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PSALM XLIV. [ [verse 1] The title of the [Om. CDFGHPQUW.] foure and fourtithe salm [Om. L.] . To the ouercomere for the lilies, the most [most lernyd G.] loued song of lernyng of the sones of Chore [A glos. This salm is seide of Crist and of hooli chirche, moder and vir|gyn; for Poul in i. c^ao. to Ebreis, aleggith this salm seid of Crist, to the letter. A et alii.] .]

[verse 2] Myn herte hath teld [teld, ethir belkid X sec. m.] out [Om. K.] a good word; Y seie my workis `to the kyng [Om. S.] . Mi tunge is `a penne of [the penne of I. Om. S.] a writere; writynge swiftli. [verse 3] Crist, thou art fairer in schap than the sones of men; grace is spred abrood in thi lippis; therfor God blessid thee with|outen ende. [verse 4] Be thou gird with thi swerd; on thi hipe most myȝtili. [verse 5] Biholde thou in thi schaplynesse and thi fairnesse; come thou forth with prosperite, and regne thou. For treuthe, and myldenesse, and riȝtfulnesse; and thi riȝt hond schal lede forth thee wondurfuli. [verse 6] Thi scharpe arowis schulen falle in to the hertis of the enemyes of the kyng; puplis schulen be vndur thee. [verse 7] God, thi seete is in to the

world of world; the [thi R.] ȝerde of thi rewme is a ȝerde of riȝt reulyng, `ethir of equite [ethir equite CGW. or of equite I. Om. V.] . [verse 8] Thou louedist riȝtfulnesse, and hatidist wickidnesse; therfor thou, God, thi God, anoyntide thee with the oile of [verse 9] gladnesse, more than thi felowis. Mirre, and gumme, and cassia, of thi clothis [clothingis I.] , of [verse 10] the `housis yuer [housis of yuer C sec. m. IKMOUVXi. yuer housis G. hous yuer LS. hous of yuer R.] ; of whiche the douȝtris of kyngis delitiden thee [thee in thi honour K sec. m.] . A queen stood nyȝ on thi [the C.] riȝt side in clothing ouergildid; cumpassid with dyuersitee. [verse 11] Douȝter, here thou, and se, and bowe doun thin eere; and forȝete thi puple, and the hows of thi fadir. [verse 12] And the kyng schal coueyte thi fairnesse; for he is thi Lord God, and thei schulen worschipe hym. [verse 13] And the douȝtris of Tire in ȝiftis; alle the riche men of the puple schulen biseche thi cheer. [verse 14] Al the glorye of that douȝter of the kyng is with [verse 15] ynne in goldun hemmes; sche is clothid aboute with dyuersitees. Virgyns schulen be brouȝt to the kyng aftir hir; hir neiȝ|boressis schulen be brouȝt to thee. [verse 16] Thei schulen be brouȝt in gladnesse, and ful out ioiyng; thei schulen be brouȝt in to the temple of the kyng. [verse 17] Sones ben borun to thee, for thi fadris; thou schalt ordeyne hem princes on al erthe. [verse 18] Lord, thei schulen be myndeful of thi name; in ech generacioun, and in to generacioun. Ther|for puplis schulen knouleche to thee with|outen ende; and in to the world of world.