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(4)
¶ And for to putt vs fro suche Idelnesse
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þat cause is of þe grete confusione
.I. haue here done my feiþeful besinesse
After þe legent in translacione
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Riht of þe glorious lif and passione
þou with þi garlonde wrouht wiþ rosus and lylie
The mene .I. a maide and Martire seint Cecile
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(5)
¶ And þou þat floure of virgines art al
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Of whome þat Bernarde lust so wele to write
To þe att my begynynge first .I. call
þou comfort of vs wreches do me endite
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þi maydens deþ þat was þoruhe hir merite
þe eternale lif and of þe fende victorie
As men maie after reden in hir storie
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(6)
¶ Thou maiden and moder douhte of þi sonne
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Thou well of Mercy sinful soules cure
In whome þat god for bounte chees to wonne
þou humble and hihe ouer euery creature
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þat no desdeyne þe Maker had of kinde
þou noblest so fere oure nature
His sonne in blode and flessche to cloþe and winde [folio 152b]
(7)
¶ Wiþ-inne þe cloister blisful of þi sides
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Toke mannes schap eterne loue and pees
þat of þe trine compas lorde and gide es
Whome heuen and see and erþe out reles
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Ay herien. and þou virgine wemles
Bare of þine body and dueldist maide pure
The creatore of euery creature
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