Towarde þe mere of Mambre, [morn]ande for so[rȝe], [MS., M. wepande; Sch. suggests mourninge: M. 1 sorewe, M. 2 so[rȝe] with note 'sorewe is written by a late hand over the original word,' (see Introd., p. viii, and also note on this line).]
And þere in longyng al nyȝt he lengez in wones,
Whyl þe Soverayn to Sodamas sende to spye.
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X. LOT ENTERTAINS THE TWO ANGELS
His sondes into Sodamas watz sende in þat tyme,
In þat ilk eventyde, by aungels tweyne,
Mevande mekely togeder as myry men ȝonge, [M.S., M. meuand, meuande.]
As Loot in a loge-dor lened hym alone,
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In a porche of þat place pyȝt to þe ȝates, [in place the second stroke of the p covers an extra 1.]
Þat watz ryal and ryche—so watz þe renkes selven.
As he stared into þe strete þer stout men played,
He syȝe þer swey in asent swete men tweyne;
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Bolde burnez were þay boþe, wyth berdles chynnez,
Royl rollande fax, to raw sylk lyke,
Of ble as þe brere-flor where so þe bare schew[e]d; [MS., M. scheweed.]
Ful clene watz þe countenaunce of her cler yȝen;
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Wlonk whit watz her wede and wel hit hem semed. [folio 72a]
Of alle feturez ful fyn and fautlez boþe,
Watz non au[c]ly in ouþer, for aungels hit wern. [MS., M. autly, G. reads MS. aucly (but see note).]
And þat þe ȝep underȝede þat in þe ȝate syttez,
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He ros up ful radly and ran hem to mete,
And loȝe he loutez hem to, Loth, to þe grounde,
And syþen soberly: 'Syrez, I yow byseche, [M. inserts satȝ (form would probably be saytȝ) after soberly.]
Þat ȝe wolde lyȝt at my loge and lenge þerinne;
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Comez to yor knavez kote, I crave at þis onez; [MS. knaueȝ kote; M. 1 kuchieȝ-kote (which MS. resembles because second stroke of a is high); M. 2 knaues kote.]
