'Lyk the [[de St.]] bacyn that ys brennynge,
And sheweth ffayr as in shynynge;
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Yet nat for-thy, thogh yt be bryht,
The Beere yt reueth off hys syht,
And maketh hym blynd, he may nat se.
'Ryght so, worldly prosperyte,
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fflesshly lust & fals plesaunce,
Causen folk, by déceyvaunce,
ffor to be blynd, & lese her syht.
'Wher-for with-stond with al thy myht
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The power of thys proud Golye. [folio 133b]
Al fflesshly lustys ek defye;
And off the world ek, tak noon hede,
Wych deceyueth a man at nede.
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'And yiff thow wylt don affter me,
I shal a-noon her [[here St.]] techyn the,
Lych a myghty champyoun
To venquysshe al temptacïoun [Stowe here awkwardly inserts a parenthesis of two lines: Looke thow be redy / euere in oon, To fighte with hem as thy foon.— [folio 151b] ]
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Off the world, Golye, & the fflessh.
'Looke ffyrst that thow be fressh,
Lyk to dauyd off corage,
Manly off hertë, wys & sage
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A-geyn thyn Enmyes for to stryue;
And euere have redy, [[have redy St., haardy C.]] stonys ffyue,
To caste hem (off entencïoun)
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A-geyn[ë]s al [[Ageyns alle manere off St., [folio 152a] ]] Temptacïoun,
Loke thow be redy, euere in on.
'The namë off thy [[the St.]] ffyrstë ston [ye first stone.—Jn. Stowe.]
Ys the mynde most off [[off moste St.]] vertu, [¶ Primus lapis, Memoria passionis Christi. St., om. C.]
Off the deth off cryst ihesu;
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How that he sprad on the rood,
ffor mankynde, hys ownë blood;
The peple ther-with to beyn [[byen St.]] a-geyn,
Wych that Golyas hadde slayn.
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Thys, the precyous ruby Ryche,
In al thys world ther ys noon lyche;
Wych receyuede hys rednesse
