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Prede / loueþ wel heȝe stedes. Mildenesse: þe loȝe. Þis is þe dyamod [So in MS.] of noble kende. þet nele naȝt sitte ine gold. ac ine poure metal ase yzen. And zuo hit is of þe hyeape of huete y-þorsse. þe cornes byeþ beneþe / and þet chef a-boue. Ac oure lhord ssel uanni his corn / [typographic Fol. 43. a.] ate daye of dome / ase zayþ þet godspel. and ssel þrawe
þet chef in-to þe uere : and þet corn in-to þe greynere. Þe more þet / þet gold is clene: þe more hit wecþ. and þe more þet hit is heui : þe raþre hit ualþ to þe botme And þe more þet þe man is milde : þe more he loueþ loȝe stedes. ase dede Iesu crist and his zuete moder / þet ous yeaue uorbisne to serui and to bouȝe. naȝt wyþ-oute more to þe gratteste : ac to þe leste. and þe more þe seruise ys onworþ: þe bleþelaker þe milde him deþ þerto. Þeruore wyle teche oure lhord Iesu crist / þe uet to wesse to his poure. Þanne mildenesse / is moder propreliche / of boȝsamnesse. and hire norisseþ / and tekþ / an lokeþ / þet hi ne by y-corumped / ne by ydele blisse / ne be zorȝe / ne be grochchinge / ne be oȝene wytte / ne be oȝene wille. ne ine oþre manere. Hy hise agrayþeþ and azet: mid alle hire ournemens.