Covetousness
is the fourth
sin,

which is also
called

mammon.

It is a sin of

but mani-
fests itself

(86) Inne herte hys þys sennezing',

This sin is in

the heart, And bouute schewep mod

manifesting

itself in Horz cheste and mysdoynge

quarrels and

outrages. And wyþ-drawynge of god.

344
(87. iv.)
Coueytyse hys þe ferþe,

Ilych dropesy,
Wanne al þat hys an erþe
To hyre hys al besy.

348
(88)
And hou hy habbep hy uerkþ,

And mannes herte byset,
Fram gode and so þanne name y-kezt
Seruise of mamenet.

352 worship of
(89)
Haz hy by herte senne,
Zet boute schewep hy

the heart, To mochel amangé mankenne borz wrang' an trychery;

356 (90) borz jeskynge efter gode,

in avarice, Horz borz and zemer zelde,

borrowing borw wrechydnesse of mode,

repaying,

and insatiable And neuer more ful-felde.

360 wretchedness
(91. v.)
De fyfte senne hys sleupe (114)

is Sloth,
Of þat man scholde do,
Hye brekeþ god[e] treube
Wyþ god and man also,

364
(92)
Wanne man letep adrylle

intentionally Dat he god zelde schel,

neglects his And for-sluggyþ by wylle

and miserable

1

of mood.

The fifth sin

1

when a man

[leaf 197, bk.)

372

376

Gluttony, the
sixth,

and Lechery,
the seventh,
are sins of
the flesh.

380

(93)
Of herte comeþ þes senne,

And schewe[b] boute al-so
Hou hy letteß mankenne
Of þat scholde by do.

(94)
Hyt hys porwe besynesse

pat men for-slewyþ hyt,
And oper wyle porz zdelnesse
God dede onido for-slyt.

(95. vi. vii.)
Glotonye hys be syste,

And hys mo ine fleascħ y-do;
And lecherye, pe nyxte,
In flesche hys senne al-so.

(96)
Ac glotonye entycy}

To lecherye her,
Ase þat hy norysse
Hote brondes pet fere.

(97)
Of glotonyes foure

be boke spekep openlyche :
To meche fode deuoury,
And to lykerouslyche,

(98)
And to freche to fretene

Wanne man hijs tyme heb,
And out of tyme to hetene

hat none siknesse nep.

384

There are four kinds of Gluttony :

1. consuming
too much
food;
2. and too
lickerishly;

388

3. devouring
too greedily
at meal-time;
4. eating be-
tween times,
if one is not
sick,

(115)

392

376. onido, MS. enido (the i's have no stroke).

378. mo, MS. me or ine, of which the following ine may be only a dittograph.

380. in flesche in MS. at the end of the preceding line.
381. entycyß, MS. entyøyþ.
383. After norysse}, hote (expuncted). 11. 383–4 probably ought to run

þat hy [also] norysseb

Ase hote brondes bet fer. 385. glotonyes foure, Kölbing's emendation ; MS. glotonye hys four). 389. And, MS. Ando.

thus :

(99. rii.)
Of lecherye comeþ wreche,

From

Lechers Foul speche, and foul delyt,

comes foul

speech, and Commune hordom, spousbreche,

fonl delight,

common Incest, and sodomyt.

396 fornication,

adulters,

incest, and (100)

sodomy. And hys incest wyþ kenne

Incest and

Sociomy be lecherye so;

defined. And sodomyt hys senne Azens kende y-do.

400 (leaf 198] (101) By-feld beþ men in slepe,

Ase glotonye hyt bryngep;
And ofte hyt dop moni kepe
bat man wakynge penckep.

404
(102)
Ac zef euyl hyt come nauzt.

Dea[d]lyche senne next.
Ac hou hyt falleß y-lome nez.
Ech man nauzt y-wyst.

408
(103)
þyse manere sennes seuene,
Ase ze hys here isezep,

heaven,
I-letteß men fram heuene,
And al dedlyche hy bep,

112 and are all

deadly sins, (104) Wanne hy y-bouzt bep oper y-speke,

whether Oper y-don in stat

in thought,

or speech
Aze pe lawe of god, to breke
be hestes pat he hat.

416
(105)
Of alle pe sennes þa[t] þer bep

they bear bos bereþ þat los;

the prize, 393. wreche in MS. at the beginning of the following line. 395. spousbreche in MS. at the beginning of next line. 396. sodomyt, t altered from e. 401. slepe, MS. sleau þe; see note. 402, 404. bryngep : þenckeș, read brengþ : þengþ. 405–408. I have transcribed these lines as they are written in the MS. 410. 3e, MS. he. 411. l-letteb, MS. Me lettep.

These seven sins debar men from

committed

or act.

Of all sins

SHOREHAM

for all others are included in them.

For euerech senne þat me dep
Longeß to some of pos.

420
(106)
And her-by pou myzt, man, y-seo (116)

hou here ende hys sour; Nou loke her-in, pur charite, And make hyt by myrour.

424 Oretis pro anima domini Willelmi de Schorham, quondam vicarii de chart iuxta ledes, qui composuit istam compilacionem

de septem mortalibus peccatis. Et omni[1 LT. 198, bk.) bus dicentibus oracionem dominicam cum

salutacione angelica, X1“ dies uenie, a domino Symone, Archiepiscopo cantuarie, conceduntur.

V. [The Five Joys of the Virgin Mary.]

M

all tongues

can bestow upon her.

(1)
Eche hys þat me syngep and redep, (117)

Of hyre þat al mankende glede
Ibore was here on erthe;

3 And þey alle speke, þat spekep wyd tonge,

Mary is

worth higher Of hyre worschype, and murye sounge,

praise than 3et more he were werthe.

6 on earth (2) Hyse aungeles heryep here wyþ steuene,

She is Queen

of Heaven, Ase he hys hare quene of heue[ne], And eke hare blysse;

9 Ouer al erþe leuedy hys here,

Lady over all

earth, And þorz-out helle gep here power,

and powerful

in hell, Ase he hys emperysse.

12 (3) Cause of alle þyse dignyte,

because, by Horz clennesse and humylyte,

God,
Was godes owene grace;

15 Wer-þorz he ber þan heuene kyngt:

the King of Worschype hys worþy ine alle þyng',

Heaven,
In euereche place.

18
(4)
Al þat hys boue and vnder molde,
Hou myzt hyt bote hyt bowe scholde
To hyre owene mede ?

21 Wanne he þat al þys wordle schel welde To hyre worschipe hys yhelde

worship her For here moder-hede.

24

the grace of

she bore

who is Himself bound to

as mother.

2. gledeb, MS. gladep.
4. þey = þez.—ulle speke, MS. þey I alle speke.
6. he = hy; so, too, 11. 8, 12, 16.-werthe, MS. worthe.
10. hys = hy ys; so, too, l. 17.