Yn almes dede, ne of ouþer bounte,
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Me þenkeþ hyt were ful perylous
To berye swych one yn Goddes house;
with swych ys holy cherche but fyled,
And hem self are moste bygyled.
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Ȝyf þe soulë be nat wurþy
Þat þe body lygge so solempny, [solemply.]
Þan haþ þe soulë morë [more of.] peyne;
Þat men wurschyp þe body, ys veyne.
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wykked men and vserers,
lechours, and lordys of foule maners,
Þat mow ȝyue pens ful godë wone,
Þey shul be leyde yn toumbe of stone,
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And hys ymáge ful feyre depeynte,
Ryȝt as hé were a cors seynt;
Þe wrecched soule, þe soþe to seye,
Shal a-bye alle þe noblye,
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And sum for euer be broȝt to bale; [sorow]
And þerby wyl y telle a tale.
[The Tale of Valentine, and how Devils puld his Body out of its Grave in the Church.]
Þyr was a man þat ['þat' omitted.] hyght Valentyne, [A tale]
Playtour he was, and ryche man fyne,
For of þe cherche of Myleyne [mylon.] was he playtour,
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More for mede þan Goddes onour.
Besyde Genë, a noble cytë,
Deyde Valentyne, and beryed shuld be;
Yn seynt Syxtes cherchë shuld he lye;
So ordeyned men whan he shuld deye.
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Þe fyrste nyȝt þat he was þere leyde, [folio 58b]
Þe wardeynes of þe cherche vpbreyde,
And herd one cry, rewly and shyl,
