And makyng boste with tonge alsoo
Of many synnys that I haue doo:
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Lorde of heuyn, for-zeue it me
Throwe vertew of the fygure þat I here se.
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Thys knyffe betoknythe þe circumsysy[on],
That dystroyd owre synnys alle and sum
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Of owre formfathyr adam,
Wher-thorowe we toke þe kynde of man.
From temptacyon of lecherye,
Lorde, kepe me tylle that I deye.
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The pelycan hys blode dothe blede
Þer-with hys byrdys for to fede,
It betoknythe vppe-on the rode
Owre lorde fed vs with hys precius blode,
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Whan [h]e vs bowt owt of helle
In ioye and blys with hym to dwelle,
And be owre fathyr and owre fode,
And we hys chyldyr meke and good.
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