Fro that demaunde he so descendeth doun To asken hir, if that hir straunge thoughte 860 The Grekes gyse, and werkes that they wroughte?
Paraunter I was therto most able As a whyt wal or a table; 780 For hit is redy to cacche and take Al that men wil therin make, Wher-so men wol portreye or peynte, Be the werkes never so queynte.
Right as a mirour nothing may enpresse, But, lightly as it cometh, so mot it pace, So fareth your love, your werkes bereth witnesse.
Thanne comth drede to biginne to werke any gode werkes; for certes he that is enclyned to sinne, him thinketh it is so greet an empryse for to undertake to doon werkes of goodnesse.
His body was to-bollen for wrathe, That he boot hise lippes; And wryngynge he yede with the fust, To wreke hymself he thoughte With werkes or with wordes, Whan he seyghe his tyme.
The kyng swor by Crist, And by his crowne bothe, That Wrong for hise werkes Sholde wo tholie; 2250 And comaundede a constable To casten hym in irens, And lete hym noght thise seven yer Seen his feet ones.
And if I sholde werche by hir werkes 6390 To wynne me hevene, That for hir werkes and wit Now wonyeth in pyne, Thanne wroughe I un-wisly, What so evere ye preche.
Why sholde we that now ben, For the werkes of Adam, Roten and to-rende?
Swiche werkes with hem Were nevere out of seson, 8730 Til thei myghte na-moore; And thanne murye tales, And how that lecchours lovye Laughen and japen, And of hir harlotrye and horedom In hir elde tellen.
Cast coles on his heed Of alle kynde speche, Bothe with werkes and with wordes 8330 Fonde his love to wynne; And leye on him thus with love, Til he laughe on the.
Al he wolde that men wiste Of werkes and of wordes Which myghte plese the peple, And preisen hymselve.
Diverse scoles maken parfyt clerkes, And diverse practyk in many sondry werkes Maken the werkman parfyt sekirly; Of five husbondes scoleryng am I.
Diverse scoles maken parfit clerkes; Divers praktyk in many sondry werkes Maketh the werkman parfit sekirly; Of fyve housbondes scolering am I.
In any boke also wher can ye fynde, 435 That of the werkes or the dethe or lyf Of Jesu speketh, or maketh any mynde, That womman him forsook, for wo or stryf?
Therfore boldely renome of fame of the erthe shulde be hated, and fame after deth shulde be desyred of werkes of vertue.
Certes, in dignite of office, the werkes of the occupyer shewen the malice and the 30 badnesse in the person; with shrewes they maken manyfolde harmes, and moche people shamen.
And yeve me might, whyl I have lyf and space, 25 Me to conforme fully to thy plesaunce; Shewe upon me th'abundaunce of thy grace, In gode werkes graunt me perseveraunce.
That your werkes shulden be good, in 60 service or in any other actes, authorites many may be aleged; neverthelater, by reson thus may it be shewed.
Thise ladies eek compleynen hem on clerkes 190 That they han maad bokes of hir diffame, In which they lakken wommen and hir werkes And speken of hem greet repreef and shame, And causelees yive hem a wikked name.
Thanke thy Margaryte of her grete grace that +hiderto thee hath gyded, and praye her of continuaunce forth in thy werkes herafter; and that, for no mishappe, thy grace overthwartly 155 tourne.
Austen witnesseth of an 25 heretyk, that in his first beginninge he was a man right expert in resons and swete in his wordes; and the werkes miscorden.
Oure maunciple I hope he wil be ded-- Swa werkes hym ay the wanges in his heed.
Men loveden more darknessis than light for her werkes weren yvele, for ech man that doeth yvel, hateth the light.
Upon her hand she holds A formel[39] egle, of shap the gentileste[40] That ever she among hir werkes fonde.
Of werkesthat ich wel dude Witnesse ich take, And syggen to such That sytten me bysyde, 'Lo!
For he in goodnesse of gost Graythliche hem warned To wayven her wikednesse And werkes of synne.
Clerkes have no knowyng," quod he, "But bywerkes and by wordes.
And longe tyme dwelled she in that place, In holywerkes ever, as was hir grace.
Our manciple, I hope he wil be deed, Swa werkes ay the wanges in his heed.
Thanne thilke gode werkes that been mortified by ofte sinning, whiche gode werkes he dide whyl he was in charitee, ne mowe nevere quiken agayn with-outen verray penitence.
Thise been generally almesses or werkes of charitee of hem that han temporel richesses or discrecioun in conseilinge.
Thanne arn ther the vertues of feith, and hope in god and in hise seintes, to acheve and acomplice the gode werkes in the whiche he purposeth fermely to continue.
Eke whan he slepeth more than nedeth, or whan he comth by thilke enchesoun to late to chirche, or to othere werkes of charite.
Nay; for alle the gode werkes that he hath wroght ne shul nevere been in remembrance; for he shal dyen in his sinne.
But nathelees, the gode werkes quiken agayn, and comen agayn, and helpen, and availlen to have the lyf perdurable in hevene, whan we han contricion.
And nat only that oure defautes shullen be iuged, but eek that alle oure werkes shullen openly be knowe.
Up-on which misericorde folweth pitee, in parfourninge of charitable werkes of misericorde.
As thryve I,' quod she, 'ye shal faile, 1615 Good werkes shal yow noght availe To have of me good fame as now.
As I þat seide god refuseþ oonly þe werkes of men.
For which it folweth, that the freedom of the conseiles and of the werkes of mankind nis non, sin that the thoght of god, that seeth alle thinges without errour of falsnesse, bindeth and constreineth 105 hem to a bitydinge by necessitee.
O thou governour, governinge alle thinges by certein ende, why refusestow only to governe the werkes of men by dewe manere?
Riche men [th]air hend sal wryng, and wicked werkes sal by 65 In flawme of fyre, bath knyght and keyng, with sorow schamfully.
I forsak the, kyng Herowdes, and thi werkes alle: Ther is a chyld in Bedlem born is beter than we alle.
Thi treson stant of such record, 2060 Thou miht thi werkes noght forsake; So mot I for mi fader sake Vengance upon thi bodi do, As I comanded am therto.
For alle hise werkes ben grevance And enemy to mannes hele, In what degre that he schal dele.
Alle othre bestes that men finde Thei serve unto here oghne kinde, Bot to reson the Soule serveth; Wherof the man his thonk deserveth And get him with hise werkes goode The perdurable lyves foode.
But his werkes his lavde must nede conquere; thei may never owt of remembravnce dye; hys werkes shall[e] his name conveye & bere Abowte the world almoste eternelly.
I forsak the, kyng Herowdes, and thi werkes alle, Ther is a chyld in Bedlem born is beter than we alle.
He kyst adoun the bores hed, and went in to the halle; ‘I forsak the, kyng Herowdes, and thi werkes alle.
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