(19)
O mones, o sterrës, and thou [[MS. the]] firmament,
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how may ye nowe from wepyng yow restreyne,
And see youre crëature in suche torment?
Ye owght, tourbled to be in euery veyne,
And his dispietows deth with me compleyne.
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Wepith and crieth as lowde as euere ye may!
Oure crëature with wrong is slayn this day!
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O Sonnë, with thi cleerë bemys bright,
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That seest my child nakéd this non-is tyde,
Whi suffrist him [thou] in the open sight
Here of this men, vncovered to abide?
Thu art, as muche or more, holde him to hide,
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Than [[MS. Tham]] Sem þat heled his fadir Noe
Whan he aspyed þat naked so was he.
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If thu his sonë be, do like there-to!
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let see with-drawe thi bemës bright[e]nesse:
Þou art to blame, but if þat thu so do.
ffor schame, hide my sones nakidnesse! [folio 65b]
Is there in the no droppe of kendënesse?
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Remembre, he is thi lord & crëature;
Now covere him for thi worshippe and honoure!
(22)
O erthe, what lust hast thu, so to susteyne
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The crosse on which he þat the made, and it,
Is hongëd, and adornëd the with grene
Which þat thu on weredist? how hast thu the qwitte
Vnto thi lord? o, do this for him yitte!
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Now qwakë yow for dool, & clevë thu in two,
And alle þat blood, restorë thu me to,
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Which þou hast drunken: it is myn, & not thin.
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Or elles thus, with owt[en] tarieng,
Tho bodies deed[ë] which þat in the lyne,
Cast owt: for thei be taste [[MS. tasted]] of such dewyng
hem owt to clothe [[MS. calle hem]] a-geyn in hire clothing.
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Thu Caluary, art holdë, namëly
So for to do: parde, to the speke I.
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