And a-none he hadde botenyng.
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longë, aftyr þat þys was,
Fyl of þys dekene a merueylous kas;
For þere besydë, yn a paþ
was a wasshyng, at an hote baþ;
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'Termes' men calle þat watyr wasshele,
For many one had þerat here hele.
Þus þe holy bysshope seynt Germyne
Com þedyr to be wasshe þer-ynne;
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Þere fonde he þys dekene Pascas,
And at þe [þat.] watyr seruyng was:
Þys bysshope merueyled yn hys þoȝt,
wheþer hyt were Pascas or noȝt;
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At þe laste, seynt Germyne seyde
"Art þou nat Pascas þat deyde,
Þat we helde a man holy?"
"Ȝys," seyd Pascas, "hyt am y;
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And at þys water, serue y þus, [folio 73b]
For y graunted neuer [nat.] to Symakus,
But to Laurence, with alle my myȝt,
Þat was nat so gode yn Goddys syȝt;
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y ne repented yn alle my hope, [nat in al myn hope.]
For y wulde haue hadde hym pope.
But wuldest þou prey for me, Germyne,
y shulde come sone oute of þys pyne;
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And þat [þat O, om. H.] mayst þou wete yn þys manere,
Ȝyf þou fynde me no more here."
Þe bysshope Germyne, home he ȝede,
And preyd to God for hys mysdede.
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Þe nextë tyme þat he come þore,
Of Pascas, sagh he no more.
Lokë, [Lokeþ.] lordes, how ȝe mysdo,
Þat eleccyoun dystroubleþ [dystourbleþ.] so;
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