Benedicam dominum in omni tempore: semper laus eius in ore meo. [Ps. 33 (34).]
Aue mater pariens fructum benedictum,
Tactu cuius soluitur Eue maledictum,
Que transgressa temere tangens interdictum
Transtulit in posteros ulcionis ictum.
Heil Modur bringinge forþ
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Þe feireste fruit i-founde,
Þe touche of whuche was so muche worþ
Þat Eues curs was vnbounde,
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Þe whuche trespaced folilyche,
Þat was forboden touchyng,
Þe strok of veniaunce sikerliche
Laft to hem þat were comyng.
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Ivdica domine nocentes me, expugna inpugnantes me. [Ps. 34 (35).]
Aue per quam dominus apprehendens scutum [cf. Ps. 34, v. 2.]
In extento brachio propulit astutum;
Qui de scuto [r. sputo] proprio comiscendo lutum
Ceco lumen homini reddidit acutum.
Heil beo [whom] þe lord of liht
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A scheld tok priuely,
And in his hond I-streyht ariht
Put of his enemy;
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Þat of his owne propre cheld (!),
Mengyng þerwiþ cley,
As moni men þo bi-heold,
Maad a blynt mon se [MS. so] al-wey.
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Dixit iniustus ut delinquat in semet ipso ; non est timor dei ante oculos eius. [Ps. 35 (36).]
Aue templum gracie, tronus deitatis,
Torrens affluencie, domus vbertatis: [cf. Ps. 35, v. 9.]
Per te-solam reddita spes est desperatis:
ffluctuantis Anchoram rege nostre ratis.
Heil temple of grace,
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Trone of þe godhed,
Plenteuous ryuer in vche place,
And eke hous of freohed:
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Beo þe, hope is ȝolde aȝeyn
To hem þat hedde dispeir:
