(510)
¶ Whan he knew how it with Arispus stood,
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He dressid him to him, and þat as swithë,
And bad him to be glad of cheere and mood;
He seide, and swoorë [swore R, swoor H.] to him oftë sithë,
"As freendly wole I be, and stande as ny the
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As I dide euere;" and thus his pacïencie
And meknesse hath qwenchid al [all R, as H.] þis offence.
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(511)
¶ Salomon seith, in him is sapience [¶ Salomon. Ubi est hu|militas, ibi sapientia. Origines: si humilis non fueris in te non potuit habitare gra|cia spiritus sancti.]
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That is indewed with benyngne humblesse.
Grace of þe holy goost, no residence
Holdith in þat man þat lakkéth meeknesse.
God took vppon him humble buxumnesse
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Whan he him wrappid in our mortell rynde:
That oughte a myrour be to al man-kynde. [At the bottom of this page is the figure of a man in a pink jacket, lying on his back upon a patch of grass, and holding in his hands the end of a rope noose, with which he is pulling into its place stanza 512, left out at first, and then written in the margin opposite st. 511.—G. E.]
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(512)
¶ Plesant to god was þe virginite [¶ Bernardus dicit, Beata maria, ex virginitate placuit deo, sed ex humil|itate conce|pit deum. [Written over stanza 512.]]
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Of his modir; but verray god & man
Conseyued was thoruȝ þe humilite
Whiche he be-heeld in þat blyssed woman.
O humble maidë! who is it þat can
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The debonaire humblessë tellen al,
Restynge in þy clennessë virginal?
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(513)
¶ Thogh þat þe humble were a foul habyt, [folio 62b] [¶ Basilius. Humilis licet habitu vilis sit, gloriosus tamen est virtutibus. Superbus autem si de|corus vide|atur aspectu tamen operi|bus vilis est. ¶ Isodorus. Quamuis summus es humilitatem tene. Salo|mon. Quan|to maior, &c.]
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Ȝit in vertuës glorious is he;
But þe proud man stant in anoþer plyt;
Thogh his array be fair & fresche to se,
His dedës and his werkës foulë [foule R, foul H.] be.
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What hyȝe estate þat a man represente,
Humble to be, let hym sette his entente!
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