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[Of Antechrist.]
þat antecrist of danis sede,
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Sum-thing of him es forto rede.
He þat sua fild of goddes grame,
Qui he sal haue suilk a name,
For-þi es he cald ante-crist,
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For he sal be gain iesu crist,
Againes crist þat es to say, [folio 146b:1]
For gain his werke he sal werray.
Crist come meke al in his tide,
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He sal cum reth risand in pride;
Crist come to do þe lau to rise,
þe sinful forto make rightwise,
Bot he sal cum þe meke to fell,
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þe sinfull raise, sua sais þe spell.
All gode theu, wid might and main,
All sal he werrai þaim again, [[agaim in MS.]]
þe goddspell and all hali writt,
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He sal fordo, wa worth his witt!
He sal do rise all maumettri,
And clepe him-self godd almighti.
þis antecrist has had ful fele
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þat till his seruis has bene ful lele,
Als antioche and domiciane,
And nu þar es ful mani ane;
And quatkin man sum euer it es
vte of þe reule of rightwisnes,
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Or laued or religiun,
Clerk, monk, or canun,
And werrais þat þai suld were,
of antecrist þe nam may bere.
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