Iesu crist, al folkes red,
þat for vs alle þolede ded
Vpon þe rode tre,
Leue vs alle to ben wys,
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Ant to ende in his seruys.
Amen, par charite!
"God beginning makeþ god endyng",
Quoþ Hendyng.
Wyt & wysdom lurneþ ȝerne,
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Ant loke þat non oþer werne [loke, wir sollten erwarten "lokeþ". Die Auslassung des þ mag daraus zu erklären sein, dass bei fliessender Aussprache der Worte "lokeþ þat" nur ein þ zu vernehmen war. — non oþer, MS. Digby, 86: no man other", woraus hervorgeht, dass "non" Subjekt und "oþer" Objekt zu "werne" ist.]
To be wys & hende;
ffor betere were to bue wis,
þen forte were foh & grys, [were, ms. where.]
Wher so mon shal ende.
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"Wyt & wysdom is god warysoun",
Quoþ Hendyng.
Ne may no mon þat is in londe,
ffor noþyng þat he con fonde,
Wonen at home & spede,
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So fele þewes for te leorne,
Ase he þat haþ ysoht ȝeorne [ysoht, ms. ysoþt.]
