Bi a. Biginneþ . þe lettrure [Ms. fo st. for.]
ffo(r) a. is lyk . þe Trinite
þreo partyes a haþ . of Mesure
Knet in knotte . on a. wol be
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ȝif þu wolt lerne . þou miht hure
Hou a. is lyk . þe deite
þe Deite is . þis is sure
þreo and on . In Maieste
And euer her after . heo schul dure
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In departable alle þre
Nou hastou lerned . tac þu cure
hou a. is most of dignite.
þe Maister seide . in þat stounde
What artou : lettrure to lere
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Bi Moyses lawe . nis not founde
þe lawes . þat þou tellest heere
þou seist . in þis ilke grounde
þou art old . and ȝong I. feere
þi sawe . soþli nis not founde
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þerfore þou art me . no þing dere
Stond þu stille swiþe .I. seye
And louely lustne . to my lore
And þu miht . bi alle weye
Beo ful wys . for euer more
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þou hast wit . In memorie
And wel ȝong . þi wit is core
hit is medlet . wiþ ffolye
And þat greueþ me . grimly sore
Of Moyses . vr lawe we had
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And nou newe . þow wolt teche
Of þi sawe . swiþe am I. sad
Of þe Trinite . to spille speche
þou greuest me .I. am not glad
Wt luþer lawes . þou luþer leche
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þou spekest of godhed . as child al mad
fforþer . þen þi wit . wol reche.
A noþer Mayster . seide in hiȝe
Child her is . a wonder þing
þow kennest . comeli . Clergye
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And ȝit to teche . þou art to ȝyng
þou hast not lerned . as men seye
hou hastou þenne . þi connyng
Deueles demeþ . Mon to dyȝe
þi tonge haþ tast . of heore teching.
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þi wrongful wordes . worcheþ wrake.
þow seist þat god is . on and þre
I Bede . þin errour þou forsake
þou spekest of þing . þat mai not be
As ouer come . þu worth of take
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þat al þis peple . hit schal se
þis qwestion . to þe I. make
Tel me what is þe Trinite.
Jhu as best . þat bar þe belle
Wolde wite . riht a non
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ȝif he couþe . o þing telle
Of prechynge prophetes wonder won
þat seide crist scholde dwelle
her on eorþe . a mong his fon
Alle ȝor lawes . to fulfelle
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þis wol ȝor lawes . euerichon
Crist is liht . of god Almiht
And of Godes liht .I. core
Ysaye spac . her of a pliht
Of a Mayden . he scholde be bore
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þou miȝt wel wite . hit is riht
he schal bugge þat is for lore
God is þe ffader . Crist sone. & liht
þe sone is geten . wiþ outen hore
ffor as þe sonne . ȝiueþ his leem
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ȝif he wiþ cloudes . is not let
So com crist . as sonne Beem
In to þat Buirde . þat Bales bet
ȝif þou take . wel good ȝeem.
hou þe sonne Beem euere is set
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Vndeparted . so is þe strem
Of crist wt God . mid knottes knet.
Now tak herto . good entent
þe ffader liht . in þe sone schal be.
þe ffader liht . ȝit nis nouȝt blent
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Al is o liht . In Deite
þen is hit proued . bi argument.
þat ffader and sone . o liht beoþ he
þe holy spirit . wiþ hem present.
heo þreo . Beoþ God In Trinite
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