Blesse þe, blesse þe, leue knaue! [W. & M. bless.]
Leste þou mes-auenter haue, [W. & M. mesaventer, MS. mes auenter.]
For þis lesing þat is founden
Opp-on me, þat am harde I-bonden. [W. & M. Oppon, i-bonden, MS. I bonden.]
Ich am on holi wimon,
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On wicchecrafft nout I ne con,
Bote wiþ gode men almesdede. [W. & M. witchecrafft.]
Ilke dai mi lif I fede,
And bidde mi pater noster and mi crede, [W. & M. pater-noster.]
Þat goed hem helpe at hore nede,
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Þat helpen me mi lif to lede,
And leue þat hem mote wel spede.
His lif and his soule worþe I-shend, [W. & M. i-shend.]
Þat þe to me þis hernde haueþ send;
And leue me to ben I-wreken [W. & M. i-wreken.]
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On him þis shome me haueþ speken." [W. & M. speken.]
"Leue nelde, bilef al þis; [W. & M. Nelde. bi-lef.]
Me þinkeþ þa[t] þou art onwis. [MS. þa; W. & M. that.]
Þe mon þat me to þe taute,
He weste þat þou hous couþest saute. [W. touhest, MS. couþest or touþest(?).]
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Help, dame siriþ, if þou maut,
To make me wiþ þe sueting saut,
