When þei had ete, þe soth to sey,
With myrth þei drofe þe dey a-wey,
The best wey þat they myȝht.
With þer chylder pley þei dyde
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And after euensong went to bede
At serteyn of þe nyght.
The sclepyd, to it rong at þe chyrche,
Godes seruys forto wyrche,
As it was skyll and ryght.
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Vp þei ros and went þeþer,
They and þer chylder togeþer,
When þei were redy dyȝht.
Syr cleges knelyd on hys kne,
To Ih[es]u cryst prayd he
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Be chesyn of hys wyfe:
"Grasyos lord," he seyd tho,
"My wyfe and my chylder two,
Kepe vs out of stryffe."
The lady prayd hym ageyn;
Sche seyd: "god kepe my lord fro peyn
Yn-to euer-lastyng lyffe."
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Seruys was don and hom þey wente;
The thankyd god omnipotent
They went home so ryfe.
When he to hys palys com,
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He thouȝt his sorow was ouer-gon;
