CAP. VII.
The vois of Crist to the Chirche, of the synagoge. What shalt thou seen in Su|namyte, but queres of tentes? The vois of Crist to the Chirche. [verse 1] Hou faire ben thi goingus in shon, thou doȝter of the prince; the ioyntures of thin hipes [lippis A.] as brooches, that ben forgid with the hond of the craftisman. [verse 2] Thi nauele a turned cuppe, neuere nedende drinkes; thi wombe as an hep of whete, set about with lilies. [verse 3] Thi two tetus as two range capretis, iemews of the she capret. [verse 4] Thi necke as an yuerene tour; thin eȝen as the cysternis [fishpondis E pr. m.] in Esebon, that ben in the ȝate of the doȝter of the multitude; thi nose as the tour of Liban, that beholdith aȝen Damasch. [verse 5] Thin hed as Carmel; thin heres of thin hed as the purper of the king, ioyned to water pipes. [verse 6] Hou fair thou art, and hou semeli, thou most derwrthe in delices. [verse 7] Thi stature is licned to a palm, and thi tetes to clustris. Crist of the holi cros seith. [verse 8] I seide, I shal steȝen in to a palm tree, and I shal take the frutis of it. The vois of Crist to the Chirche. And thi tetes shul ben as the clustris of a vyne; and the smel
