'And lerne off me that (off resoun,) [[St. & Tib.]]
Eche man is worthi the guerdoun [[St. & Tib.]]
(Yf [[Tib. would be 'ȝeue.']] that trouthë be obserued,) [[St. & Tib.]]
Lyke as he hath trewely deserued. [[St. & Tib.]]
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And echë wyght, ffor his good dede,
Is worthi to resseyue his mede,
Lyke his meryte, off equyte.
'These deedë ffolk whiche thow doste se, [[Illumination. Pilgrim, Angel, and two dead Men.]]
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Ben they whiche, euery day suynge, [Tib folio 103a] [[Tib. & St.]]
Ȝeuen lyuelode and fost[e]rynge [[Tib. & St.]]
To lyvynge ffolkes that here-in dwelle:
In what wyse, I schal the telle.
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Whanne they alyue were heere present,
They gaff off herte, in [[and St.]] good entent,
Thorough ther parffyte holynesse,
In-to this hous fful greet almesse;
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And, to ther sustentacyoun,
They madë the ffoundacyoun
Off this ylkë samë [[same ilke St.]] hous;
And ȝaff vnto relygyous
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Meete and drynke (off good entent)
And lyuelodë competent;
Off purpos (sothë ffor [[for om. St.]] to seye)
Thát they scholdë ffor hem preye.
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And so they don, bothe day and nyght,
Off consuétude and off ryght.
'Wherffore, callyd I am 'Prayere,'
Whiche that am the messagere
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That fflee [[fly St.]] to heuene with whyngës lyght,
ffer aboue the sterres bryght,
To-ffore the lord, to presente
Prayere made in good entente,
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Lyche as these ffolkës haue in charge.
'And the name eke off my Targe,
Is Fervente Contynuacyoun
Off preyere by devocyoun.
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FOr there nys [[nys St., is Tib.]] halpeny nor fferthyng,
But it requerith his guerdownyng
More trewely (ȝeue it be tolde)
