PASSUS XVII. (DO-BET II.)
[TITLE. Passus xvijus OCYB; Passus xvjus de visione vt supra R; W adds —et ijus de Do-bet; B adds — et tercius de dobet.] Passus xvij us, et secundus de do-bet.
"I am spes," quod he, "a spye · and spire after a knyȝte, [quod—spye] a spie, quod he R. and spire] spere R.]
That toke me a maundement · vpon þe mounte of synay,
To reule alle rewmes with; · I bere þe writte here." [with] þere-with R. þe writte] it writen O; it write Y.]
"Is it asseled?" I seyde · "may men se þi lettres?" [asseled] enseled W. þi] the COB.]
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"Nay," he sayde, "I seke hym · þat hath þe sele to kepe; [I] W om. þe sele] þeal (!) C.]
¶ And þat is, crosse and crystenedome · And cryst þere-on to hange. [folio 72b]
And whan it is asseled so · I wote wel þe sothe, [asseled] enseled W. I—sothe] R om.]
Þat Lucyferes lordeship · laste shal no lenger." [R has—Sathanas power schal last no lenger, And þus my lettre meneth. See Critical Note.]
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"Late se þi lettres," quod I · "we miȝte þe lawe knowe." [þi lettres] þat lettre R.]
¶ Þanne plokked he forth a patent · a pece of an harde roche, [Þanne—he] A plucked R. patent] pauntelet B.]
Wher-on [were] writen two wordes · on þis wyse y|glosed,
Dilige deum & proximum tuum, &c.[[were WCBY] weren O; was LR.]
