"þat ys weyl, wyþ [þorw D.] goddys wylle,
Dwelle ȝyt with me [be-leve [stay] ȝit D.] a wokë [wouke O, wowke D.] stylle,
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And be [Be o wyke D.] yn þyn afflyccyouns,
Yn fastyng [fastynge.] and yn [oþer D.] orysouns:
And y. shal prey [preye O, preyȝe D.] also with þe
Þat god boþe herë me and þe." [here boþe þe and me. O, boþe here . . . D.]
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Stedfastlych [Stedfastlyche O, stedefastly D.] þey preyd a-none [al oon D.]
Tyl þat wokë [wouke O, þat wyke D.] were alle gone. [al agone O, wyke was al goon D.]
At þe woke [wouke O, þat wyke D.] ende, spake þe ermyte [þat hermyte D.]
And asked þe munke of þe [þat D.] spyryte.
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Þe munkë seyde, "y haue hyt seyn,
And on my [myn OD.] hede syttyn [setyn O, sotyn D.] and beyn;
y sagh hyt [I say it to me D.] so mylde and spake,
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Þat with my [myn OD.] hande y myght hyt take;
Me þoght hyt was þat fro me steye,
Aȝeyn yn-to my mouþe [mouþ O, in-to my mouþ wol euene D.] hyt fleye."
þe ermyte þanked god almyght [of myȝt D.]
Þat ȝafe hym grace to see þat syȝt. [syght O, sen þat syȝt D.]
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"Now art þou clene," he seyde, "of [clene of al þi D.] synne,
þe holy goste [gost O.] ys þe withynne:
kepe þe now fro swych a kas,
Aȝen god no more to [a-ȝens god do no D.] trespas."
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By [Be OD.] þys ensample may ȝe see
Þat god ys euer ful of pyte;
Þogh [ȝif D.] a man hym onys forsake,
Eft wyl [wyle O, ȝif he lowly D.] god aȝen [a-ȝen he wil D.] hym take
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Ȝyf he with herte wyl [wyle O, ȝif he lowly D.] mercy crye
And do penaunce for hys folye. [cryȝe . . . folyȝe D.]
Blessed be he among [amonge O.] vs here,
Þat he loueþ vs alle so dere.
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