// þe pope her-of was adred.
In his herte god he bad,
þat him grante sholde,
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þat writ þat was in his hond,
þat þei myhte it vnderstond,
betokne what it wolde.
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¶ þe pope to þe bed beyȝ,
þe writ of his hond he teyȝ,
Right wiþ-outen gynne.
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þat writ he began to sprede,
& to foren þe folk to rede,
þat weren þer-inne.
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