Forr niss nan mahht tatt bettre maȝȝ
Þe winnenn eche blisse
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Þann allre mahhte róte maȝȝ,
& allre mahhte moderr.
Þiss mahhte tredeþþ unnderrfo¯¯t
All modiȝnessess strenncþe,
Ȝiff þatt iss þatt tu lufesst itt
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& follȝhesst itt wiþþ herrte.
Nu habbe icc here shæwedd ȝuw
Rihht ehhte off hæfed mahhtess,
Þatt wærenn all forr ure ned
Þurrh þatt bocstaff bitacnedd,
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Þatt uppo Cristess name stannt
Rihht allre nesst te firrste.
& ȝiff ȝe follȝhenn þwerrt u¯¯t wel
Þe sloþ off þise mahhtess,
Þa shule ȝe ben witerrliȝ
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Þurrh Cristess name borrȝhenn.
Þe þridde staff bitacneþþ uss
Þe tale off tweȝȝenn hunndredd,
& tale off tweȝȝenn hunndredd maȝȝ
Þatt fulle lufe tacnenn
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Þatt birrþ ben, alls uss seȝȝþ soþ boc,
Twifald, ȝiff itt shall hellpenn;
Forr þe birrþ lufenn Godd & mann,
Ȝiff þu willt wurrþenn borrȝhenn,
Acc nohht onn ane wise þohh,
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Swa summ þe boc uss kiþeþþ;
