'Do hys dyllygent labóur,
To ha pes with hys neihëbour,
As roote off al perfeccioun,
Vp to parforme the patroun
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Off vnyte & sothfast pes,
Tendure & lasten endëles;
So as yt ouht, off iust resoun,
As tookne off the tabellyoun,
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With wych, in pes and vnyte,
Al testamentys sholdë be
Sygned & markyd comounly,
And ek confermyd openly.
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'And tovchyng her thys wryt present,
Callyd of Cryst the testament,
With tookne off tabellioun,
I markë off entencyoun
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To last in pes & vnyte.' [folio 75b] [[C. & St.]]
[Camb. MS. reads: Whan charitee hadde al rad this testa|ment, and rested, thanne she bigan ayen hire parlement, and suiche woordes she seyde afterward, 'Lordinges, &c., p. 39.] And whan thys lady Charyte [prose cap lxvii] [[C. & St.]]
Hadde Radd and yoven off Entent [[C. & St.]]
The pes off Cristes Testament [[C. & St.]]
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To allë folkys that were there, [Stowe folio 92a]
Chargynge hem, [[Stowe]] off herte entere,
Affter the fformë [[Stowe]] euerydel,
Al ther lyve [[Stowe]] to kepe yt wel,—
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Anoon a-geyn, as ye shal se,
Thys [[This St.]] fayrë lady Charyte
Hyr talë ganne al openly,
Sayynge thus benygnëly.
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Charyte speketh hyr ageyn.
'Syrs,' quod she, 'ye haue herd al
By thys lettre (in specyal)
Wych I ha rad [[redde St.]] in your presence
Openly in audyence,
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How Cryst Ihesu, off hys goodnesse,
And off hys gretë kyndënesse,
Out off thys world whan he sholde gon,
Gaff hys pes, to yow echon,
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