My primerose my paramour,
With love I lulle þee.
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VIII.
¶ Ȝit myȝt þe mylde may among
Her cradel trille to and fro,
And syng, Osye, þi song!—
"Deþe, my deþe schal þee slo."
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Þe deþe of hell is full strong,
Where spirites bren in blases blo;
Þe flesshe schal dye þat my sone gan fong
And sle þat deþe for euermo;
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¶ To helle my child schal go.
As Osye bigan to speke,
Þou schalt musell helle cheke
And hell barre þi hand schal breke,
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And fette frendes fro wo.
IX.
¶ Balaam tolde hys trewe entente, [[Balaam.]]
Of sooþfastnesse he schewed a signe—
Of Iacob schulde a token be glente,
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A sterre þat schulde schewe and schyne.
X.
¶ Moyses ffull well he spak [[Moyses.]]
Of þe lambe þat sprang of mayden clene,
A white lambe, with senn blak
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Spotty myȝt he neuere bene;
¶ He lyued with-oute lak,
Till a spere hys loue gan spene,
Whan lambes blood on breeste and bak,
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No boon was broke with Iewes kene;
¶ Þe lambe schyned full schene,
