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is so terrible painful nor dangerous, that the man ne shulde suffre,
nest sy terryble, penible ne dangereus, que lhomme ne tollerast,

before or rather than to suffre devorce or departyng betwene his
soule and his
auant souffrir diuorce ou separation entre son
ame et son

body, bycause that nothyng is so more to be drede than the deth:
nevertheles
corps, pour ce que rien nest plus a craindre que la mort:
neantmoins

all these premisses set aside, God the creatour hath loved us
toutes ces premisses, madame, Dieu le createur nous a aime

above all the above sayd loves. For touchyng the filiall,
he
par dessus toutes les dessus dictes amours. Car touchant la filialle,
il

hath sende his dere sonne here beneth, for to redeme us and from
the paines
a envoie son chier filz ca bas pour nous redimer et des
paines

of hell to deliver, makyng him of a lorde a servant and of immortall
mortall,
denfer deliurer, le faisant de seigneur serf et de immortel
mortel,

suffring him rather to dye for us than in havyng pyte of him
le souffrant plus tost mourir pour nous que en aiant pite de luy

to leve us in periclitation. And touchyng the howbeit
nous laisser en periclitation. Et touchant la matrimonialle, combien

that he had love inestimable to his swete mother the virgyn Mary, that
quil eubt amour inestimable a sa doulce mere la vierge Marie, ce

natwithstandyng he hath chosen rather to dye for us, leavyng her
nonobstant il a preesleu plus tost mourir pour nous, la laissant

desolat and desconforted than in her comfortyng to leave us in
perdicion.