[col 230] Fra clake & sake, & fra þatt toþþ
Þatt follȝheþþ ȝiferrnesse,
Þatt hóleþþ o þe laȝhe leod,
& rippeþþ hemm & ræfeþþ,
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& ȝiff ȝe tellenn forr inoh
Þatt tatt te King ȝuw findeþþ,
Þa muȝhe ȝe wiþþ clene lif
Wel hellpenn ȝure sawless.
Þuss fundenn alle att Sannt Johan
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God lare off heore nede;
& tatt nass wunnderr þwerrt u¯¯t nan
Þatt he wass wis o lare,
Forr he wass full off Haliȝ Gast
œr þan he borenn wære.
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Her endeþþ nu þiss Goddspell þuss,
& uss birrþ itt þurrhsekenn,
To lokenn whatt itt læreþþ uss
Off ure sawle nede.
Þatt Sannt Johan swa swiþe ȝung
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Bigann Drihhtin to þeowwtenn,
Þatt wass god bisne ful iwiss
Till ure ȝunge genge,
Þatt hemm birrþ affterr heore mahht
Biginnenn Godd to cwemenn,
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Son summ þeȝȝ wi˘tenn hu mann maȝȝ
Drihhtiness wille wirrkenn.
