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HARL. 116.
Sciant presentes & futuri &c [folio 97b]
wetys ye now all þat [Ms. yt.] bene here
And aftyr shall ben leef & dere
That I ghesus of Nazareth
ffor lufe of mane haue sofurde dethe
Vpone the crosse with woundis fife
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Whilis I was man here one lyfe
dedi & concessi &c
I haue [Final meaningless curl on this word.] yevyne and made a graunt
To all that askys me repentaunt
hevene blisse withoute endyng
As long as j am þe [Ms. ye.] Kynge
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Kepe j no more for my smart
but trulofe man of þi harte
And that þou be in charite
And luffe þi neyghbure as j do the
This is the rente þou shalt gyfe me
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As [Ms. vs?] to the chefe lord of the fre
jf any mane woll say now
Þat j ne haue done for mannes prow
Rathere thane mane shulde be forlorne
ȝit wolde j all [Added above the line.] be efte to-torne
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Testibus his &c
Witnesse the day that turnede to nyght
Ande the sonne withdrew his lyght
Witnesse the erth that gane quake
And stones gret þat sondure brake
Witnesse þe vaile that gane rife
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And mene that rose fro dethe to lyfe
Witnesse my modyr and saynt Johne
And other þat wer ther many one
In cuius rei testimonium &c
In witnesse of the same thinge
Myselfe þerto forsoth j hynge
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And for the more sikernesse
My herte wounded the sele it is
Data etc
This was yolvyne [Or yowyn.] at caluarie
The firste day of grete mercye [Carta Redempcionis humane [The rubrics are in red ink throughout, as well as the colophon.] ]
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