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"Thys Reconsylyacion was the Tyme of Grace,
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When foundyd was the churche vppon the feyr stoon,
And to holy Petyr the key delyueryd was
Of heuyn; then helle dyspoyled was anoon.
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Thus was mankynde delyueryd from hys foon.
And then began the New Testament
That the Crystyn pepyll beleue in present.
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253
"Whyche iii tymes, a sondry deuydyd,
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Mayst thow here see, yef thow lyst beholde.
The furst behynde the yn pycture ys prouydyd.
The second of the lyft hande shewe prophetes olde.
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The iiide on the ryght hande here hit ys to the tolde.
Thus hast thow in vysyon the verrey fygure
Of these iii tymes here shewyd in purtrayture.
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254
"That ys to sey, furst, of Deuyacion
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From Adam to Moyses, recordyng Scripture;
Secund, fro Moyses to the incarnacion
Of Cryst kepeth Reuocacions cure.
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And as for the thryd, thow mayst be verrey sure,
Wyll dure from thens to the worldes ende.
But now the iiiith must thow haue in mynde,
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"Whyche ys callyd propurly, the Tyme of Pylgremage
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Aftyr som; & som name hit otherwyse
And call hyt the Tyme of Daungerous Passage;
And som Tyme of Werre, that fully hyt dyspyse.
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But what so hit be namyd, I woll the auyse—
Remembre hit well and prynte hit in thy mynde,
Wherof the fygure mayst thow me behynde.
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"And elles remembre thysylf in thyn hert,
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Howe Vyce & Vertu dayly theym occupy,
In maner, oon of hem hym to peruert,
Another, to bryng hym to endeles glory.
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Thus they contynu fyght for the victory.
Hyt ys no nede herof to tell the moore,
For in thys short vysyon thow hast seen hit before.
