Bot war þe wel, if þ{o}u wylt, þy wedeȝ ben clene, & honest for þe haly day, lest þ{o}u harme lache, For aproch þ{o}u to þat prynce of parage noble. He hat{es} helle no more þe{n} hem þat ar sowle.[9] 168 [Headnote: GOD IS DISPLEASED WITH THE WICKED.] [Sidenote: Thy weeds are thy works that thou hast wrought.] Wich arn þe{n}ne þy wedeȝ þ{o}u wrappeȝ þe i{n}ne, Þat schal schewe he{m} so schene schrowde of þe best? Hit arn þy werkeȝ wyt{er}ly, þ{a}t þ{o}u wroȝt haueȝ, & lyued w{i}t{h} þe lyky{n}g þ{a}t lyȝe in þy{n} hert, 172 Þat þo be frely & fresch fonde i{n} þy lyue, & fetyse of a fayr forme, to fote & to honde, & syþe{n} alle þy{n} oþ{er} lymeȝ lapped ful clene, [Sidenote: For many faults may a man forfeit bliss.] Þe{n}ne may þ{o}u se þy sauior & his sete ryche. 176 For fele fauteȝ may a freke forfete his blysse, [Sidenote: For sloth and pride he is thrust into the devil’s throat.] Þat he þe sou{er}ayn ne se þen, for slauþe one, As for bobau{n}ce & bost & bolnande p{r}iyde, Þroly i{n}-to þe deueleȝ þrote man þry{n}geȝ bylyue, 180 [Sidenote: [Fol. 59b.]] [Sidenote: He is ruined by covetousness, perjury, murder, theft, and strife.] For couetyse, & colwarde & croked dedeȝ, For mon-sworne, & men-sclaȝt, & to much drynk, For þefte, & for þrepy{n}g, vn-þonk may mon haue; [Sidenote: For robbery and ribaldry, for preventing marriages, and supporting the wicked, for treason, treachery, and tyranny, man may lose eternal bliss.] For roborrye, & riboudrye & resou{n}eȝ vntrwe, 184 & dysheriete & depryue dowrie of wydoeȝ, For marry{n}g of maryageȝ & may{n}tnau{n}ce of schreweȝ, For traysou{n}, & trichcherye, & tyrau{n}tyré boþe,[10] & for fals famacions & fayned laweȝ; 188 Man may mysse þe myrþe, þat much is to prayse, For such vnþeweȝ as þise & þole much payne, & i{n} þe creatores cort com neu{er} more, Ne neu{er} see hym with syȝt for such sour to{ur}neȝ. 192 [Sidenote 8: MS. poueu{er}.] [Sidenote 9: _fowle_ (?).] [Sidenote 10: loþe (?).] [Headnote: THE FALL OF THE ANGELS.] III.