One of hem ȝaf cunseyl tyte,
Þat þey shulde go [for to wende D.] to þat Ermyte,
And aske cunseyl of swyche [swych O, suyche D.] adede
In hopë alle þe bettyr [þe better alle O, þei hoped alle þe better D.] to spede.
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whan þey hadde tolde hym [qwan þei had told D.] alle here dere,
Þys was þan þe ermytys [þanne his D.] answere:—
"Ȝyf ȝe wyl wepe [wepyn D.] for ȝoure [ȝour O, ȝoure D.] synne,
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And shryue ȝow clene, and þerof blynne,
And grauntë me þat ȝe shul [grauntiþ þat ȝe schul alle D (om. And).] faste,
And yn preyers wel [preyerys weyl O, ȝoure preyeris wel to D.] to laste,
Perauenture [Perauenter O, perauenture ȝe moun D.] ȝe may be al-eggyd,
And sum of ȝoure [ȝour O.] sorow abreggyd."
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To do alle [al O, al as D.] þat þe ermyte bad,
Þey grauntede alle, & were ryȝt glad.
Þe ermyte seydë, "ȝe shul be
In penauncë þre days [al in penaunce here D.] with me;
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And, aftyr þe þre days [þe þridde day is D.] ende,
To ȝow shal y come or sende."
Alle þe folk went [Al þe folke wente O, alle þo folk went D.] home þere weye; [here wey O, her wey D.]
Þe ermyte hys preyere [preyer O.] began to seye, [sey O, say D.]
"Ihesu cryst, god [cryste O, crist D.] almyghty,
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Of þys folk [folke O, on þese folk D.] haue þou mercy,
Þat þou boghtyst on [þat boutist on þe D.] rode so dere;
For hem shewe me on sum manere
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where [qwere D.] y may þe dragun fynde, [folio 12b:2]
And hys power, lorde, þou bynde, [on bynde D.]
Þat þe folk may knowe [þo folk moun knowyn D.] and se
Þe [þi D.] mercy and þe myȝt of þe."
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Whan [qwan D.] he hadde preyde hys orysun
Long yn grete [Longge yn gret O, longe in gret D.] afflyccyun,
