[6-text p 185]
Thouȝe I for my prymer shalle be shent [Sloane MS 1685 folio 199b]
And to be beten þryse on an oure
I wolle yt konne oure lady to honoure
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Hys felawe tauȝte hym hamward pryuely
ffro day to day til he coude yt by roote
And þan he songe it wele and boldely
ffro worde to worde accordynge with þe note
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Thrys on a day it passed þorouȝe hys þrote
To scoleward and hamward whan he went
On Crystes modir sett was hys entente
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¶ As I haue sayd þorouȝe oute þe Iewrie
Thys Chylde as he came to & fro
ffulle merely þan wolde he synge & crye
O alma redemptoris mater euere mo
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The swetnesse hath hys hert percid so
Of Crystes moder þat to hir to praye
he can not stynte of syngynge by þe weie] [[Sloane extract ends.]]
Oure fyrste fo the serpent satirnas [Camb. MS] [folio 321a]
That hath in Ieues herte his waspis nest
Vp swal & seyde O ebraik peple allas
Is this to yow a thyng that is honest
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That swich a boy schal walkyn as hym lest
In ȝoure despyt & syngyn of swich centence
Which is a-ȝens oure lawys reuerence
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ffrom thenys forth the Iewys han conspyred
This innocent out of this world to chace
An homycyde thereto han they heryd
Rygh in an aley at a pryue place
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And as the child gan forth by-for to pace
This cursede Iew hym hente & held hym faste
And kitte his throte & in a pit hym caste
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