Off enmyes, [[Enemyes St.]] ther was no dowte.
ffor Awngelles the wach y-kepte, [Angelorum custodia.]
The wych, day nor nyht ne slepte,
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Kepyng so strongly the entre,
That no wyht kam in that cyte,
But pylgrymes, day nor nyht,
That thyder wentyn evene ryht.
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And ther were meny mansyovns, [In domo patris mei &c.]
Placys, and habytacyovns;
And ther was also al gladnesse,
Ioye with-ovten hewynesse.
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And pleynly, who that haddë grace
ffor to entren in that place,
ffond, onto hys plesavnce,
Off Ioye al maner suffysavnce,
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That eny hertë [[herte St., hert C.]] kan devyse.
And yet the [[the St., they C.]] entre on swych wyse [prose cap iii]
Was strongly kepte ffor komyng In;
ffor the Awngel cherubin,
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Off the gate was cheff porter,
Havyng a swerd, fflawmyng as cler [folio 7b] [[St. & C.]]
As any ffyr, evene at the gate;
And who that wold, erly or late,
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Passen the wal, he was yslawe.
Ther ne was noon other lawe,
Ne [[No . . no St.]] bet helpe, ne [[No . . no St.]] bet refut;
The vengaunc ay was execut.
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In the passage thyder-ward,
The weyë was so streiht & hard,
ffor tyravntys, with ther felonye
And with ther mortel tormentrye,
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Devyseden on [[in St.]] ther entent
fful many wonderful torment,
Lyggyng awayt fro day to day,
To slen pylgrymes in ther way, [[6 lines blank in MS. for an Illumination.]]
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[All this, nearly to 1. 533, is omitted in the prose Camb. (Roxb.), or rather, is comprised in a few lines. In this second recension, De Guilleville has here very largely alterd and ex|panded his first.] Makyng ful grete occysion
