And of þe braunches þare he nam,
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In paradys huy weren sette,
As Jhu crist it hauede i hote.
Ake ȝwenne þe Aungel was i seiȝe
Of þe folk of þat contreie,
Ech on is side was in fcre
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And in gret doute þei were;
Liȝhtnesse þare was so muche i seiȝe
þat al þat treo þar mide was wriȝe
Boþe bi hinde and bi fore,
þat no man miȝhte no forþore
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Of heom þat se þis vertues, [þat wol statt þer verschrieben.]
Ake fullen a doun ase dede cwes,
Ne seien huy neuere swuch briȝhtnesse.
Muche huy þonkeden Jhc of blisse.
þanne spac Jhc to hem:
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ȝwi were ȝe so dredfule men?
Ful wel i wite ȝe it schulle,
þat mine hestes worþeth riȝt folfullde.
Here ȝeode Jhc into one temple of giwes and for dude heore Maumates, and alle huy fullen bi heom sulf, and þe feon|des þat with inne heom weren wenden out, ȝwuche heroudes þe king honourede with þe giwes.
ÞO spac Josep to Jhu [Die Initiale ist hier fälschlich V statt þ.]
þat was ful of vertu:
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Grete hete habbe we,
þat we fur brennethþ, so þinchez me,
And ȝif it is þi swete wille,
Go we ner þe weie stille,
For it is caldore ner þe se,
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Ore sped schal þe more beo.
Jhc answerede with milde herte:
Ore wei schal nouþe sone schorte
