XXXIV.
Þorw Blod· and Watur· cristendam was wrouht,
Holy writ· witnesseþ hit wel,
And in wille· of soþfast þouht,
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A Mon mai· be cristened skil;
Þat blod· þat us alle bouht
Digne cristenyng· gan vs del;
At cristenyng· crist for-ȝat vs nouht,
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His blessede blod· whon we gan fel:
Maiden· Moder· and Wyue;
Þi fruit haþ ȝiuen vs baptem,
Cristened we weore· In Red rem,
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Whon his bodi bledde· on þe Beem,
Of Cipresse. and Olyue·:
XXXV.
AS Ihesu seide· to Nichodemus
"But a Barn· be twyȝes born,
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Whon domus-day· schal blowen his bemus,
He may elles liggen· loddere for-lorn,
Furst of a wombe·, þer reuþe remus,
Siþþe in a font·, þer synne awey is schorn":
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I· was cros· to monnes quemus,
I· bar þe fruit· þow bar bi-forn, [folio 316b:3]
For þi beryng· Al-one;
But ȝif I· hedde· I·-boren him eft,
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From riche reste· mon hedde beo-reft
In a loren logge· I·-left·,
Ay· to grunte· and grone·:
XXXVI.
Þou art I·-Crouned· heuene quene,
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Þorw þe burþe· þat þou beere,
