'To swyche as ben in ther lyvyng,
ffoolys nor trwauntys in no wyse;
ffor, as I shal to yow devyse, [Stowe folio 85a]
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Thys releff ys the trewë ffoode,
Ordeyned for hem that be goode;
Inwardly in ther hertys brent,
And in the loue off God fervent, [folio 69b]
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To hooly pylgrymes, day be day [[C. & St.]]
That gon the verray ryhtë way, [[C. & St.]]
And off verray travayllynge [[C. & St.]]
Ben also syk & languysshynge, [[C. & St.]]
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And [[Stowe]] hunger han to be recuryd.
To [[Stowe]] swych thys releff ys assuryd,
That kan yt [[Stowe]] hetyn deuoutly,
To resseyue [[Stowe]] only ther-by
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Parfyt Elthe in ther entent,
And gostly ek allegëment,
And [[To St.]] contynue ther pylgrymage,
Day be day, in ther vyage,
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As pylgrymës sholdë konne,
The weyë [[weye St., wey C.]] wych they ha be gonne,
Off trewë menyng, no-thyng feyned:
To swych thys releff was ordeyned
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Off Cryst Ihesu at the souper
Whan hys Apostlys sat ful ner.
He brak & partyd yt to ech on,
Wher as they setyn on by on,
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The Grete Thursday at hys maundë,
Off hys largesse & gret bountee,
Whan he sat with hem at the cene,
Gostly to swych as he knewe clene.
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To swych, he gaff hem alderlast
Hys owne boody for cheff repast,
As the cheff cherysshynge foode [Stowe folio 85b]
To allë folkys that be goode.
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'And peplys off hih & lowh degre
Thorgh-out the world sustenyd be,
And therby han ther sustenaunce,
In al vertu hem-sylff tavaunce.
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The wyche I kepë ful streihtly
