This image taken from the Thynne printed
edition
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7383 And
with so gret
devocion
7384 They
maden her
confession,
7385 That
they had ofte, for the
nones,
7386 Two
hedes in one hood at
ones.
7387 Of
fair shape I devyse her
thee,
7388 But
pale of face somtyme was
she;
7389 That
false traitouresse
untrewe
7390 Was
lyk that salowe hors of
hewe,
7391 That
in the Apocalips is
shewed,
7392 That
signifyeth tho folk
beshrewed,
7393 That
been al ful of
trecherye,
7394 And
pale, thurgh
hypocrisye;
7395 For
on that hors no colour
is,
7396 But
only deed and pale,
y-wis.
7397 Of
suche a colour
enlangoured
7398 Was
Abstinence, y-wis,
coloured;
7399 Of
her estat she her
repented,
7400 As
her visage
represented.
7401 She
had a burdoun al of
Thefte,
7402 That
Gyle had yeve her of his
yefte;
7403 And
a scrippe of Fainte
Distresse,
7404 That
ful was of
elengenesse,
7405 And
forth she walked
sobrely:
7406 And
False-Semblant saynt, ie vous
die,
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