Here in this court, his malice haue no place:
This aske I you of right, and also of grace,
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That ye, his cry & [eke] his bost abate,
Þat he neuére more bere aftir estate.
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Seint Michael, if þou rekkest nought at alle,
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Ne nought rewardest [on] myne heuynesse,
Alle manere of hope awey from me is falle, [folio 12b]
So am I than encombred with distresse;
For Danyell the prophete seith expresse,
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That in his myschief and suche aduersite
He fonde none othir helpe but only the. [Dan. x. 13: but lo, Michael, one of the chief princes [angels], came to help me. x. 21: And there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince. xii. 1: And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people.]
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Wherfore, if I haue the displeased ought,
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So that of me thu takest now none heed,
Aftir this oure, I mote with alle my thought
The done pleasaunce, for betere I schal spede;
For who þat well be holpen at his nede,
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Ful sekere, Placebo mvst go before,
As doth the Crosse in the litel childes lore.
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Baptist, an holy man, martir, seint Iohn,
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and alle prophetës of oure lord on heighe,
And ye euaungelistës euerichon,
And also aposteles, alle the company,
With alle myne herte I pray you humb[le]ly,
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Of youre meritës superhábundaunce,
As grauntith me of almesse some pietaunce.
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In youre tresoure suche plente is bestowe,
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Of wich you nedith nought a deel I-wis,
And lorne it may not be—this weel I knowe,—
Discreasyn may it nought—the sothe it is—
For whi, of almesse-dede (I pray you this)
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