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UOlleward and wete schoed · went I forth after
And as a reccheles renke þ(a)t of no recches
And yede forth like a lorel · al my lif tyme
Til I wex wery of the worlde · and wilnes eft to slepe.
And lened me to a lenten · and lang tyme I slepte
And of cristes passiou(n) and penaunce · þe peple þ(a)t of taughte
Reste me ther and rutte faste ˜ til ramis palmar(um)
Of gerles and of gloria laus gretely me dremed
And how ozanna by organye olde folkes so(n)gen
Oon semblable to the samaritan · and somdel to piers plowma(n)
Barfoot and oon an asse bake · boteles gan prike
With-outen spores other spere · spaklich he loked
As is the kynde of a knyght · that comes to dubbed
To getten hym gilte spores · and galoches ycouped
Than was faith in a fenestre · and crie a fili dauid
As doos an heraud of armes · whan aunterous comes to Iustes
Olde Iewes of Ier(usa)l(e)m · for Ioie thay songen~
Benedictus qui venit in no(m)i(n)e d(omi)ni & c(etera)
That I frayned at faith · what al that fare bymente
And who shulde Iuste In Ierusalem · Ih(es)us he saide
And fecche that the fende claymeth · Piers fruyt the plowma(n)
Is piers in this place quod · and he preynt on me
This Ih(es)us of his gentries · wol Iuste in piers armes
In his helme and hise haubergeon · humana natura
That crist be nouȝt yknowe here · for consumatus est
In piers paltok the plowman · this priker shal ride
For no dynte shal hym dere · as in deitate p(at)ris
Who schal Iuste with Ih(es)us quod I · Iewes or scribes
Nay quod he the foule fend ˜ and fals dom and deth
Deth sayes he shal for do · and a-doun brynge
Al that lyues or lokes in londe or in watre
Lif saith that lieth · and layes his lif to wedde
That for al that deth kan doo with-Inne thre dayes
To walke and fecche fro þe fend Piers fruyt þe plowman
And legge it ther hym liketh · and lucifer bynde
And for to bete and a-doun bryng · bale det for euere
O mors ero mors tua & c(etera)
Than com pilatus with pepil Sedens p(ro) tribunali
To se how dowtilich deth schol do · and deme hir brotheres right
The Iewes and the Iustices · ayeins Ih(es)u thay were
And al the court on hym cried ˜ Crucifige sharpe
Tho putte hym forth a pilo(ur) · bifore pilat and saide
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This Ih(es)us of oure Iewes peple Iaped and dispised
To fordon it on a day · and in thre dayes after
Edifie it eft newe · here he standes that saide it
And yet maken it as muche in al manere poyntes
Bothe as longe and as large · by loft and by grounde
Crucifige quod a cacchepol · I warant hym a wecche
Tolle tolle quod another · and took of kenne thornes
And bi-gan of kene thorn a garland to make
And set it sore on is hed · and saide in Enuye
Aue rabi quod that ribaud ˜ and threw rides at hym
Nayled hym with thre nayiles · naked on the rode
And poiso(n) on a pole ˜ they putte vp to hisse lippes
And bede hym drynke his deth yuel · hise dayes were doon
And if thow suttel be · helpe now thy-seluen.
