[Of the Assumption of Our Lady.]
Bot firste I tel of hir ending
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Þat of al kingis bar þe king,
Hu sco þat bar him þat us boȝte,
Vnto þat mikil blis was broȝte.
Þoȝ nan be sua unworþi man,
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Hirs am ic wiþ al þate i can,
Wiþ fel and fleies and sawil wiþ alle,
Ic es and euir sal be her þralle;
For ine es neuir mare sua fre
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Als þat leuedi to þrallid be.
Of hir worscip sa wide to win
To telle wat I noȝte quar bigin,
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For þoȝ mi tunge it were of stel,
And i cuþe loue na man sa wele,
And I bigan hir louing speke
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A þusand gier moȝte I noȝte reque,
Þoȝ þat I dide na noþir þinge,
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Tel tende parte of hir louing. [folio 43a:2]
For ai þe mare I soȝte to sai,
Þe widder sal I finde þe wai.
Þoȝ queþir sal I neuir fine
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Ai be leuedi in louing þine,
Sua kinde ful wel I wate er tu,
Þat þu mi wille me al wil lu,
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For ofte þu menskis man wiþ me[de]
For wille allane wiþoutin dede;
In þi louing þu do me lende,
Leuedi unto me liuis ende.
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Quare fore I sale a litil vie
Rede nu here of þat leuedie,
Fra þat hir son ur lauerd criste,
Deied on rode and was traiste.
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I wit giu sai wiþoutin were,
Þat al þat hertli wil it here,
Hertli heris it or redis,
Þai sale haue benicun to medis,
Baþe cristis awin benicune
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And of þair sinnis remissiun;
Womman sal perile of na barne,
Na nan wiþ mistim be forfarne
Na fal unto na dedli pliȝte,
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Þat tai it here ouþir dai or niȝte,
And mare þar of I sai þe giete,
Qua hertlic heris or redis itte,
Of ure leuedi and saint Iohan,
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Þair benicun þaim bes noȝte wan.
And saint edmund of puntenei,
Daiis of pardun þaim giuis xxti,
In a writte þis ilke I fande,
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Him selue it wroȝte ic understande.
In oþir inglis was it drawin,
And turnid ic haue it til ur awin
