(24)
O derë sone, my deth now neighith fast,
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Sith to a-nothere thu hast goven me,
Than vnto the; And how may my liffe last,
Þat me gevest to ony othere than to the,
Thow [it] so be that he a virgyne bee?
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if thu, be Iuste Balaunce, woldest wey all,
The weight of him & the is not egall.
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He a disciple is; thu art his lord;
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Thu alwey art gretterë than he is;
Be-twyn youre myghtis is there gret discorde.
My woful turnement [[torment]] dowblyd is be this;
I nedës mornë must, & fare a-mysse.
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it semith þat thu makist départyng
Of the & me, for ay withowt endyng;
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And, [[? MS.]] namely, sith thu me but "woman" callest,
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As I to the were straunge & al vnknowe;
There-throw, my sone, my Ioyës thu appallest; [folio 66]
Weel fele I thát deth hís vengeábill bowe
hath bent, & me purpósith doun to throwe;
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Of sorwe, takë may I not Inowe,
Sith [that] my namë don awey is nowe:
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Wel may men calle or namë me "marra"
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Fro [MS. For.] hen[ne]s forth; and so men may me calle.
How schuld I longere be called 'Mária,'
Sith 'I,' which is Ihesus, [MS. Sith he the which is called Ihc.] is fro me falle
This day, and my swetnesse [is] in-to galle
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Turned, sith 'I' [MS. he.] which was the bëawte,
Lo, of my name, this day beraft is me.
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O Iohn, my derë frende, thu hast receyved
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A woful modier; & an hevi sone
have I of the. deth hath myn other veyued:
