with], he wepte swithe soore.<br />
5.464: And yet the synfulle sherewe seide to hymselve:<br />
5.465: "Crist, that on Calvarie upon the cros deidest,<br />
5.466: Tho Dysmas my brother bisoughte thee of grace,<br />
5.467: And haddest mercy on that man for Memento sake;<br />
5.468: So rewe on this Rober[d] that Reddere ne have,<br />
5.469: Ne nevere wene to wynne with craft that I knowe;<br />
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