honured be thu, Ihesu souereyn,
Of that we have labóurëd for thi sake,
Of this labourë, now an ende thu make!
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Thi crëaturës, vnto thi presence, [folio 30]
Receyve hem of thin heighe benevolence!
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(5)
For thow [that] thei [MS. thine.] han erred or myswent,
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Thei have it a-bought with woundës hard & sore,
And purgeid with grete peyne & [with] torment,
And duely to hem was Iugëd therfore,
Alle-thow thei hadde deserued muchë more,
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The remenaunt is relessed, of thi grace;
In heven is assigned hirë place.
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(5) The aungelys song within. [folio 30]
[7 stanzas of 7 lines each, ababb, cc.]
(1)
Al worshippe, wisdam, welthe and worthinesse,
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All bounte, beawte, ioye and blisfulheed,
All honure, vertue, and alle myghtynesse,
All grace & thankyng, vnto thin godheede,
ffrom whom alle grace & mercy doth procede!
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Ay praised be thu, lord, in Trinite,
And euere honured be thi maieste!
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(2)
That be mankynde oure nombre is encreased,
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Of this that longe have be in pilgrymage;
And now is alle hire noyows laboure cessed,
That was be-gonne here first[ë] dayës age.
Here is the port of sekire áryuáge
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Honured be thu, blissed lord on hye, [folio 30b]
And wolcome be ye to owre companye!
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(3)
Now passed be youre perilous auentures,
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and alle youre Auenture hath an endë take.
Right wolcome be ye, blissed crëatures!
Tyme it is, þat scrippe & burdon ye forsake,
ffor now ye schal no longere iourne make;
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