And wend, ase heo hauez of-serued : to Ioye oþur to pine;
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þe soulene þat hire ferene weren : beoth sone i-brouȝt to fyne.
þulke þat halt ane Mannes lijf : and stikez in þe heorte,
Ȝwane heo schal with þe bodie [deiȝe] : þat in strong Anguysche deth smeorte,
Ȝif he onder-ȝit his felawe : to Ioye fram him i-wende,
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þare-fore heo maketh signe of Ioye : and deth as þe hiende;
And [ȝwan] heo deiez with þe bodie : fair chere heo makez and softe,
And bi-lef þat bodi in swych point : ase man may i-seon wel ofte :
þe eiȝene I-closede faire i-novȝ : þe mouth of faire chere,
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Ech lyme al-so faire i-streiȝt : In guod poynt ase he were.
þe þridde soule al-so ȝeot : þat deiez atþen ende,
þat norischingue to al þat bodi : ant to þe limes deth sende,
he deth ane [al. ek] signe in þe bodie : ȝif is felawe geth to guode,
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And bi-lefth þat bodi in fair hev : ȝwijȝt oþur red of blode.
þeos soulene [al. soule] deiȝez in a man : ȝwane þe hete is al i-do,
þe raþur þat [al. þe erore whan] he leost is breth : and waweȝIngue al-so.
Ȝwane huy i-seoz heore felawe : to torment i-brouȝt,
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Luþur semblaunt huy makiez boþe : as it ne likede heom nouȝt,
And bi-leueth þat bodi in foule heowe : þe eiȝene stareInde,
And þe mouth of foul semblaunt : and ofte is [al. om.] grenninde.
Swuche signes þat fereliche beoth : þat man may ofte i-seo,
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Beoth signes þat þe wrechche soule : in luþere weie beo.
Nov Iesu crist, þat us soule ȝaf : graunte us þat we hire moten so here rede
þat seint Miȝhel hire mote a-fongue : and bi-fore to Ioye lede. Amen.
47 [Clement.] [folio 141]
SEint Clement was I-bore at Rome : I-furn bi olde dawe.
Of þe hexte men he was i-come : þa[t] weren in þulke lawe.
his Moder hiet Macidiane : his fader Faustinian.
Twei breþren he hadde, eldore þane he : heore namen ich telle kan :
Þat on hiet Faust, þat oþur Faustyn : twynnes boþe huy were;
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Fader and moder weren glade of heom : þat heom bi-ȝete and bere.
Swiþe fair womman heore Moder [added later.] was : þe faireste þat Men wuste;
hire louerd heo louede treweliche— : non-oþur of heom men nuste.
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