If þ(o)u be crist and kynges sone · com doun of the rode
Than shul we leue that lif the loueth · and wol nouȝt lete the deye
Consumatu(m) est quod crist · and comsed for to swowen
Pitousliche and pale · as a prison that deyeth
The lorde of lif an of light tho leyde hise eighen togideres
The day for dred · with-drouȝ · and derk becam the sonne
The wal wagged and clef · and al the word quaued
Dede men for þ(a)t dyne · com out of depe graues
And tolde why þ(a)t tempeste · so longe tyme dured
For a bitter bataille · the dede body saide
Lif and deth in this derknesse · hir oon fordoth hir other
Schal no wight wit wit(er)ly · who shal haue the maistrie
Er sonday aboute sonne risyng · and sank w(i)t(h) þ(a)t til erthe
Som saide that he was goddes sone · that so faire deyed
vere filius dei erat iste & c(etera)
And some saide he was a wicche ˜ good is þ(a)t we assaye
Were he be dede or nought ded · doun er he be taken
Two theues also tholed deth þ(a)t tyme
vp-on a cros biside crist · so was the co(mun)e lawe
A cacchepolle cam forth · and craked bothe hir legges
And hir armes after · of either of the theues
And was no boy so bolde · goddes body to touche
For he was knyght and kynges sone ˜ kynde foryaf þ(a)t tyme
That non harlot were so hardi to lay hand vp-on hym
And ther cam forth a knyght with a kene spere ygrounde
Highte longeus as the l(ett)re telleth and longe had lore his sighte
Bifore pilat and other peple · in the place he houed
Maugre hise many tethe · he was made þ(a)t tyme
To take the spere in his hande and Iusten with Ih(es)us
For al thay were vnhardy · þ(a)t houed on hors & stoode
To touchen hem or tasten hym · or take(n) hy(m) doun on rode
Bot this bly(n)de bachiler · þane bare hy(m) thurȝ the herte
The blode spronge doun by þe sper · and vnspered hise eighe(n)
Than fel the knyȝt vp-on knes · and cried hym mercye
Ayein my wille it was lord to wounde yow so sore
How he seighed and saide sore it me a-thenketh
For þe dede þ(a)t I haue don I do me in youre grace
Haue on me reuthe rigful Ih(es)u · and right w(i)t(h) þ(a)t he wepte
Than gan faith felli the fals Iewes despise
Called hem caytyues acorsed for euere
For this foule vilanie · vengeaunce to yow alle
To do the blynde bete hym ybounde it was a boys co(n)nseil
Cursed caytif knyghthode was it neuere
To misdo a dede body · by day or by nyght
The grythe ye hase he geten · for al his grete wounde
For youre champeou(n) chiveler chief knyght of yow alle
yelde hym recreaunt rennyng · right at Ih(es)us wille
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For be derkenesse ydo · his deth worth a-venged
And lordeyns · han ylost ˜ for lif shal haue the maistre
And yore fraunchise that free was · fallen is in thraldom
And ye clerkes and youre children · chieue shul ye neu(er)e
Ne haue lordschip in honde · ne no londe tilye
But al bareyne be · and vsurie vsen
Which is lif þ(a)t oure lord · in alle lawes a-corseth
Now youre good dayes aren don · as daniel p(ro)phecied
Whan crist cam hir kyngdome · and crowne shuld iesse
Cum veniat s(an)c(t)us s(an)c(t)or(um) cessabit vnxio v(est)ra~
What for fere of this ferly · And of the false Iewes
I drew me in þat derknesse · to descendit ad in-ferna
And ther I saugh sothely · s(e)c(un)d(u)m sc(ri)pturas
Out of the west coste · a wenche as me thoughte
Com walkyng in the way · to helleward scho loked
Mercy highte that maide ˜ a meke thyng with alle
A ful benigne birde · and buxom of speche
Hir syster as it semed · com softily walkyng
Euene out of the Est and westward she loked
A ful many creatur treuthe she highte
For þe virtue that hir folwed · a-ferde was sche neuer
Whan thise maidens mette mercy and trouthe
Either asked other · of þis gret wondire
Of the dyn and the derkenesse · and how þe day rowed
And wich a light and a leme · lay bifore helle
Ich haue ferly of this fare · in faith saide treuthe
And am wendyng to wite what this wondire meneth
haue no m(er)ueill quod m(er)cy ˜ murthe it bitokne
A Maiden þ(a)t hatte marie · and moder w(i)t(h)-outen felyng
Of any kynnes creature · conceyued thurgh spech
And g(ra)ce of the holy gost wex grete with childe
With-outein · wem in-to this world ˜ she brouȝt hym
And that my tale be trew I take god to witnesse
Sit this barn was born · ben thretty wynter passed
Wich deyed and tholed this day aboute mydday
And that is cause of this clipse · þat closes now the sonne
In menyng that man shal · fro merkenesse be drawe
The while this light and this lem shal lucifer ablonde
For patriarkes and p(ro)phetes · hand p(re)ched her-of often
That man shal man saue · thurgh a maidens helpe
And that was tynt thurȝ tree · tree schal it wynne
And that dethe dooun broughte · deth schal releue
That thow tellest quod · it is but a tale of tale of
For adam and Eue · and abrah(a)m with other
Pat(ri)arkes and p(ro)phetes · that in payne liggen
Leue thow neuer that yon light ˜ a-loft schal brynge
Ne haue hem oute of helle ˜ holde thy tonge mercye
It is bot a tryfule that thow tellest · I trought woot þe soth
For þ(a)t is ones in helle · out comes it neuere
Iob the p(ro)phete patriarke · reproues thi sawes
Quia in inferno nulla est redempc(i)o
Than mercy ful myldly ˜ mouthed thise wordes
Thurgh exp(er)ience quod she · I hope thay shul be saued
For venym fordoos venym ˜ and that I proue by resou(n)T
For of all venym foulest is the Scorpiou(n)
May no medicyne helpe the place · ther he styngeth
Til he be ded and do ther-to · þe yuel he destroyeth
The first venymouste · thurgh venym of hym-selue
So shal this deth fordo · I dar my lif legge
Al þ(a)t deth dide first · thorugh the deueles entisyng
And right as thurgh gile man was bigiled
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So shal g(ra)ce that bigan · make a good sighte
ars vt artem falleret
Now suffere we saide treuthe · I se as me thynketh.
