'Sharpeth the Eye, (yt ys no dred,)
And so doth ffeyth, (who taketh hed;)
Yt maketh pylgrymes glad & lyht,
With hem abydyng day & nyht;
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And in ther weye (I dar reporte,)
Gretly doth hem Reconforte.
ffor good [[goode St.]] pylgrymës euerychon,
On pylgrymagë wher they gon,
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Only ffeyth doth hem sustene,
By exaumple, as the grene,
The gentyl colour glad & lyht,
Yiveth clernesse to the syht. [folio 100b]
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[From l. 6785 to l. 6859 is omitted in Camb. prose.—Aldenham.] 'Whan the grenë al with-oute
Ys spreynt with dropys Round aboute
Off red blood (who kan entende),
Than the syht yt doth amende
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fful gretly, I dar wel seyn;
ffor ther ys dropë [[droop St.]] noon certeyn,
But yt ys worth, & off mor prys
To pylgrymës that be wys,
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Than outher perle or margaryte.
And (as I dar ryht wel endyte,)
Yt is mor Ryche & precyous,
Mor off valu & vertuous,
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The bloody dropys, whan they be spreynt [Stowe folio 123b]
Vp-on the grenë, & ymeynt,
To make a man mor strong & lyht,
And tafforcë with hys syht,
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Than any other Rychë ston
ffor to rekne hem euerichon,
'The grene ys good in specyal
Whan the rede ys meynt with-al
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Off blood; for pleynly the Rednesse
Wych that was shad [[shadde St.]] in clennesse
Off gloryous martyrs longe agon,
That spente her blood, & lefftë noon,
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But suffrede al the vyolence,
And the mortal ek [[eke / the mortal St.]] sentence
Off Tyrauntys Tyranye,
