[6-text p 543]
(64)
fful wrongfully bigunne thow quod sche
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And ȝit in wrong is al thyn perseueraunce
Wost tow not how oure myghti pryncis free
Han thus comaundit & mad ordenaunce
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That euery cristene whight schal han penaunce
But ȝif that he his cristendom withseye
And goon al quik ȝif he wele it reneye
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(65)
Ȝoure pryncis erryn as ȝoure nobleye doth
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Quod tho Cecile / & with a wood centence
ȝe makyn vs gilty & is nat soth
ffor ȝe that knowyn weel oure Innocence
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ffor as meche as we doon a reuerence
To Cryst & for we bere a cristene name
Ȝe puttyn on vs a cryme & ek a blame
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(66)
But we that knowen thilke name [folio 379b]
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ffor vertuous we may it not with-seye
Almache answerde chees on of these two
Do sacrifise & cristendam reneye
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That thow mowe escape by that weye
At which this holy blysful fayre mayde
Gan for to laughe & to the Iuge sayde
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(67)
O Iuge confus in thyn nycete
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Wilt thow that I reneye Innocence
To makyn me a wikkede wight quod sche
Lo he dissimulyth here in audience
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He starith & wodit in hise aduertence
To whom Almachius onsely wreche
Ne wost thow not how fer myn mygh may streche
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