Doo tellë [[St., C. burnt]] myn aventure cler,
How passyd syx and twenty yer,
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Tellë [[Telle St., Tel C.]] vn-to on and all,
How that yt ys [to] me ffall,
In the Abbey off Chalys, [Chaalit: Roxb. ed., p. 1; 'Chaalic,' Add. 22,937; 'Calique,' Harl. 4399.]
Whylom ffoundyd off Seyn Lewyys.
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Here begynneth the pylgrym.
The seydë yer (ho lyst take kep) [prose cap ii]
I was avysed in my slep,
Excyted eke, and that a-noon,
To Ierusalem for to goon.
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Gretly meved in my corage
ffor to do my pylgrymage,
And ther-to steryd inwardly.
And to tell the causë why,
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Was, ffor me thouht I hadde a syht
With-Inne a merour large & bryht,
Off that hevenly ffayr cyte,
Wych representede vn-to me
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Ther of holy the manere,
With Inne the glas ful bryht & cler. [[Rest of page blank in MS. for an Illumination.]]
And werrayly, as [[as St., as ye se C.]] thouhtë me [folio 7a]
yt excellyde off bewte
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Al other in comparyson;
ffor God hym selff was the masown,
wych mad yt ffayr, at ys devys.
ffor werkman was ther noon so wys,
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yt to conceyve in hys entent; [Apocal. 21o.]
ffor al the weyës & paament
Wer ypavyd all off gold.
And in the sawter yt ys told,
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How the ffyrst ffundacyon, [Fundamenta eius in Montibus sanctis.]
On hyllys off devocyon;
The masounry wrought ful clene,
Off quykë stonys bryht & schene, [De lapidibus viuis.]
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Wyth a closour rovnd a-bowte
