¶ And þei seiden þat crist with god schulde be a-twist,
But þis ihesu neuere in þe godhede grew;
We ben bigilid alle wiþ oure lyst.
Þe clooþ is al of anothir hew;
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¶ And þouȝ god make hise perlament
Of pees, mercy, trouthe, & resoun,
And from heuen til erþe his sone be sent
In mankinde to take a cesoun,
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¶ We schulen ordeyne bi oon assent
A priuey councell al of tresoun,
And clayme ihesu for oure rent.
For þat he is kinde of man, it is good chesoun.
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¶ Write we his name, wheþer we spede,
Siþen to us he is vnknowen,
For þouȝ he be come of straunge seed,
Ȝit in adams grounde was he sowen.
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¶ Whanne he is ripe, do we oure dede; [page 159]
Loke we þat we him boþe repe & mowen,
For þouȝ god him silf oure rollis rede,
Bi riȝt we chalenge ihesu for oure owne."
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"To me, maistir deuel, it lijs;
To ihesu wole y take hede,
To norische him in manye delijs,
His freel fleische boþe to cloþe & fede;
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¶ And þouȝ þat he be neuere so wijs,
Ȝit out of þe wey y wole him lede,
And make of him boþe fool and nyce,
And in helle his soule brede." [This line added at bottom.]
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¶ Þus deuelis þer wilis caste
Wiþ þer argumentis greete,
& þritti ȝeer þei foondid faste
