The Conuercyon of swerers(The Conversion of Swearers)
The plage of vengeaunce shall not cessed be

Wherefore ye brederne full of abusyon

Take ye good hede to this dyscrypcyon

Come nowe to me and axe forgyuenes

And be penytente and haue it douteles

 Augustinus. Non potest male mori qui bene vixit et vix bene moritur quimale vixit. 

Who in this worlde lyueth well and ryghtwysly

Sall deye well by ryght good knowlegynge

Who in this worlde lyueth yll and wrongfully

Shall hardly scape to haue good endynge

I do graunte mercy but no tyme enlongynge

Wherfore good brederne whyles that ye haue space

Amend your lyfe and come vnto my grace

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 My wordes my prelates vnto you do preche

For to conuerte you from your wretchednes

But lytell auaylleth you nowe for to teche

The worlde hathe cast you in such blyndnes

Lyke vnto stones your hertes hathe hardnes

That my swete wordes may not reconsyle


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