To cónferme hys beleuë clere;
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And hym-self preyd specyaly
Þat God wulde shewe hym also yn body;
"Lorde," he seyde, "for no mysbeleue
Þat þou shuldest, with me þe greue,
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But for to shewe þe ryȝt soþenes
Þat þou art þe sacrament of þe messe,
Þat y may make ouþer certeyn
whan y with yën haue þe seyn!"
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Þe [þese.] abbotes lay yn orysun
Tyl alle þe seuen nyȝt were [were alle H, were O.] doun;
þe seuenþe day, to þe cherche þey cam, [come.]
And þe touþer man with hem þey nam; [nome.]
A sege was ordeyned for hem þre
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To beholdë alle þe pryuyte
Of þat holy sacrament
Þat shewed was yn here present:
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Betwyxe hem sate þys ychë man
Of whom þe myracle fyrst began.
whan þe vble was on þe auter leyd,
And þe prest þe wurdes had seyd,
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Alle þre þoȝt þan verrylyk,
Before þe prest, þat a chyld lay quyk
Yn feyrë forme of flesshe and blode;
Þys say þey þre, þere þey stode.
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whan þe preste shulde parte þe sacrament,
An aungel dowun from heuene was sent,
And sacryfyed þe chylde ryȝt þare;
As þe prest hyt brak, þe aungel hyt share;
þe blode yn-to þe chaleys ran
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Of þat chylde, boþe God and man.
Þys man ȝede to þe heyȝest degre,
To housel hym, as fyl to be;
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