Hemm alle beþ o Domess daȝȝ
Binumenn muþ & spæche
Þatt wise, þatt næfr an off hemm
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Ne shall þær muȝhenn mælenn
Ȝæn Crist, forr to bitellenn himm
Off — þatt he shall till helle,
Forr þatt teȝȝ wisstenn wel þatt he
Wass cumenn her to manne,
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& tohh swa þehh þurrh hete & niþ
Himm all þwerrt u¯¯t forrwurrpenn.
Herode king le¯¯t sekenn Crist,
& seȝȝde, þatt he wollde
Lefenn onn himm & lutenn himm,
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& lakenn himm wiþþ maddmess,
& þohhte þohh to cwellenn himm,
Ȝiff þatt he mihhte himm findenn;
& forrþi nass he rihht nohht wurrþ
To findenn Crist tatt time,
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Acc he shall findenn Crist inoh
O Domess daȝȝess time,
Þa Crist shall himm wiþþ all rihht dom
Till hellepine demenn.
& he bitacneþþ alle þa,
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Þatt witt tu wel to soþe,
Þatt lætenn þatt teȝȝ lufenn Crist
& hise laȝhess haldenn,
& wilenn þatt menn haldenn hemm
Forr gode menn & clene,
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