Doun from þe castel comyth þere manye a wyȝt
To gauryn on þis wyȝt & on custaunce
But schortly from þe castel on a nyȝt
The lordis styward god ȝeue hym myschaunce
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A thef that hadde reneyed oure cre-aunce
Cam in-to þe schip alone & seyde he schulde
Hire leman be wheþer sche wolde or nolde
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Wo was þe wrechede woman þo be-gon
Hire child cryed & sche cryede pitously
Blysful marye halp hyre ryȝt a-non
ffor with hire strogelyng wel & myȝtyly
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The thef fel ouyr bord al sodeynly
And in þe se he dreynte for veniaunce
And þus hath cryst onwemmede kept custaunce
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O foule lust of luxurye lo thyn ende
Not only þat þou feyntist manys mynde
But verayly þou wilt hise body schende
Thende of þy werk or of þynne lustis blynde
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Is compleynynge how manyon may men fynde
That not for werk but only þe entente
To don þis synne ben owthir slayn or schente
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How may þis wayke woman han þis strenthe
Hire to defende a-ȝen þis Renegat
O golyas vnmesurabe of lenthe
How myȝte dauid make þe so maat
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So ȝong & of armeure so desolat
How durste he loke vp-on þyn dredful face
Wel may men sen it was but godis grace
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Ho ȝaf Iudyth corage or hardynesse [folio 207b]
To slen hym Olofernus in hise tente
And to delyueryn out of wrechedenesse
The peple of god I sey for þis entente
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