[Of the Sacrament of the Altar. [This Section, to p. 336, is copied into the Vernon MS. (with a few changes of words and forms) as '7 Miracles of Corpus Christi,' and is printed in 'Minor Poems of the Vernon MS.,' ed. Hortsmann and F. J. F.; E. E. T. Soc. 1891.] ]
God almyȝty, þat al þyng weldes,
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wyndës, watrys, [and watres.] wodes, & feldes,
As soþely as þou madest of noȝt
Alle créatures þat euer were wroȝt,
Forȝyue me, to day, Lorde, my synne,
Þat y þys wrþy ['wrþy' should be cut out.] sacrament mowe begynne,
And wurschypfully þar-of to speke,
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Þat we þe beleuë neuer [neuer þe beleuc.] breke;
Ne for to tellë, yn þys long,
Þyng, þat falle-of, may any wrong,
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But þat máy be, þe to queme,
And vs yn stedfaste beleue to ȝeme.
Goddës sone, of heuene a-boue,
He shewed vs alle, for gretë loue;
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For whan hys passyun neyghed nye, [folio 66a]
To hys dyscyplys þat were hym bye,
He ȝaue [Ȝafe.] hys body hem to fede,—
More loue ne myȝt he shewe yn dede,—
Þat þey shuldë myndë haue
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On hym, þat he myȝt hem saue;
Ȝyt aftyrward he lete hym slo
with ful vyle deþ, and pynyng wo;
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For vs, and hem, ded he þys,
To bryngë vs echone to blys,
Ne [No.] more loue ne myȝt he do,
Ne neuer man, myȝt so do;
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For vs he ded hyt, þys ys certeyn,
Þat we shuld loue hym weyl aȝen;
Þogh we vs self ȝaf an hundryd syþe,
O poynt of loue ne myȝt we kyþe
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vn-to þe loue þat he haþ vs doun,
For hyt ys oure saluacyun;
And of vs, askeþ he ryȝt noȝt