Out of the nyppe of þe North · nouȝt ful fer he(n)nes
Rightwisnesse cam rennyng reste we the wille
For he woot more than we · he was or we bothe
That is soth saiede mercy · and I se here bisouthe / bi southe
Were pees cometh pleyng · in pacience yclothed
Loue hase coueited hir longe · leue I non other
But he sent hir som l(ett)re · what this light by-meneth
That ouer houeth helle thus · she vs schal telle
Whan pees in pacience yclothed · approched neiȝ hem twayne
Rightwisnesse hem reu(er)enced · for hir riche clothynge
And prayed pees to telle hir to what place she wolde
And in hir gay garnementz ˜ whom she grete thoughte
Mi wille his to wende quo she · and welcom hem alle
That many day miȝt I nouȝte se · for merknesse of synne
Adam an Eue · and other mo in helle
Moises and many mo mercy schul haue
I shal daunce þer-to · do thow so suster
For Ih(es)us Iusted wel · Ioie bigynnes dawe
ad vesp(er)um demorabitur fletus & ad matutinu(m) liticia
Loue þat is my lemman · swiche l(ett)res me sente
That mercy my syster and I · mankynde schude saue
And that god hase forgyuen · and gunted me pees and mercye
To be mannes meynp(er)o(ur) · for euer more after
Lo here the patent q(uod) pees · in pace in idip(su)m
And that this dede shal dure Dormiam & requiescam
What rauestow quod rightwisnesse · or thow art right dronke
Leuestow that yond light · vnloke mighte helle
And saue mannes soule · syster wene it neuere
Atte bigynnyng god yaf · the dome hym-selue
That adam and Eue · and alle that hem sulked
Shul deye doun-right · and dwelle in peyne after
If þ(a)t þey touched a tre · and þe fruyt eten
Adam afterward ayeins his defense
Freet of þ(a)t fruyt · and forsoke as it were
The loue or oure lord · and his lore bothe
And folowed þ(a)t the fende tauȝt · and hise felawes wille
Ayeins reson and rightwisnesse · record þus w(i)t(h) treuthe
That hir peyne be p(er)petuel · and no prayer hem helpe
For-thy lat hem chewe as þei chose · and chide we nouȝt syster
For it is boteles bale · the bite þ(a)t they eten
And I schal proue q(uod) pees ˜ hir peyne mote haue an ende
And wo in-to wel · mowe wende at þe laste
For had thay wist of no wo · wel had þey nouȝt knowen
For no wight woot what wel is · þ(a)t neuere wo suffred
Ne what is hote hunger þ(a)t had neuere defaute
If no nyght ne were no man is as I leue
Shulde wite witterly what day is to mene
Shuld neuer riȝt riche man · that lyueth in reste and ese
Wite what wo is ne wel · ne were þe deth of kynde
So god that bigan al · of his good wille
Bicam man of a mayde(n) mankynde to saue
And suffred to be sold · to se the sorwe of deyinge
The which vnknyttes al care · and comsyng is of reste
For til modicu(m) met with vs · I may it wel auowe
Woot no wight as I wene · what is ynough to mene
For-thi god of his goodnesse · the first gome Adam
Sette hym in solace · and in sou(er)eigne myrthe
And syne he suffred hym synne · sorwe to fele
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To wite what wel was ˜ kyndelich to knowen
And after god graunted hym-self · and toke adamse kynde
To wite what he hase suffred · in the sondry places
Bothe in heuene and in erthe · and now til helle he thynketh
To wite what {i}al wo is · that woot of al Ioie
So it shal fare by this folk ˜ hir folie and hir synne
Shal lere hem what lango(ur) is · and lisse with-outen ende
Woot no wight what werre is · þer þ(a)t pees regnees
Ne what is wit(er)ly wele · til weylawey hym teche
Than was ther a wight ˜ with twa brad eighen
Book highte that beaupere · a bold man of speche
By goddes body quod this book · I wol bere witnesse
