Was no on so holi here biforn
As was þis holi child seynt iohun
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¶ Þat baptisid oure lord in flom iordon
Wiþ ful deuout & good deuocioun,
And after for ihesus loue to deeþ gan goon,
And suffride ful mykil passioun.
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¶ Now schal y telle with ful good cheere
Of þat holi assumpcioun
Of his blessid modir dere,
How sche was taken up with greet deuocioun
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¶ Vnto hir blessid sone, as his wil were, [page 181]
Þat þerto sente hise aungils a-down,
& vp þei baren þat maiden cleere;
Queene of heuen þere þei dide hir crowne.
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¶ Þanne alle aungils þat were in heuene
Were at þe crownyng of þat maide free,
And songen alle with mylde steuene
"Gloria tibi domine."
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¶ Þat is a song of ioie and blisse!
God ȝeue us grace þat siȝt to se,
Of his mercy þat we nouȝt mysse,
Qui natus es de virgine.
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¶ Þis song þat y haue sunge ȝou heere,
Is clepid 'þe deuelis perlament:'
Þerof is red in tyme of ȝeere
On þe first sunday of clene lent.
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¶ Who-so wole haue heuen to his hire,
Kepe he him from þe deuelis combirment;
In heuene his soule may þere be sure
Wiþ aungils to pleie verament.
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¶ Þis lessoun was made but late; [page 182]
Þere ben no triflis in þis tale;
