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"Þis was gret mervayle for to se,
Þe ertdly moder þat kyng to susteyne;
Sweche ioy and solemp[ni]te,
Be-forn ne after was neuer seyn;
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The erde is glad, þe sunne is fre, [folio 91b]
Þe sunne is glad þat it brythe xalle bene,
And neuer after so blac to sene.
Þe werlde [MS. welrde] is glad, & hath grace sene,
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Alle cristen pepill glad xal bene
Þat crist is boþë k[i]ng and prest;
Nowe is seyd hec dies for ioye, I wene,
That resurrexit! non mortuus est!"
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Syn he was lord & k[i]ng ouer alle,
Had mythe & powere of good & ille,
Whi wolde he not at oo word calle
Þe soulis fro heuene at his owyn wille,
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But þus to be ded & thralle?
To þis oure gloce wylle answere tylle:
He leet his mythe at þat tyme falle,
And wrowt wisdomys folle sotylle,
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To bie our soulis þat were hese with skille.
Þe fende of mankende had gret tryste;
There lost he his cause; þat lekid hym ille,
Whan filius regis mortuus est.
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Explicit Filius Regis . · .
