For some þat hyt takeþ, hyt shal hem saue,
And some þarforë peyne shal haue;
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Aftyr þey are of synnë clene,
So shal hyt on hem be sene."
Ȝyt preyde he God of morë grace,
Þat he myȝt knowë hem by face,
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Þe whyche receyued hyt wurþyly,
And whyche to have hyt were wurþy.
And God graunted hym hys wyl,
To knowe þe godë fro þe yl.
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Þe folk [folke.] þat to þe prestë went
For to receyue þe sacrament,
Of some þe faces were as bryȝt
As þe sunne ys, ón days lyȝt;
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And some, here vysages al blake,
Þat no þyng myȝt hem blaker make;
And somë [In Harl. the remainder of the line is scratched out.] were as rede as blode,
Staryng ryȝt as þey had be wode;
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And sum were swolle, þe vyseges [vysege.] stout,
As þoȝ here yȝen [yen.] shulde burble out;
And sum gnapped here fete & handes,
As doggës doun þat gnawe here bandes;
And sum hadde vysages of meselrye; [folio 68a]
And some were lyke foule maumetrye:
Many wundrys were on hem sene,
Mo þan he myȝt se at þat tyme.
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Þe prest, whan he say [saghe.] alle þys,
Of þat syȝt he gan hym grys;
For þat syȝt was hydous,
And dreful, [dredful.] and perylous.
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Ȝyt preyd he God, with gode entent,
Þat he myȝt wyte, what al þat ment;
And God almyȝty loued hym weyl,
And wuldë shewe hym euerydeyl;
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"Þo men þat are so bryȝt [[6 syllables]]
As þe sun, on day[e]s lyȝt,
Þo men are ȝyt yn charyte,
And clene of synne, & wurschepeþ [wrshype.] me;
