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CAP. XLVII.

[verse 1] Go doun, sit in pouder, thou maiden doȝter of Babilon, sit in the erthe; ther is not a kingus see of the doȝtir of Cal|deis, for no more thou shalt be [Om. E pr. m.] clepid

nesshe and tender. [verse 2] Tac a grind ston, `or queerne stoon [Om. CE pr. m. or a queerne stoon H.] , and grind me [Om. AEGHK.] mele; nakene thi filthed, discouere the shulder, opene the thees, passe ouer the flodis. [verse 3] Opened shal be thi shenshipe, and seen shal be thi repreef; a veniaunce I shal take, and ther shal not withstonde to me a man. [verse 4] Oure aȝeen biere the Lord of ostes; the name of hym the hoeli of Irael. [verse 5] Syt, be stille, and [Om. A.] go into derc|nesses, thou doȝter of Caldeis, for thou shalt no more be clepid the ladi of reumes. [verse 6] I am wroth vp on my puple, I defoulede myn heritage, and I ȝaf hem in thin hond; thou settest not to them mercies vp on the olde; thou agreggedist [verse 7] the ȝoc gretli, and seidist, In to euermor I shal ben a ladi; thou puttist not these thingus vp on thin herte, ne recordedist [recordist GHK.] of thi laste. [verse 8] And now here thou these thingus, thou delicat, and dwellende tros|teli, that seist in thin herte, I am, and ther is not biside me more ouer; I shal not sitte a [Om. C pr. m.] widewe, and I shal vnknowe bareynete. [verse 9] Comen shul to thee these two sodeynli in o dai, bareynesse, and widewehed; alle thingus [these thingus C pr. m.] camen vp on thee for the multitude of thi sorceries, and for the huge hardnesse of thi deuel cleperes. [verse 10] And trost thou haddest in thi malice, and seidist, Ther is not that see me; thi wisdam, and this thi kunnyng disceyuede thee; and thou seidist [seide A.] in thin herte, I am, and biside me is not an other. [verse 11] Ther shal come vp on thee euel, and thou shalt not wite his rysing; and ther shal feerli falle vp on thee wastnesse, that thou shalt not moun purge; ther shal come vp on thee wrecchednesse feerli [Om. C pr. m.] , that thou wost not. [verse 12] Stond with thi deuel cleperes, and with the multytude of thi sorceries, in whiche thou hast trauailid fro thi waxende ȝouthe; if par auenture any thing it profite to thee, or if thou mowe [mou C.] be mad strengere. [verse 13] Thou hast

failid in the multitude of thi counseilis; stonde, and saue thee the deuynoures of heuene, that biheelde [beholden K.] sterres, and noum|bren monethis, that of hem thei telle thingus to come to thee. [verse 14] Lo! thei ben mad as stobil, fyr to brende them; thei shul not delyuere ther soule fro the hond of flaume; ther ben not coles, with the [Om. AEGK.] whiche thei ben made hot, ne fyr, that thei sitte at it. [verse 15] So mad ben to thee in `what euere [alle C pr. m. E pr. m. what C sec. m.] thingus thou [in whiche thou C pr. m. E pr. m. AGHK.] haddest tra|uailid; thi marchandes fro ther ȝouthe, eche in ther weie erreden; ther ys not, that saue thee.