he ȝaf it me; but with [me be D.] hys gode wyl.
And now, weyl y hyt [& wel I knowe now & D.] graunte,
Þat y helde hym nat [not his (om. þat) D.] cunnaunt;
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wyllyng, certys, y dyd [dede O, aȝens his wil certis dede he D.] hyt noght,
But for rechelesshepe [rentylnesse D.] of þoght."
Þe aungel þo toke þe [þat (þo, om. D.)] soule forlore,
And dyd [dede OD.] hyt þere hyt was byfore,
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yn-to þe peyne, þere [þe, þere, om. D.] for to dwelle,—
hyt was an okerere, [he was a gowlere D.] y ȝou telle;—
Þan touched Fursynys [touched he Fursyns O, þe aungel touchyd hym D.] brest and syde,
And þe fyre myȝt no lenger [no lenger myght O, myȝt no lengere (om. And) D.] abyde.
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Þurghoute þe [þat O, þorw þe fyr he hadde hym D.] fyre he ledde hym euene,
And shewed hym of þe blys of heuene:
he shewed hym alle [of al D.] þe pryuyte
Þere men befalleþ yn flessh to be. [þat men falle . . to se D.]
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he broght hym þan [brout hym D.] to þe body aȝen
For [For, om. D.] to shewe þat hyt was certeyn.
Þre days keptë men [dayȝes men keptyn D.] þe body,
Alle for dedë comunly. [þanne contynuelly D.]
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he lyued seþþen many ȝeres,
A quyk man, and a feres. [ȝerys . . fers D.]
But þe brynnyng alle [be O.] be dene, [O. gloss. 'rewe.']
Euermore aftyrward was hyt [hyt, om. O, it was D.] sene;
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As long as he here [longe after as he D.] lyued,
Þe brynnyng on hys [þe D.] body cleued.
y trowe god shewed þys merueyle,
For þou ne shuldest of [ne shust of þy O, þat non schulde D.] trowþë fayle.
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Seþen leuyd [leuede O, lyuede D.] he so holyly
Þat men callyn hym nowe [now O, om. D.] seynt Fursy;
He was fyrst [fyrst, om. D.] founder and syre
Of þe cherche of Knares [Canyes D.] -myre;
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