But yitte ne come it neuere in myne entente
To disallowë thi gouérnëmente;
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That 'lord and kyng' I have callëd the euere;
Thi lawës also ne forsoke I neuere.
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(17)
My scrippe of feithë, haue I nought for-lete,
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but hool, right as it was [i]takë me,
I have it kepte; but that no thinges gret[e] [folio 10]
(This knowe I weel) susteigned I for the,
Nor do that I was bound of duëte.
Yitte wote I weel, so gret is nought my synne,
as grace & mercy is, Ihesu withinne. [MS. the withinne.]
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Away, yit nought, eueri deel that grace
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Dispendid is, that tho in thi persone
was plentevous whan, with so pale a face,
For me thu hengë on the crosse alone;
But, for we beggyng wrecchis euerychone
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Be procuryng alway for our purveaunce,
Thi grace thu woldest hiden now purchaunce.
(19)
Yitte may we, by the persèd holës well,
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And be tho also that large be, & wide,
Behalde and see, that certeyn eueridell
Now spended is, though that thu woldest it hide;
For thowe there ran a Rever from thi side,
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That alle the world hath fully ouerflowen,
Thi grace is hool, as euery man may knowen.
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Sithe yitte thi grace is nought dispendid all,
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With that thu hast me schewid to the tyme present,
And [? Now] come, and with the thus argue I schall,
"Sithe it alway hath ben [so] affluent,
Discreasyng nought, ne none appeyrëment
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Be-fallith it, thoughe neuere so largëly
Thou yeve it where thu list habundauntly,
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(21)
Thu owist to defendë me this day,
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kepyng my cause, that stondith al in dowte
