Ak he þat derkest was, . him þouȝte, was more cler
And briȝtere þan ani gold . þat he sei euer er. [fehlen 4 Verse, s. Ms. Laud.]
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Somme hadden crounen of gold . on þe hed ido,
Somme in honde beren . ȝerden of golde also.
Alle þonkeden ihū crist, . þat studefast herte him sende,
þat þe kniȝt mid no pine . is herte ne wende.
Echone þo for him . in þe more ioie were.
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He bi huld þat ioie, . as þei no wit in him nere.
þo bi gan agret maistere . vndo is mouþ softe, [Ms. meiste mit der Abkürzung für er.]
& welcomede him faire, . & þonkede oure lord ofte,
þat such þouȝt him hedde send, . & such herte al so,
þat he ne changede noȝt . vor al þat him was do.
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Beu frere, ihered be god, . þt þe haþ hider ibrouȝt,
And among alle þine fon . so stude fast were of þouȝt. [Nach And fehlt wol þat þou.]
Of þe pine of sunfol men . fonded þu hast inow;
þine sunnes beþ alle ibet, . vor elles it were wow;
þow miȝt here somdel seo, . þat þou wilnest more,
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Of þe ioie of gode soulen, . þt comeþ to milce & ore.
þis place, þt we inne beþ, . þu ne knowest nouȝt:
Hit is erþliche paradis, . þt adam was inne brouȝt;
Her inne he was ipult, . ac suþþe for his mis dede
I cast he was out vram henne . in alle wrechede;
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Al þe ioie, þat her is, . he hedde to is wille,
Ac, þo he was henne idriue, . hit nas not worþ afille.
Of þe wrechede we beþ kend, . & of is sunfol blet come,
Ac þat vs is bi godes grace . þorw godes grace(!) binome. [þorw godes grace st. þorw oure cristendom verschrieben.]
And after oure cristendom . þe sunnes þat (we) wrouȝte, [Vor wrouȝte fehlt we.]
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On erþe oþer in purgatorie . we it wel deore abouȝte:
Vor we alle, as þou sist, . þer forþ hider come,
And oure sunnes þer bette, . & harde penaunce nome,
We neren not elles her; . as god biþe it is;
And alle þt þu þer iseiȝe . hider schulleþ iwis,
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Ac non not how longe . his bileuing is;
Ac, whose in erþe frendes haþ, . þe bet efareþ iwis,