That tho this barne was ybore · ther blased a sterre
That alle the wise of this world · in oo wit acorden
That swich a barne was born · in bedlem Citee
That mannes saule schuld saue · and synne distruyeT
That he was god that al wrouȝte · the welkne firste schewed
Tho þat weren in heuene · token stella comata
And tenteden hir as a torche · to reu(er)encen his byrthe
The light folowed þe lord · in-to þe low erthe
That water witnesse þ(a)t he was god · for he wente on it
Peter þe apostle p(ar)ceyued his gate
And he wente on the wate · wel hym knewe and saide
Iube me venire ad te sup(er) aquas
And lo how the sonne gan louke hir light in hir-selue
Whan she seigh hym suffre · that sonne and se made
The erthe for buxomnesse · þ(a)t he wolde suffre
Quaked as quik thyng · and al biquasshed þe roche
Lo helle myghte nought holde but opned þo god tholed
And leet out simondes sones to seen hym hange on rode
And now schal lucifer leue it · þouȝ hym loth thynke
For gigas the giaunt · with a gynne engyned
To breke and to bete adoun · þat ben ayeins Ih(es)usT
And I book wol be brente · but Ih(es)us rise to lyue
In alle myghtes of man ˜ and his moder gladye
And conforth al hys kynne · and oute of care bynge
And al þe Iewen Ioie vnioignen and vnlouken
And bot thay reu(er)ence his rode · and his resurreccion
And leuen on a newe lawe · be lost lif and soule
Al this I book witnesse · and yet muche more
Suffire we saide trouthe · I here and see bothe
How a spirit spekees to helle ˜ and biddes vnsper(e) the yates
Attolite portas & c(etera)
A voice loude in that light · to lucifer cried
Princes of this place vnpynneth and vnlouken
For hire comes with crowne · that kyng is of glorie
Than siked sathan and saide to hem alle
Swich a lighte ayeins oure leue lazar it fette
Care and combraunce · is come to vs alle
If this kynge come Inne · mankynde wol he fecche
And lede it ther hym liket · and lightilich me bynde
Patriarkes and p(ro)phetes han p(ar)led here of lange
That swich a lorde and a light · shol ledde hem alle hennes
Listnes q(uod) lucifer · for I this lord knowe
Bothe this lord and this light · is longe ago I knewe hym
May no deth hym dere · ne no deueles queyntise
And where he wol is his way · and ware hym of the p(er)iles
If he reuees my right · he robbees me by maistrie
For by ryght and reson the renkes þ(a)t ben here
Body and soule ben myn ˜ bothe good and illeT
If adam ete the appul · al scholde deye
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And dwelle with vs deuels · this thretyng he made
And he þ(a)t sothnesse is · saied thise wordes
And sitthen he seised{CHECK MS} · seuen hundereth wynter
I leeue that lawe nyl nouȝt · lete hym the leste
That is soth saide sathan ˜ but I me sore drede
For thow gate hym with gile · and his gardyng brake
And in liknees of a Nedder · sat on þe appultre
And eggest hem to ete eue ˜ by hir-selue
And toldest hir a tale · of treson were þe wordes
And so þ(o)u haddest hem out and hider atte laste
It is nouȝt graithly geten ; ther gile is the rote
For god wol nouȝt be {nouȝt} bigiled ˜ quod Gobelyn ne biIaped
Whe haue no trewe title to hem ˜ for þurȝ treson were þey da(m)pned
Certes I drede me quod þe deuel · lest treuthe wyl hem fecche
Oute of oure poustee · and leden hem hennes
Thise thritty wynter al I wene · hase he gane & p(re)ched
I haue assoilled hym with synne · and som tyme I asked
Where he were god or goodes sone · he gaf me schort answer
And thus hase he trolled forth · thise twa and thritty wynter
And whan I seigh it was so ˜ slepyng I wente
To wrne pilates wif · what doon man was Ih(es)us
