Þe fourme as hit heuene were· he made on alle wyse;
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A-nouwarde his Tour· amidde al þis· his sege he lette a-rere,
In his Riht half he made a sege· his o sone he sette þere,
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To sitten onne him-self· as a God· in heuene· as þeih hit were:
In-stude as þeih hit were godes sone· þat no de-faute nere;
In his Luft half· he made a-noþur· and feir he lette fette
In-stude of þe holi-gost·, bi his Luft half· he him sette,
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And sat him-self a-midde· þe Fader as þeih hit were;
And sone· and Holi-gost· bi-side· gret pruyde was þere:
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ERaclius þe Emperour· þat cristene was of Rome,
Of þis mis farinde pruyde· he herde tellen ofte and i-lome;
In-to his lond· he wende wiþ his Ost· and werrede wiþ him wel faste;
In his heuene he sat as a God·, as þeih him no-þing ne a-gaste,
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Him ne deynede not ones for him· of his heuene a-lihte,
No more þen hit weore a God· wiþ erþliche mon to fihte;
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His sone· a-ȝein þe Emperour· mid his Ost he sende,
Þo he to þe Batayle come· er eiþer to oþer wende,
Þat heo bi-twene hem-selue two· þe Batayle scholde do,
And al heore Ost· stonde and bi-holden· and no mon come þer-to,
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And wheþer of hem so a-boue were· habbe scholde þe mihte
Of þe oþeres Men· and his lond· after his wille dihte;
Þo þe forward was ymad· to-gedere heo smite to grounde,
