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PATER NOSTER.

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5    Pater noster et cetera. Ðu singest þe salm þe me clepeð crede.
6þu seist þat on gode bileuest. and dost cnownesse þat he is
7þi louerd. ac þanne þu singest þe salm þat is cleped pater noster.
8After þe forme word of þe salme; abugest gode. and cnewlest
9togenes him. and biddest þat all his wille wurðe. and menest
10to him þine fele nede. and biddest þat he hem alle bete. þus
11queðende. Pater noster qui es in celis. fader ure þu ert in
12heuene. þe holie þremnesse þe shop and biwalt alle shafte; we
13clepieð ure fader for two þing. on his for þo þe he us shop; and
14feide þe lemes to ure licame. and þe sowle þarto. þe sene to þe
15egen. þe hlust to þe earen. and to elche lime limpliche mihte.
16and swo digeliche hit al dihte; þat on elche feinge is hem on
17sene. and eft he us wile feie; þanne we shulen arisen of deaðe.
18and forþi we clepeð him fader for þat he us feide here. Oðer
19is þat he fet alle liuiende þing. þe bi mete liuien. alle nutten
20openliche; and gres and trowen dieliche. Ac on of alle nutten
21þat is man. he fet on two wise. noht alle; ac sume. Ðo unrihtwise
22openliche mid licames bileue; and þe sowle mid hire bileue.
23and þeih he alle þing þus fede; he nis naðemo nemned heore
24alre manne þeih hem alle fede. ac sunderlepes he is here fader
25mid wisse. þe on rihte bileue. and on soðe luue understant his
26holie fles. and his holie blod. þat ben þe rihtwise. and þe bileafule.
27and þe godfrihte men; þe ladeð her lif alse me hem in
28chireche lereð. and þo þe swo ne don; habben to fader þe deuel
29þe fet hem alle þo þe him folegeð. and on þe forme men; alle
30ueide er. and mid licames luste; alle unbilefulle men þe þo
31weren. and get ben. he fedeð. and is þarfore hore fader. Sanctificetur
32nomen tuum. bledsed be þi name on us. swo þat we on
33alle ure þanke. þe heien on alle ure worden. þe herien; on alle
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35ernien þat we habben moten of þine holie name þe tocne imene.
36Adueniat regnum tuum. Cume þi rixlinge. To sume men
37cumeð ure louerd ihesu crist. and litle hwile mid hem bileueð
38and siððen him forleteð. Swilche ben alle þo þe hereð godes
39word on lor spelle. and þenchen þat hie willeð here synnes leten.
40and ne don. To sume men cumeð ure louerd ihesu crist. and
41bileueð mid him. and naðemo ne rixleð noht on him. Swilche
42ben alle þo þe hauen here synnes forleten. and bi prestes wissinge
43hem gernliche beteð. To sume men he cumeð. and biginneð
44on him to rixle on þis eðeliche liue. and wille fulliche rixle
45on him eft on þe eche liue. ac swilche ben arueð finde. nu abuuen
46eorðe. and naðeles manie beð get. þo ben þe godfrihte þe clene
47ben of synnes. and leteð unwurð of alle woreld wunne. and
48luueð rihtliche alle liuiende men. and ben hersume alle godes
49hese. and is þis woreld loð. and habbeð longinge to heuene. and
50ne gierneð to none þinge; bute after godes wille. Fiat uoluntas
51tua sicut in celo et in terra. Wurðe þi wil on eorðe swo hit
52is on heuene. swo þat me þe quemen of here liflode on eorðe.
53alse don þe engles on heuene. Panem nostrum cotidianum da
54nobis hodie. Gif us to dai ure daihwamliche bred. Al hit is
55cleped bred; þat is mannes bileue; ac naðeles bred bitocneð þre
56bileues. On is þe mete. þe þe lichame brukeð and biliueð. Ðat
57oðer is godes word. þat is þe sowle fode. þe þridde is for mete þat
58ilch man agh mid him to leden. þan he sal of þesse liue faren.
59þat is cristes holie licame. þe giueð alle men eche lif. and
60blisse in heuene. and gief we wise ben; we mugen mid one
61worde þese þrie þing bidden. and ben bene tiðe. Et dimitte
62nobis debita nostra. And forgiue us ure gultes þe we hauen don.
