ffor þe Trinite .I. þe seye
A. is lettre . of alle cheef
þerfore he is . in alle weye
Put bi fore . her is good preef
þe Trinite . þei schal seo wiþ cȝe
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Alle Men . þat ben him leof
þen is mon . a preised preiȝe
þat to þe Trinite . doþ no greef.
þe Maistres seide . of þe lawe
þat deueles tauhte . him clergye
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A Mayde þei seide . bi prophetes sawe
Schal bere crist . kyng of glorie
Wel we witen . and wel is knawe
þe Olde Joseph . weddet Marie
Oþer record . cunne we non drawe
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he nis not crist . bi prophecie.
Jhu spac . wt Mylde chere
To Jewes . þat gonne grede & crie
ffareþ feire . ffrendes deore
ȝe ffareþ foule . wiþ folye
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And o þing a non . ȝe schul heere:
What seiþ þe prophete . Ysaye.
heo schal be weddet wiþoute pere
þe Mylde Mooder . of Messye.
Ysaye seiþ . a noþer þing
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Crist in þe lawe . schal be bore
And þat mot ben . In weddyng
And elles cristes lawe . is lore.
Prophetes speeke . of his comyng
At Jesse . bi gon þe more
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ȝit haþ crist . no bi gynnyng
Al þauȝ þat crist . be mon I. core
Joseph uirga floruit fatu Ysaye
Coniunx lex ut monuit mater fit Messye.
þe Maystres . and Jewes mo
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Of ȝonge Jhu . hedde meruayle
hou þat he was . comen hem to
Wiþ wit and clergye . to assayle.
Of hem hedde Jhu . mony a fo
ffor heore wit . gon sone fayle.
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Monye wt drawe . and gonne go
Whon heore clergye . hem nolde vayle
In to þe Temple . com Marie
heo sayȝ hire sone . In see was set
And tauȝte þe peple . bi clergye
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Of loueli lawe . wiþ oute let.
To him heo seide . Riht in heiȝe
Now is my Bale . myd boote I bet
þi ffader and I. wel sorie
þe haueþ souȝt . & nouȝwher met
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Ego & pater tuus dolentes quere|bamus te.
Jhu seide in þat stounde
Mi ffader wille . is þat I. do
I wol vn bynde . þat was bounde
Mi ffader wole . þat hit beo so
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þe peple I. preche . wiþ facounde
And I. teche . ffrend and fo.
Mi sarmoun is . boþe soþ & sounde
On me is ffader . and sone also
Mi ffader lawe .I. wol fulfelle
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þerfore .I. am hider I. sent.
Douȝter . and Moder . to þe I. telle
Elles weore . þe world I. schent.
Mi ffader wol . wt oute dwelle
þat I. teche ow . In present
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þe ffendes fare . doun to felle
þat haþ wt wrong . þe world went.
Romayns þer were . wonder won
þat cunnynge were . of Clergye
Bi prophecie . heo wusten vchon
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þt he was crist . wt outen lye
honourede him . for crist anon
ffor his miht . & his maistrie.
Preye we crist . þat we so don
To geten þe gle . in his glorie.
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Amen.
