Gregorius | swer | dem | sündære | | whoever | the | sinner |
3815 | ze | vaste | wil | nâch | jagen | | too | severely | will | _ | hound |
| daz | en- | -mac | der | lîp | niht | wol | vertragen | | that | _ | can | the | body | not | well | endure |
| ob | er | genâde | suochen | wil | | if | he | grace | seek | will |
3818 | gît | man | im | gâhes | buoze | vil | | (if) gives | one | him | rashly | penance | great |
| vil | lîhte | ein | man | dâ | von | verzaget | | (then) very | easily | a | man | _ | from it | will lose heart |
| daz | er | sich | aber | gote | entsaget | | (so) that | he | _ | in turn | God | rejects |
3821 | und | wirt | wider | des | tiuvels | kneht | | and | becomes again | _ | the | devil's | servant |
| dâ | von | gât | gnâde | vür | daz | reht | | _ | therefore | comes | mercy | before | the | law |
| sus | kunde | er | rehte | mâze | geben | | so | could | he | proper | moderation | impose |
3824 | über | geistlîchez | leben | | on | spiritual | life |
| dâ | mite | der | sündære | genas | | _ | whereby | the | sinner | was saved |
| und | der | guote | stæte | was | | and | the | good (one) | steadfast | was |
3827 | von | sîner | starken | lêre | | through | his | powerful | teaching |
| sô | wuohs | diu | gotes | êre | | thus | grew | _ | God's | honor |
| vil | harte | starclîche | | very | very | mightily |
3830 | in | rœmischem | rîche | | in (the) | Roman | Empire |
| sîn | muoter | sîn | base | sîn | wîp | | his | mother | he | aunt | his | wife |
| diu | driu | heten | einen | lîp | | the | three | had | one | body |
3833 | dô | si | in | Equitâniam | | when | she | in | Aquitania |
| von | dem | bâbest | vernam | | about | the | pope | heard |
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