þat oþer ioie of þat may
wes o cristesmasse day,
when god wes bore, on þorwe lay, [þorwe (= þrowe, þroȝe, mit Metathese des r), ms. þore.]
ant brohte vs lyhtnesse;
þestri wes seie by fore day, [þe|stri? Wir sollten das Gegentheil erwarten. Siehe Ev. Lucae II, v. 9.]
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þis hirdes bereþ wytnesse.
þe þridde ioie of þat leuedy,
þat men clepeþ þe epyphany,
when þe kynges come wery, [wery, nämlich von der weiten Reise.]
to presente hyre sone
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wiþ myrre, gold, & encenz,
þat wes mon bicome.
þe furþe ioie we telle mawen
on estermorewe, when hit gon dawen: [when, ms. wen.]
hyre sone, þat wes slawen,
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aros in fleysh & bon;
more ioie ne mai me hauen,
wyf ne mayden non.
þe fifte ioie of þat wymman,
when hire body to heuene cam,
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þe soule to þe body nam,
ase hit wes woned to bene.
crist, leue vs alle wiþ þat wymman
þat ioie al forte sene. [sene ist dat. des decl. inf. (gerund.); ebenso bene, v. 52.]
preye we alle to oure leuedy,
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ant to þe sontes þat woneþ hire by,
þat heo of vs hauen merci,
ant þat we ne misse
In þis world to ben holy,
ant wynne heuene blysse.
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amen!
