3. Yet with regard to one class of questions, the tongue of the preacher was restrained. After touching the subject of confession and the frailty of some confessors, he adds in a significant way:
"Of þis mater coude I sey mar,
But God wod þt I ne dar,
For beter is skilful pes to holde
Þan in speche ben to bolde."
4. The following extract will not fail to interest the student of prophecy:—
"Get wone ful many iewis thore, [i.e. in captivity]
And so schul þei don euer more,
Til ageyn domes day,
Þan schul þei þens out-stray,