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The teeres from his eyhen leet he falle /
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Almighty god O Ihesu crist quod he
Sowere of chaste counseille and herde of vs alle
þe fruyt of þilke seed of chastite /
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þat þou hast sowe in Cecile tak to þe
Lo y-like a busy bee wiþoute gyle
The serueþ ay þin oughne þralle Cecile
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¶ ffor þilke spouse þat sche tok but now /
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fful like a fiers leon sche sendeþ heere /
As meke as eny lambe was to ȝow /
And wiþ þat word anon þer gan apeere /
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An olde man clad wiþ white cloþes cleere
And hadde a book wiþ lettres of gold in honde
And gan biforn Valerian to stonde
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Valerian as deed fel doun for drede
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Whan he him saugh and him vp hente þo
And on his book right þus he gan to rede /
O lord o feiþ o god wiþoute mo [Et lamentat [is the next line]]
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Of cristendom and fader of al also
Abouen alle and ouer alle euery where
This wordes alle with golde writen were /
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Whan þis was rad þan sayde þis olde man
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leeuest þou þis þing or no sey ȝe or nay
I leeue alle þis þing þan þis [quod tho Valerian [[MS Arch. Seld. B. 14]]
for sother thing than this /] I dar wel say
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Vnder þe heuene no wight/ ne þenke may
þo vanyssched þe olde man he nyste where
And pope vrban him cristned right þere
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