As he were put oute aȝens hys wyl.
Þe wardeynes asked what þat myȝt be,
"Ryse we vp [vp we.] alle, and go we se."
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Þere he was beryed, þydyr þey ran,
And sagh many fendes aboute þys man;
And of hys graue þey oute [vp.] hym pulde;
Oute of þe cherche, drawe hym þey wulde;
Þe deuylys droȝ [drowe.] hym by þe fete
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As hyt were careyne þat dogges ete.
Þe wardeynes werë sore affryght
For þat noysë and þat syght;
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Aȝen to here bedde þey ȝede;
Þey durst no lenger dwelle for drede.
On þe morne whan þey were ryse,
Þey ȝede to þe graue, þere þey were so agryse;
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Þer-yn alle aboute þey soght,
But þe body founde þey noȝt.
Þey opende þe dores, and loked aboute,
And fonde þe body lygge [lyggynge.] þere with-oute;
Þe fete ybounde to-gedyr ful faste,
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And as a foulë careyne caste.
Seynt Gregory seyþ hardly,
Þere he lay fyrst, he was nat wurþy;
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But hys soule hadde pyne þe more
For þe pompe and pryde þat he was leyd þore.
lordes are besy aboute to haue
Proude stones lyggyng an hye on here graue;
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Þurgh þat pryde þey mowe be lore,
Þogh þey hadde do no synne byfore;
Hyt helpyþ ryȝt noght, þe toumbe of pryde,
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whan þe soule fro pyne may hyt nat hyde.
