Þenne he wayned hym his wyt, þat hade wo soffered,
Þat he com to knawlach and kenned hymselven;
Þenne he l[o]ved þat Lorde and leved in trawþe [MS., M. laued; M. note loued(?); K. (p. 26) loued.]
Hit watz non oþer þen he þat hade al in honde.
Line 1704
Þenne sone watz he sende agayn, his sete restored,
His barounes boȝed hym to, blyþe of his come,
Haȝerly in his aune hwe his heved watz covered,
And so ȝeply watz ȝarked and ȝolden his state.
Line 1708
'Bot þou, Baltazar, his barne and his bolde ayre,
Seȝ þese syngnes wyth syȝt, and set hem at lyttel,
Bot ay hatz hofen þy hert agaynes þe hyȝe Dryȝt[y]n, [MS. dryȝtn; M. dryȝt[y]n.]
Wyth bobaunce and wyth blasfayme bost at hym kest,
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And now his vessayles avyled in vanyte unclene,
Þat in his hows hym to honor were hevened of fyrst;
Bifore þe barounz hatz hom broȝt, and byrled þerinne [M. reads hom, but MS. possibly intended for hem.]
Wale wyne to þy wenches in waryed stoundes.
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Bifore þy borde hatz þou broȝt beverage in þede
Þat blyþely were fyrst blest wyth bischopes hondes,
Lovande þeron lese goddez þat lyf haden never,
Made of stokkes and stonez þat never styry moȝt.
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And for þat froþande fylþe, þe Fader of heven
Hatz sende into þis sale þise syȝtes uncowþe, [MS., M.1 hatȝ sende hatȝ sende; M.2 hatȝ sende.]
Þe fyste wyth þe fyngeres þat flayed þi hert,
Þat rasped renyschly þe woȝe wyth þe roȝ penne.
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'Þise ar þe wordes here wryten, wythoute werk more,
By uch fygure, as I fynde, as oure Fader lykes:
Mane, Techal, Phares, merked in þrynne;
Þat þretes þe of þyn unþryfte upon þre wyse.
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Now expowne þe þis speche spedly I þenk:
Mane menes als much as, maynful Gode [folio 85a]
Hatz counted þy kyndam bi a clene noumbre,
