Of alle godenes, wel and bygynnyng
Ys God of heuene, and of erþe kyng,
Hym wurschepeþ alle, as wel ys wurþy,
Gostly þynges as weyl as dedly,
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Alle creatures doun hym onoure, [folio 75a:2]
Ihesu, þat ryche emperoure;
Þou, Ihesu, lyȝt my soule with-ynne,
And graunte me swychë to bygynne
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Þat hyt mowe be, þe to queme,
And vs alle fro synnë ȝeme!
Namly, of shryftë so [now.] to seye,
Þat we mow make vs redy wey
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Aȝens þe fende, þat ys oure fo,
Þarto God graunte vs alle to go.
[See French, 1. 9605, p.351, note e.] Tweluë poyntes þyr are yn shryfte,
And tweluë graces of here ȝyfte,
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And yn alle þesë, are but þre
whych are to do, and whych are to fle.
To telle hyt shortly, alle [al.] at gesse,
Þe fyrst ys þe grete godënesse,
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How yt ȝyueþ hem grace to þryue,
Þo men þat wyl bleþely hem shryue;
Syþen, fro what þyng men shulde hem loke
Þat shryftë blely vndyrtoke;
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And how many þynges, behoueþ hem haue,
Þat, ryȝtly, here shryfte wyl craue.
Yn tokenyng, to holde vs lowe,
And oure wykkednes for to knowe,
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Hyt ys ordeyned, þurgh Goddys ȝyfte,
To man, fór to knowe oure shryfte.
For vnbuxumnesse of oure fadyr Adam
And Eue—þurgh prydë þat fyrst cam,
Þat Goddes commaundëment þey brake—
