through true shrift
sithieth to Criste. depart to Christ;
seggeth hore sunnen. confess their sins
and hor _soules_ helpith. 500 and help their souls,
thurh sothe bireousunge. through true repentance.
theo soule reste onfoth. the soul acquires rest;
ac ne the _scalt_ nefre resten. but thou shalt never rest,
thurh thine bireousunge. through thy repentance.
ac altogaedere ic am forlor_en_. 505 Eke I am altogether lost
_thurh_ thine luthere deden. through thy wicked deeds;
noldest thu mid muthe. thou wouldst not with thy mouth
bidden me none milt_sunge_. pray for mercy to me;
nu thu ert adumbed. now thou art bedumbed,
and death haueth the kei[gh]e. 510 and death has caught thee;
mid clutes thu ert forl_ig_den. thou art laid out with rags,
and loth alle freonden. and loath to all thy friends,
efre ma eft. for ever and ever
on to lokienne. to look on.
thus is reoulic_he thin_ sith. 515 Thus rueful is thy lot,
efter thine wrecche lif. after thy wicked life;
for thu were beset. for thou wert beset
thicke mid sunne.
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