"And, for the confort that ye ha do
To me, off mercy mor than ryht,
I thankë yow wyth al my myght."
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And than thys lady, off hyr grace, [Tib folio 83a]
Brouhtë me vn-to a place
Wych, syth tyme that I was born,
I haddë neuere seyn to-forn;
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And thyder [[theder Tib., thethar St.]] she made me to gon
To a roche off hardë [[hard C., St., Tib.]] ston
And, At an eyë, ther ran oute
Dropys off water al aboute:
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The dropys wer (to my semyng)
Lych saltë terys off wepyng;
And in-ta [[ta St., to a Tib.]] cisterne ther besyde,
The dropys gonnë for to glyde.
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¶ Grace Dieu: [[Tib., St., om. C.]]
'ffyrst,' quod Gracë Dieu to me,
'In thys vessel that thow dost se,
Wyth water off the hardë ston
Thow must be bathyd, and that A-noon;
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Wych shal helpe, and be refuge
To hele thy wondys large and huge; [[Blank in MS. for an Illumination, given in Tib., of tears dropping, from an Eye in a hill, into an oblong marble bath, Grace Dieu, with hands spread, speaking to the Pilgrim.]]
ffor in my shyp thow entryst nouht,
Tyl thy woundys be clenë souht.'
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¶ The Pylgrym: [[Tib., Pilgrim St., om. C.]]
"I pray yow to [[Madame I preye you Tib.]] declarë me, [folio 285a] [Tib folio 83b]
Thys Eye, with dropys, that I se;
That ȝe woldë specefye
What thyng that yt doth sygnefye."
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¶ Grace Dieu answerith: [[Tib., Grace dieu St., C. in margin]]
'Thys roche (yiff thow wylt wyt A-non)
Wych ys hard as any ston,
Ar the hertys, in ech estaat,
Off folkys wych ben Indurat
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To knowe ther errour and ther synne,
In wych that they be fallyn Inne;