For Iewes hated hym ˜ and han doon hym to deth
I wolde haue lenged his lif · for I leued if he deyed
That his soule walde suffre no synne in his sighte
For the body while it on bones yede · a-boute was euere
To saue men fro synne ˜ if hem-self wolde~
And nowe I se where a soule comees · hiderward seillyng
With Ioie and with grete light · god it is I woot wel
I rede we fle quod he · faste alle hennes
For vs were bettre nouȝt be · than biden his sighte
For thy lesynges lucifer · lost is alle our praye
Fyrst thorugh the we fellen fra heuene so heigh
For we leued thy lesynges ˜ yloste we haue adam
And alle oure lordschp · I leue ˜ a lond and a water
Nu(n)c princeps hui(us) mu(n)di eicietur foras
Efte þe lighte bad vnlouke · and lucifer answerd
What lord artow quod lucifer · quis est iste
Rex glorie · the lighte soon saide
And lord of myght and of mayn · and alle man(er)e v(er)tues; d(omi)n(u)s v(er)tutum
dukes of thys dym place ˜ anoon vndo thise yates
That crist may come Inne · the kynges sone of heuene
And with that breth helle brake · with belial barres
For any wy or warde · wide open the yates
Patriarkes and p(ro)phetes populus in tenebris
Songen saynt Ioh(a)nes song Ecce agnus dei
Lucifer loke ne myȝte · so light hym a blyndyde
And tho that oure lord loued · in-to his lighte he tooke
And saied to sathan · lo here my soule to amendes
For alle synful soules to saue þo þat ben worthy
Myn thay be and of me · I may the bett(er) hem clayme
Alle þouȝ reson record ; and riȝt of my-selfe
That if thay ete þe appul · alle sholde deye
I bihighte hem nouȝt here · helle for euere
For the dyede þ(a)t thay dide · thy deceite it made
With gile thou hem gate · ayein al reson
For in my palace p(ar)adis ˜ in p(er)sone of an adder
Falslich þ(o)u fettest þer · thyng þ(a)t I loued
Thus ylike a lusarde with a lady visage
Theflich thow me robbedest · þe olde lawe g(ra)untteth
That gilours be bigiled ˜ and þ(a)t is good reson
Dentem p(ro) dente & oculum p(ro) oculo
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Ergo soule schal saule quite · and synne wende
And al that man hase mysdon ˜ I man wyl amende
Membre for Membere by þe olde lawe · was amendes
And lif for lif also · and by that lawe I clame it
Adam and al his issue ; at my wille here-after
And þ(a)t deth in hem fordide · my deth shal releue
And bothe quykee and quyte ; that queynche was thorugh synne
And that g(ra)ce gile distroyed ˜ good faith it askes
So leue I nouȝt lucifer ˜ ayein the lawe I fecche thaym
Bot by right and {by} reson · raunsou(n) here my lieges
Non veni soluere legem set adimpler(e)
Thow foched myn in my place ayeins al resou(n)
Falslich and felou(n)lich ˜ good faith me it taughte
To recou(er)e thaym thurgh raunson · and by no reson elles
So þ(a)t thurgh gile thow gate · thurgh g(ra)ce {it} is it wo(n)ne
Thow lucifer in liknesse · of a lyther adder
Gatest by gile tho ˜ that god louede
And in liknesse of leod that lord am of heuene
Graciuslich thy gile haue quyt · go gile ayin gile
And as Adam and alle other · thurgh a tree deyden
Adam and alle thurgh a tre · schal torne ayein to lyue
And gile is bigilde and in his gile fallen
Et cecidit in foueam qua(m) fecit
Now bigynnes thy gile ayein the torne
And my grace to growe · ay gretter and widder
The bitternesse þ(a)t thow browe · brouke it thy-seluen
That art doctur of deth · drynke þ(a)t thow madest
For I that am lord of lif · loue is my drynke
And for that drynke to-day ˜ I deyed vp-on erthe
I faughte so me thryste yet ˜ for mannes soule sake
May no drynke me moiste · ne my thryst slake
Til the vendage falle ˜ in þe vale of Iosaphat
