§ 17. First shaltow understonde that Confession is verray shewinge of
sinnes to the preest; / this is to seyn ‘verray,’ for he moste confessen
him of alle the condiciouns that bilongen to his sinne, as ferforth as he
can. / Al moot be seyd, and no thing excused ne hid ne forwrapped, and
noght avaunte him of his gode werkes. /320 And forther over, it is
necessarie to understonde whennes that sinnes springen, and how they
encresen, and whiche they been. /