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mercy
3494 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
3495 _oosteresse_--oostesse
3496 _wicked[e]_--wikkede
3497 _were woxen swyne_--weeren wexen swyn
3498 _chaunged_--Ichaunged
_brede_--bred
_forto_--MS. {and} forto
_ete acorns_--eten akkornes
3499 _hoole_--hool
3501 _wepi? _--MS. kepi? , C. weepith
3502 _monstruous_--MS. monstronous, C. Monstruos
3504 _Circes_--MS. Cirtes
_folk_--folkys
3509 _yhid_--MS. yhidde, C. I-hydd
3515 _wooden_--MS. wolden, C.
wooden]


[Headnote:
THE WICKED ARE TORMENTED BY A THREEFOLD WRETCHEDNESS. ]

TUNC EGO FATEOR INQ{UA}M.

[Sidenote: [The ferthe p{ro}se. ]]

[Sidenote: _B. _ I confess that vicious men are rightly called
beasts. ]

++? an seide I ? us I confesse {and} am aknowe q{uo}d I. ne
I ne se nat ? at men may seyn as by ry? t.

[Sidenote: They retain the outward form of man, but the qualities
of their souls prove them to be beasts. ]

? {a}t
shrewes ne ben nat chaunged in to beestes by ? e
qualite of hir soules. ?