(736)
¶ Now for to speke or touchen of þe place
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In which þat man & womman 1fourmed were:
Almyghty God to womman1 [1_1 H om.] shope swich grace,
That she was formëd in the worthier; [¶ Mulier fuit formata in paradiso, & homo in agro damaseeno, qui locus est extra paradi|sum, &c.]
In paradys men wot wel he made here;
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But man ymade [ymade R, made H.] was out of paradys,
In place of lessë worthinesse & prys.
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(737)
¶ And of þe maner of formacïoun
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Of bothë [bothe two herkeneth R, both . . . H.] two herkenþ now wel I prey;
The token or þe significacioun [folio 91a]
Of making of Adám, may be no way
Strecchë [Strecche R, Strecch H.] to so perfyte a goode, I say,
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As didë [did H R.] þe formacïoun of Eue;
And þat as swithë here I schal it preue.
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(738)
¶ ffor morë haue I for hir partye ȝit: [¶ Secundum augustinum & omnes doc|tores catho|licos, ffor|macio Eue significauit formacionem ecclesie & sa|cramentorum eius; Nam sicut, Adam dormiente, formabatur Eua & mem|bra eius de latere ipsius Ade, sic christo dor|miente in cruce, forma|batur de latere &c. [R eius ec|clesia et eius sacramenta.] Beatus ber|nardus dicit. ¶ A tempore quo christus erat duoden|nis, vsque ad annum xxxti, fuit cum ma|tre sua, ser|uiens ei in omnibus que sciuit sibi placitura, eo quod ad hoc venerat in mundum, vt doceret ver|am humili|tatem.]
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Making of Euë tokned þe makyng
Of holy chirche, and sacramentes of it;
As of þe syde of Adam, him slepyng,
Euë vas [was R.] made, so our lorde crist deyeng
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Vpon þe crois, holý chirche, of his syde,
And þe sacrámentes made were in þat tyde.
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(739)
¶ ffro tyme eeke crist was of xij ȝerë [twelve yere of R.] age
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Vnto þritty, he with his modir ay
Was seruyng hir with right [right, om. H R.] plesant coráge;
To teche humilite, he tooke þe way
ffro heuen hiddir, and mekënesse verray
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Tauȝt he, þe mostë [most H R.] partie of his lyf,
Whil he was with his modir & his wyfe;
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