A-geyn my foo, with all that euere he may.
Thi grace, me to be-revyn is a-bowte,
And, me for to passen al with-out;
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Ful ofte he hath grevèd me here-be-fore,
And hopith now that all I haue forlore.
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Though þat my speche be sownyng to foly, [folio 10b]
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Yitte, blissed Lord, displease it nought to the,
That to haue spokë of aduócacie,
So that thu schuldest myn aduócat be:
Thu Art the souereigne iuge of equite,
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And nought for-thi, to hem that to the truste,
Here aduocat thu art, whan that the liste.
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For, sothe it is, where synne and wrechidnesse
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A-boundeth most, there nedeth most[ë] grace,
To tho that askë thë for-gevënesse,
It sittith the nought to wrye awey thin face;
Thi charite will cleyme there is a place:
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But this were southe, gret peril must redounde.
Al mortal men with mischief to confounde."
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Now maide & modier, of this worlde Princesse,
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So ful of gracë fulfilled thu were
Whan gaubriel his massage gan expresse,
And 'Aue' was resownyng in thin ere,
By wich oure lord, blissed saueoure thu bere,
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And of thi blood he took his humanite,—
My cause also I áppele vnto the,
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As aduocate for man, & procuresse
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Approovid oftë be experience,
So be myne helpe to ávoide and represse
Myne enemy, wich that be violence
Wold schend[ë] me, but if [[? for]] thi résistence,
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Now be myne helpe, o blisful qwene!
So lat somwhat [[? some]] of thi grace on me be sene!
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