That I drynke right ripe muste resureccio mortuor(um)
And thanne shal I come as a kyng crowned with aungelles
And haue out of helle ˜ alle manere saules
Fendes and fyndekynes · bifore me shul stande
And be at my biddyng wher-so-euer me likees
And to be merciable to man · thanne my kynde it askese
For we ben brethren of blode · bot nouȝt in baptym alle
And alle þ(a)t ben myn hole brethren in blode and in baptisme
Schal nouȝ be dampned to þe deth · þ(a)t is with-outen ende
Tibi soli peccaui & c(etera)
It is nouȝt vsed in erth to hangen a felon
Ofter than ones ˜ though he were a traitur
And if the kyng of {of} that kyndome · come in that tyme
Ther the felon thole scholde · deth or other-wise
Lawe wolde he geue hym lyue · if he loked on hym
And I that am kyng of kynges · schal come swich a tyme
Wher doom to the deth · dampnes al wikked
And if lawe wol I loke on hem ˜ it lyth in my g(ra)ce
Wheither thay deye or deye nouȝt · for þ(a)t thay diden illeT
Nullum malum impunitum & c(etera)
Thay shul be clensed clerelich · and wasshen of hire synnes
In my prisou(n) purgatorie · til parce it hote
And my mercy schal be shewed ˜ to many of my brethren
For blood may suffre blood · both hungre and a calde
And blood may nouȝt se blood · blede bot it rewe
Audiui archana verba que non licet homini loqui
And my rightwisnesse · and right · schal reule all helle
And mercy al mankynde · biforme / bi forme in heuene
For I ware an vnkynde kyng · bot I my kynde helpe
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And mandlich at silke a nede ˜ ther nedes helpe bhouees
Non intres in iudiciu(m) cum seruo tuo
Thus by lawe quod oure lord · lede I wol fro hennes
Tho that me loued · and leuyd in my comynge
And for thy lesyng lucifer · that þow leighe til Eue
Thow shalt abye it bitter · and bonde hym with cheynes
Astoroth · and al the route ˜ hidden thaym in hyrnes
Thay dorst nouȝt look on oure lord the boldest of he(m) alle
But lete hym lede forth with hym · who hym liked & lefte what hy(m) liste
Many hundreth of aungels ˜ harpeden and songen
Culpat caro purgat caro regnat deus dei caro
Than pipide pees of poesie a noote
Clarior est solito post maxi(m)a nebula phebus
Post inimicicia clarior est & amor
After sharpe shoures quod pees ˜ moost schyne is the sonne
Is no weder warmer than aft(er) watrie cloudes
Ne no loueleuer / loue leuer · ne leuer frendes
Than after werre and wo · whan loue & pees ben mais
Was neuer werre in this world · ne wikkenesse so kene
That loue and hym liste ˜ to laughynge ne broughte
And pees thurgh pacience al p(er)iles stopped
Trewes quod treuth · thow telles vs soth by Ih(es)us
Clippe we in couenaunt ˜ and ech of vs · kisse other
And lete no pepile quod pees p(ar)ceyue þ(a)t we chide
For inpossible is no thyng · to hym þat is almyȝty
Thow saist soth quod rightwisnesse · and reu(er)entlich hir kiste
Pees and pees here p(er) secula seculor(um)
Misericordia & v(er)itas obuiauerunt sibi Iusticia & pax osculate su(n)t & c(etera)
Treuthe tromped þo ˜ & songe te deum laudamus & c(etera)
And thanne luted loue in a lowe note
Ecce q(ua)m bonu(m) & q(ua)m iocundum & c(etera)
Til the day dawed ˜ thise damiselles daunced
That men range to the resureccion · and right w(i)t(h) þ(a)t I waked
And called kytte my wif ˜ and calote my doughter
Arises and reu(er)ens ˜ goddes resurecciou(n)
And crepeth to the crosse on knees ˜ and kisses it for a Iewel
For goddes blissed body ˜ it bare for oure bote
And it aferees the fende ˜ for swich is the myghte
May no grisely goost ˜ glide ther it schadwes
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