[The Tale of the Suffolk Man who was taken out of Purgatory by two Masses his Wife got sung for him.]
A man yn Souþfolke onës deyde
Besydë Sudbyry, men seyde.
For þat man, swych grace was dyȝt, [folio 69a:2]
Þat hym was graunted to come a nyȝt
For to spekë wyþ hys wyfe
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To amende þe defaute of hys lyfe:
"Ȝyf a messe were for me doun
with gode mannes deuocyoun,
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y hope," he seyd, "to blys go,
And be delyuerd of alle my wo;
Y prey þe, pur charyte,
To trauayle so moche for me."
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She graunted hym þat ychë bone,
And ros vp on þe mornë sone,
And, vn-to þe frerës ȝede,
For þere hoped she best to spede.
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She cam, [com.] and spak with a frere,
And preyd she myȝt hys messë here,
And for here housbunde soule to synge,
And she wulde ȝyuë hym offrynge.
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Þe frere ded here a messe
yn comune, as þe seruyse ys;
whan þys messë sungë was
She went home a godë pas.
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Þe nyȝt aftyr, þan come he,
"Slepest þou?" he seyd; 'nay,' seyd she,
'Be ȝe ȝyt,' she seyd, 'yn blys?
þe messë for ȝow sungen [sunge.] ys.'
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"þe messe," he seyde, "þou dedyst be do,
A party hyt halpë þer-vn-to;
My parte y had, of þat messe,
As of þyng þat comune ys;
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Ȝyf one for me were specyale [were specyaly for me.] seyde,
Þat ouþer for me blys had nede,—
Ȝyf þe prest were of lyfe so gode [gode O, go H.]
