And hadde eche daie fourti mile : euene opriȝt i-go,
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he ne hadde nouȝt ȝeot to heuene i-come : bi a þousende mile and mo.
Sikere ȝe beon isegge ȝeov soth : I-leue ho-so i-leue—
hov schulle we þat comiez so late : after Adam and eue?
Ake ȝwane a man is on eorþe ded : and is soule beo guod,
heo nath with hire non heuinesse : of flesche [MS. of flechs of flesche] ne of blod :
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Ȝif heo is þanne with-oute sunne : heo hath Aungles cuynde
And mai beo nouþe here and þer : ase quik ase mannes muynde.
for ase ȝe I-seoth þe liȝtingue : out of þe cloudene i-wende
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þat comieth of þat on half of þe world : and al-so sone in þe oþur ende,
wel smart-loker scheot ane mannes soule : ȝe more þane swuche seuene,
Ȝif heo is oute of sunne : þene riȝte wei into heouene.
Ake wel sonere he may to helle come— : þare-fore it is i-sene
þat wel mo to helle wendez : ȝe ich drede swuche tene.
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[Elementa.] BI-neoþe þe loweste heuene : þat þe mone is on i-brouȝt, [folio 138]
so beoth þe foure Elemenz : of ȝwan we beoth i-wrouȝt.
Next þe Mone þat fuyr is hext— : ech-one huy beoth rounde—
þe eir is þanne next bi-neothe : and tillez riȝt to þe grounde,
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Sethþe is watur, and sethþe þe eorþe— : þeos beoth foure, i-wis;
of ȝwan man and eche quic þing : for-soþe I-maked is.
Ore louerd in ech-on of þis foure : al dai scheweth is miȝte,
Ase ȝe mowe in þe stude of fuyre : I-seo a wonder siȝte,
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Scheote as þei it a steorre were : bi þe lofte an heiȝ,
Ake þe steorrene beoth feorre a-boue : for þat is sumdel neiȝ.
þe sonne may here a-mong us : gret strencþe and miȝte do :
heo drauth up þe kuynde of þe watere : and of þe eorþe al-so,
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he drauȝth up of [MS. op] þe eorþe in druye wedere : ase it were a druye breth,
So þat þoruȝ hete of þe sonne : a-boue [MS. aboute] þe eir it geth,
And ȝwane it comez a-mong þe fuyre : sone it bi-gynnez forto tiende
And al berninde it scheot forth : þat hit beo i-bar[n]d to ende.
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þare-fore men ne i-seoth no swuch þing : bote it beo in hete.
[Fuigur.] ¶ Liȝtingue comez al-so þare-of : ȝwane it comez to wete :
for al þat ilke druye breth : þat is so i-drawe an heiȝ
þoruȝ hete þat was bi-fore : and a cloude þat [al. om.] þare was [al. is] neiȝ,
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A-non so it is a-fuyre : it scheot þoruȝ þe cloude,
And þe ȝwile it is in þe watere : it goþeleth swyþe loude.
