I gan complayne min inwarde deedly smert That aye so sore crampeshe at min herte.
This woful man, that was nat fully deed, Whan that he herde the name of Tisbe cryen, On her he caste his hevy deedly yen 885 And doun again, and yeldeth up the gost.
For certes, the more that a man chargeth his soule with venial sinnes, the more is he enclyned to fallen in-to deedly sinne.
And also a man sholde sorwe, namely, for al that evere he hath desired agayn the lawe of god with perfit consentinge of his reson; for ther-of is no doute, that it is deedly sinne in consentinge.
The firste is dronkenesse, that is the horrible sepulture of mannes resoun; and therfore, whan a man is dronken, he hath lost his resoun; and this is deedly sinne.
Wepen bothe yonge and olde in al that place, 820 Whan that the king this cursed lettre sente, And Custance, with a deedly pale face, The ferthe day toward hir ship she wente.
Another defaute is this, that men doon deedly sinne after that they han received baptisme.
For certes, in the werkinge of the deedly sinne, ther is no trust to no good werk that we han doon biforn; that is to seyn, as for to have therby the lyf perdurable in hevene.
Of Lecherie, as I seyde, sourden diverse speces; as fornicacioun, that is bitwixe man and womman that been nat maried; and this is deedlysinne and agayns nature.
Another Ire is ful wikked, that comth of felonye of herte avysed and cast biforn; with wikked wil to do vengeance, and therto his resoun consenteth; and soothly this is deedly sinne.
But soothly, the gode werkes that men doon whyl they been in deedly sinne, for-as-muche as they were doon in deedly sinne, they may nevere quiken agayn.
What king that wolde be the worthieste, 75 The more he mighte our deedly werre cese, The more he shulde his worthinesse encrese.
Wher pite dwelleth, in the same place Ther may no deedly cruelte sojourne 335 Wherof that mercy shulde his wey[e] tourne.
If a lady wil do so greet out-rage To shewe pite, and cause her own debate, Of such pite cometh dispitous rage, And of the love also right deedly hate.
For if a king the peril understood 150 What is to slee the people, thanne, I gesse, The deedly werres and the hevinesse Wher-of the pees distourbed is ful ofte, Shulde at som tyme cesse and wexe softe.
For god, whiche is of man the creatour, He wolde not men slowe his creature Withoute cause of deedly forfayture.
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