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Þe Holi rode was [þat was.] ifounde; as ȝe witeþ [wite.] in may
And [omitted.] an-hansed was [heo.] in septembre; þe holi rode day
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Mony [Meni.] aȝer was [was hit.] bitwene; riȝt is þat we [me.] telle
Of eiþer feste after oþer [Of hire festen as hi falleþ.] ; nouþer bileue I nelle
A kyng þer was in perce þo [omitted.] ; cosdroe was is name
Cristemen þat [Of cristene men al þat.] he fond; he broȝte alle [omitted.] to schame
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Wiþ his power he won [wan.] also; alle þe londes [al þat lond.] þer aboute
Þo he com to ierusalem; of þe sepulcre he was in doute
Þat our lord [louerd.] was on [þeron.] ileid; anon so he þis isei [hit iseȝ.]
Vor al is power þat was so luþer [liþer.] ; he ne dorste [þerste.] come þer nei [þer neȝ.]
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Ac [omitted.] a partie of þe suete croys; þat Sainte Eleine þeder [þider.] broȝte
He tok wiþ him [omitted.] and wende aȝen; nammore þuder [aȝe; no|more þider.] he ne þoȝte
Of þulke tre he was wel [omitted.] prout; þei he [omitted.] him-sulf luþer [liþer.] were
A swiþe hei tour of gold and seluer; he let him sone rere [silf arere.]
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Ȝymmes and stones presious [preciouses.] ; þer-aboute he let do
Þe fourme of sonne and mone; and of [omitted.] sterres [þe sterren.] also
Scyne as it hem-sulf were; and turne [turnde.] aboute vaste
As þondring [a þundre.] he made [makede.] eke ofte; þat muche folc [meni men.] agaste
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Þoru [þurf.] smale holes myd queyntise; þat water ofte [þat folc iseȝ ofte.] þere
He made [makede.] valle adoun to grounde; riȝt as it reyn were
As veruorþ as couþe eny man; make [makie.] myd queyntise [folio 68b]
