To god, for hys mochel [mechil D.] myȝt,
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þat he wulde haue of hym [on hym haue D.] mercy;
Þus preyd þey boþë [preyed þey boþen D.] specyaly.
At þe fyrste [fyrste O, fyrst H, ferste suenyȝttis ende D.] seuenyȝt ende,
þe ermyte seyd, [hermyte seyde D.] "broþer hende,
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Hast þou any [þou ony good D.] gracë see
Yn þy preyers as þou hast be [now hast ben D.] ?"
"ȝe," [þo D.] he seyde, "y sagh a syght
Yn þe ['þe' om. OD.] lykenes of a dowuës [dowuys O.] flyght, [a dowe qwhyȝt D.]
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Aboue me [Aboue me O, Aboue D.] yn þe firmament,
Of þat dowue þat fro me went."
þe ermyte þoght þan astyte [þowht as tyȝt D.]
Þat hyt was þe same spyryte
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þat went from [wente fro CD.] hym when [wan O, qwan D.] he began
God forsake [forsake god D.] for þat womman.
To gret penaunce eft [to gret penaunce D, to penaunce eft HO.] he hym toke
For hys cristyndom þat [crystendome þat O, cristendom D.] he forsoke;
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Ȝyt a woke [wouke O, þat wyke D.] he badde hym faste
For his flessh þat hym downe [down O.] caste,
þat no more þurghe [no man þorw his D.] lecherye
He fordo [for-do not.] hys grace so gretly.
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Þys ermyte preyed [þe . . preyed D, preyde O, preyd H.] nyght and day
þat hys penaunce were take to [were to his D.] pay.
whan þey had [hadde O, qwan þei had D.] preydë day & nyght
Alle þat woke [wouke O, þat wyke D.] yn goddys syght,
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Þys ermyte seyd, [þe . . seyde D.] "benedicite;
Broþer," he seyd, [þe . . seyde D.] "how þenkeþ [þynke O, þinkiþ H.] þe?"
"weyl," he seyd, [þe . . seyde D.] "þurgh goddys grace,
Þe dowue haþ be [was here D.] byfore my face,
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And, a whyle, stylle by [a whyle be for D.] me stode; [folio 3a]
Þe syght þere-of dyde me gode."
