Of alle hys state, boþe wo and wele,
Iumna tolde þe kyng euery deyl;
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Þe kyng þan ȝaue hym hys raunsoun,
And he bare hyt to Londoun to þe Frysoun.
Syþen ȝede he home, þys knyȝt Iumna,
To hys broþer þe abbot Tumna,
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And tolde hym of alle hys wo-fare,
And of alle hys cumforte yn alle hys care.
Þe abbot ful weyl þan vndyrstode
Þat hys messe dyd hym grete gode,
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And þat þe sacrament gan hym borowe
Oute of seruage and out of sorowe.
Þys tale telleþ vs seynt Bede, [folio 71a:2]
Yn þe gestys of Inglond þat we rede.
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By þys talë, mow men lere
Þat þe messe helpeþ vs weyl here;
For vs lyuyng, hyt makeþ memórye,
As weyl as for soules yn purgatórye;
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Euery man shal beleue þat ryȝt,
Þat holpe wyl be, as was þe knyȝt.
Þys sacrament helpeþ nat ȝyt a-lone,
But deuoute offrynges also echone;
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Alle þat we offre at þe messe,
Alle oure saluacyun hyt ys;
Nat onely for to saue þo þat dede beþ,
But þe quyke also hyt saueþ [hyt saueth also.] and redeþ;
As weyl haue þe quyke, þe pru,
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As þe dede, þereof vertu;
Quyke and dedë, more and lesse,
Alle are saued þurgh þe masse.
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þe offryng ys also a present
þat hyt be oure helpe, þe sacrament,
To þe fadyr of heuene bysyly,
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For whom þou offrest, to haue mercy.
A tale y fondë onës wryte;
And as y wote, þan shul ȝe wyte; [A tale]
And weyl a-cordeþ yn alle þyng,
Þat God ys payd of gode offryng.
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