With alle the ioyes & mirthë þat we may,
for Crist, the kirke hath chosë to his wiffe;
And fynally abated is þat striffe,
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Þat him betwyn, & man, hath longë be;
Honured be this blessed Trinite!
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(2)
Owt of this welle, so noble licoure ran,
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So faire, so fressh, so lusty, hony-sweet,
That sith this first day þat the world be-gan,
With suche a wellë might[ë] no man mete.
Alle heuynesse & malice is for-gete
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As toward man; excused clene is hee;
honured be the blissed Trinite!
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(3)
This day, so lowe he wold him self incline,
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The thrid[dë] festë with his highe persone
To honure, turnyng watir in-to wynne.
This day was Ihesu baptised of seint Iohn;
The fadir-is voice was herd owt of his trone:
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"This is my loued sone, þat liketh me."
honured be the souereyn Trinite!
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(4)
And þat he schuld haue recorde Autentyk,
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The thrid[dë] persone, on oure lord a-light,
The holy gost, vn-to a dowe I-lyk,
That pleyn[ë]ly was seyn of eueri wight. [folio 99b]
Thus blissed hath he watir, god al-myght,
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In honure of this [highe] solemnite.
Honured be the blissed Trinite!
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(11) the aungeles song on pask day.
[5 stanzas of 7 lines each, ababb, cc.]
(1)
HOnurèd be thu, Ihesu saueour, [folio 100]
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Þat for mankendë were do on the rode;
And þerto woldest do vs þat honure,
To fede vs with thi flesche & with thi bloode.
was neuere to vs fleschë halfe so goode;
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