Þaȝ þou bere þyself babel, byþenk þe sumtyme
Wheþer he þat stykked uche a stare in uche steppe yȝe,
Ȝif hymself be bore blynde, hit is a brod wonder; [MS. sele, as M. notes.]
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And he þat fetly in face fettled alle eres,
If he hatz losed þe lysten hit lyftez mervayle; [MS., M. 1 he he; M. 2 he.]
Traue þou never þat tale, untrwe þou hit fyndez.
Þer is no dede so derne þat dittez his yȝen;
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Þer is no wyȝe in his werk so war ne so stylle
Þat hit ne þrawez to hym þro er he hit þoȝt have. [in þro, o of MS. has apparently been altered to e by drawing a stroke through it, but o nevertheless unmistakable; M., who prints MS. as þre, suggests þer(?), which is accepted by Fi.]
For he is þe gropande God, þe grounde of alle dedez,
Rypande of uche a ring þe reynyez and hert; [MS., M. ring; M. note rink or renk(?).]
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And þere he fyndez al fayre a freke wythinne,
Þat hert honest and hol, þat haþel he honorez,
Sendez hym a sad syȝt to se his auen face,
And harde honysez þise oþer, and of his erde flemez.
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Bot of þe dome of þe douþe for dedez of schame—
He is so skoymos of þat skaþe, he scarrez bylyve;
He may not dryȝe to draw allyt, bot drepez in hast,
And þat watz schewed schortly by a scaþe onez. [MS., M. scaþe; Fi. schaþe, cf. K. p. 65 (but see Introd., p. lvii, n. 2, and Glossary).]
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VIII. ABRAHAM ENTERTAINS THE THREE ANGELS
Olde Abraham in erde onez he syttez
Even byfore his hous-dore, under an oke grene;
Bryȝt blykked þe bem of þe brode heven,
In þe hyȝe hete þerof Abraham bidez,
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He watz schunt to þe schadow under schyre levez.
Þenne watz he war on þe waye of wlonk wyȝez þrynne;
If þay wer farande and fre and fayre to beholde,
