STOWE 620.
Magna Carta de libertatibus mundi
Crist hathe cancelled the writinge of mens dette [folio 11b-12a]
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and by the great charter him free hathe sett
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Sciant presentes et futuri
Wetys now all that are here
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And after shal be leife and dere
that y Yesus of nazarethe
for loue of manne haue suffred deathe
Vppon a crosse with woundes fyue
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Whilst y was manne yn yerthe one lyue
Dedi et concessi
Y haue gyfen and made a graunt
to all that askes yt [Space for another word is left just before this word in the MS.] repentant
hevin blysse without endinge
as longe as y ame there kinge
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kepe y no moore for all my smarte
but true love manne of thyne harte
and that thowe be in charite
and love thy neighboure as y love thee
this is the rent thow shalt gyue me
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as to the cheif lorde of the fee
Warantizabo
gyf any mane will saye now
that y ne haue died for manne his prowe
rather ther [Should be than or then.] manne sholde be forlorne
yet wold y eft be all to-torne
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Hijs testibus
Witnesse the day that toorned to nighte
and the sonne that withdrew his lighte
Witnesse the yerthe that then did quake
and stoones great that in sonder brake
Witnesse the vayle that then did Ryue
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and men that roose from deathe to lyue
Witnesse my muther and Seint Johne
and others that were there many one
In cuius rei testimonium
Jn witnesse of the whiche thyng
Myne owene seale therto J hynge
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and for the more seckernesse
the wounde of my syde the seale yt is
Data &c.
this was yeven at Calvarye
the first daye of great mercye
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cor charte appensum rosei vice cerne sigilli
Spreta morte tui solus id egit amor
