Ledy, preye þi sone for ous,
þat vs duere bohte,
ant shild vs from þe loþe hous [vs fehlt in der Handschrift.]
þat to þe fend is wrohte.
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myn herte of dedes wes for dred [of synne ist Attribut zu "dedes", welches seinerseits als Objektsergänzung zu "fed" aufzufassen ist.]
of synne þat y haue my fleish fed,
ant folewed al my tyme;
þat y not whider i shal be led,
when y lygge on deþes bed,
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In ioie ore in to pyne.
on a ledy myn hope is,
moder and virgyne;
we shulen in to heuene blis [we, ms. whe.]
þurh hire medicine.
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betere is hire medycyn,
þen eny mede or eny wyn;
hire erbes smulleþ suete;
from catenas in to dyuelyn
nis þer no leche so fyn,
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oure serewes to bete.
mon þat feleþ eni sor,
& his folie wol lete,
wiþ oute gold oþer eny tresor
he mai be sound ant sete.
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of penaunce is hir plastre al,
ant euer seruen hire y shal [hir, ms. his.]
nou & al my lyue;
nou is fre þat er wes þral,
al þourh þat leuedy gent & smal;
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heried be hyr ioies fyue! [ioies fyue, vgl. No. XIV.]
