XX.
Heo fel doun flat in þe flore, hir feere whon heo fond,
Carped to him kyndeli, as heo ful wel couþe: [C. karpyd to þat karemon.]
"Iwis I wraþþed þe neuere, at my witand,
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Neiþer in word ne in werk, in elde ne in ȝouþe."
Heo keuered vp on hir kneos, and cussed his hand:
"For I am dampned, I ne dar disparage þi mouþ."
Was neuer more serwful segge bi se nor bi sande,
Ne neuer a soriore siht bi norþ ne bi souþ;
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Þo þare, [C. Þen þore. I. Als þore.]
Þei toke the Feteres of hire feete,
And euere he cussed þat swete:
"In oþer world schul we mete."
Seid he no mare. [258, 260. she instead of he in P. and C.]
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XXI.
Þen Susan þe serwfol seide uppon hiȝt,
Heef hir hondus on hiȝ, bi-held heo to heuene: [P. Helt up her hondis. C. Wythe hondys full hye. I. And heued handes apon heyht.]
"Þou maker of Middelert, þat most art of miht,
Boþe þe sonne and þe see þou sette vppon seuene; [P. þat sit up a sevyn.]
Alle my werkes þou wost, þe wrong and þe riht;
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Hit is nedful nou þi names to nempne.
Seþþe I am deolfolich dampned, and to deþ diht,
Lord, herteliche tak hede, and herkne my steuene
So Fre!
Seþþe þou maiȝt not be sene
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Wiþ no fleschliche eyene, [P. bodily. I. erthely.]
Þou wost wel þat I am clene,
Haue Merci nou on me."
