Nadde he þe revlocur i-cried on heom : hey [r. huy] wolden him habbe to-drawe.
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Ase he miȝte, he crep a-wei : with many a luþur strok.
Þare he him-seolf, ase euerech swyke doth : him-seolf he bi-swok!
Seint petre ȝeode to rome : with his desciple þreo.
he wuste þat is tyme was neiȝ : þat he Imartred scholde beo :
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Seint Clement al bi is daye : he made him pope at rome,
Þat he guode ȝeme after him : to holie churche nome.
¶ Þo seint petre I-martred was : seint clement him bi-souȝte : [al. biþouȝte vv. 401-4 are corrupted.]
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Ȝif he bi-lefte pope forth : ase þat folk him bi-souȝte,
Þat no [al. om.] pope ne [al. om.] miȝte aftur him : Ane oþurne pope make,
Ȝwam so huy wolden, þoruȝ heore wille : oþur for [on the margin.] eni mede take;
Þat he him bad for godes loue : þat no pope bi is daye
Non oþur pope ne scholde maken so : holie churche to bi-traye; [vv. 403-4 added.]
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For a wardein of holie churche : þoruȝ is godnesse man schal take,
Þat [al. om.; r. and?] nouȝt, ase it were bi heritage : þat o freond þat oþur make.
he tok up is dignete : for al þat man him bad,
And seint lyn, þat was a guod man : was pope in his stude Imad.
After seint lynes daye : alle þe men wolde
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Seint clemente habbe pope Imad : ake for no-þing ȝeot he nolde;
Se[int] [MS. Se] Clete huy maden pope þo. : ake after is daiȝe a-non
Þat folk heold seint clement faste : huy nolden him nouȝt for-gon;
hAlflingue with strencþe huy maden him pope. : and þo hit cam þar-to,
he fondede to paye euer-ech Man : riche and pouere al-so.
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he honourede more þe pouere Men : þane he dude þe riche,
to helpe more is [al. þe] soule þane is [al. þe] bodi— : for huy ne beot nouȝt Iliche.
Sisyme, þe Iustise of þe lond : hadde a swiþe guod wijf,
Þat þoruȝ se[int] cleme[n]t I-cristned was : for-to amendi hire lijf.
Ȝwane heo miȝte, fram hire louerd [heo stole] : al with-oute fiere.
A day, ase [on the margin.] heo wolde to churche gon : he siwede hire wel swiþe. [2 vv. om.]
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Sone so heo to churche cam : and hire hovse-bonde onder-ȝat, [MS. it onder-ȝat]
A-drad heo was, and hudde hire : in one [derne] stude heo sat.
Þo seint clement seide is oresun : and is clerkes amen seide,
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Þe Iustise i-werth boþe def and blind. : wel loude he gan to grede :
"Ȝware beo ȝe nouþe, mine men? : ovt ȝe moten me lede,
For Ine mai mi-seolf I-seo ne heore. : ȝwat mai ich to-rede?