63and ofte on idel þonke. on unnet speche. on iuele dede. and
64muchele mo siðe þanne we segen mugen. Sicut et nos dimittimus
65debitoribus nostris. And swo forgiue us ure gultes. swo
66we don hem here þe us agult habbeð. Ne mai no man þese word
67seggen þanne he godes milce bisecð. gief he haueð on his heorte
68onde. oðer nið. oðer hatiunge to his emcristene. þat he him
69seluen fram gode ne deleð. Ac biddeð þat godes wraððe cume
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71Louerd shild us fram elche pine of helle. Elch pine is fremed on
72þre fold wise. On is þe defles tuihting and mislore, þat oðer is
73mannes licunge. þe þridde is mannes wille. þane he wile don.
74oðer queðen hwat him þanne licað after defles lore. þe egginge
75and þe likinge him bringeð in to helle pine. Ðre þing beð þat
76mankin heuieð. On is þe selue lust. oðer is iuel lehtres. ðe
77þridde flesliche lustes. and þese two þe ben leihter and lust;
78uulsteð þe þridde þat is þe flesliche lust. þe mankinne forlereð.
79and al hit is bi þe deuel. þat men þus forlerede. Alse
80hit bi þe wimman and bi sheawere. hie bihalt hire sheawere.
81and cumeð hire shadewe þaronne. þe shadewe hire tacheð. hwu
82hie mai hire seluen wenlukest makien. for hie wule liken alle þe
83lechures þe on hire lokeð. and swo dragen hem to hire. Al swo
84cumeð þe deuel in to þe mannes herte þan he wile healde sunderrune
85wið him. and þus queð. Ðu ert wel don man. and þarto
86wurðlich. Gef þu takest to huse þu best men þe unwurðure
87ac gef þu werest elche dai faire cloðes. and best rum-handed
88to glewmen and to hores. þu shalt ben lef and wurð. and
89liken alle men. To þe man þat is niðful. he spekeð on his
90herte and þus queð. Ful mai þe þinke þat forcuðer haueð faire
91weden. and þu unwreste. and he wereldes richeise and þu ware
92betre wurðe. Wið þe hatiende man he specð on his herte. Nu
93shalt þu hatien þo þe iuel hauen don. and biremen him mid euel
94wordes. and maken him to forlesen his aihte. vnwreste þu best
95gef þu wreche ne secst. hwanne þu time siest. gief mihte þe þe
96atiereð. To þe eiht-gradi men he runeð on his herte and þus queð.
97Gef þu best aihteles þu best unwurð. and loð. ac gef þu hauest
98woreld wele. þu miht þarof wurðliche fare. and swo loken þe
99þat þu best lef and wurð. and miht for ure drihtenes luue fele
100almes dele. þeih þu hit mid unrihte bigete. oðer on untime. Gif
101þarof for godes luue. þanne beð þe synne forgiuen. gef þi prest
102nis clene man. þe shal þine toðinge understonden. del hit men þe
103muge bidde for ðe. To þe narewe herted man on his þonke he
104seið. witte wel hwat þu hauest. walte hwat þe tide. and cune
105sume meðe þenne þu almesse makest. Ðu hauest eðeliche bi
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107hit be. On þe drunken men he runeð mid his herte and seið.
108Esteliche eten. and drinken makeð þe man fair. and wurliche.
109and on manie mihte þat þu etest and drinkest and werest. þat
110þu hauest. and gef þu ani þing spelest and leuest. þat þu forlest.
111On þe gole men he gelð wið his herte. and þus queð. Gef þe
112is lef þin hele. heald þin cunde. and þine licames lust kel ilome.
113and naht on feawe ac on fele wise. þe wile falle wel to echen þis
114woreld. Gef þu strene wult haue; ne haue þu naht þin ogen
115wif. ac oðer mannes imene. þeih lerdemen segen þat hit be muchel
116sunne þat man his licames lust drige. ofte þeih hie bispused ben.
117and don hit for strene. here liflode ligneð hem seluen. for ne
118doð hit none swo ofte se þe hodede. þe naueð him selue naht on
119ac fele imene. and gef he þat hielde synne. he wolde þe dede wiðtien.
120Ðus deuel eggeð ælch man on his herte. and macað þat
121he wule do þat he him to teihte. Set libera nos a malo. Ac les
122us louerd of his egginge. and of alle iuele. amen. swo hit wurðe.