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(13) The aungeles song & alle othir seintes in the feste of Pentecost. [folio 102]
[3 stanzas of 7 lines each, ababb, cc.]
(1)
HOnured be thu, holy gost in hie,
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That vn-to poeple of so pore astate
hast youe thi grace, to stondë myghtely
Ageyn tyrauntës fiers & obstynate,
ffor to endwe them with thi principate
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To leve hire erroure, & hire liffe to amende:
honured be thu, lord, with-owt[en] ende!
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(2)
Thu gave hem wete & cunnyng [for] to preche,
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And corage for to stand[ë] be the lawe,
Alle maner poepil, to wisshe & to teche,
ffrom vices alle hir lustës to with-drawe,
And of hire lord [&] god to stande in awe,
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To his pleasaunce hire hertës to intende:
Honured be thu, lord, with-owt[en] ende! [folio 102b]
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(3)
This ffischeres alle be ávoyded of slowthe:
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ffor blaundisshing, for manasyng, ne for drede,
Thei spared nought, but stodë by the trowthe;
Of peynës & tormént toke thei non heed,
But fayne to see hire heed & hire sides blede,
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[aferd] fful myghtly thi lawys to offende:
Honured be thu, lord, with-owt[en] ende!
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