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,