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 the dede of maryage, for in the dede of maryage is no mortall synne, for it is an operacion commaunded of god, and therfore the deuylle hath nothynge to doo of hit, but in puterye and in synne mortalle or dedely he hath grete power, and is there in his persone to chauffe and meue the synnar to the fals delyte, as the smyth whiche putteth the cole in the fornays and thenne he bloweth and kyndeleth hit. And soo moche wayteth the deuylle to serue them wel in that fowle delyte, and to kepe them stylle therin, that at the last be caryeth and bereth wyth hym theyr soules in to the depe pytte of helle, wherof he taketh as grete Ioye, and holdeth hym therof as wel apayed, as doth he that al the day hath chaced, and atte euen he taketh the best and hath it with hym. And in lyke wyse dothe the deuyll of al suche men and wymmen, as rayson is. For the holy wrytynge sayth they that ben chauffed and brennynge in the fyre of lecherye, shalle be brente in the fyre of helle, and it is well reson, as a good heremyte sayth in vitas patrum, that one hete be put with the other. For as god sayth, there is no good dede done, but that it shalle be guerdonned, ne none euylle done, but that it shal be punysshed.