I-chulle al don þat þi wille is,
ffor þou art kyng Rihtwis.
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So muche, ffader, ich nyme ȝeme
Of þis strif þat is so breme,
Þat for þe tale þat Merci tolde þe
fful sore þe prisun reweþ me;
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ffor-þi he reweþ me wel þe more
ffor Merci euere clepeþ þin ore.
Þou art, ffader, so milsful kyng:
Hire we schul heren of alle þing. [541-4 cf. Fr.:
Misericorde merci crie:Premerement serad oie.] Al i-chul [MS. ȝe schulen, H. Alle here wyll I chull done. Fr. Trestut son uoler ferai.] And sauhten Soþ and hire ful sone. Nimen I-chulle þe þralles weden, As Soþ & Riht hit wolden and beoden, [Fr. En verite e en dreiture] Line 548 And al one I-chul holde þe doom As Iustise ouhte to don, [Fr.:
Sustendrai le iugementE kank 'a iustice apent,] And maken I-chule Pees to londe come, [E peis en terre frai crier] And Pees & Riht cussen & be sauȝt & some, Line 552 And druyuen [r. dryuen] out Werre, Nuy and Onde, And sauen al þe [H. thi, Fr. ta] folk in londe."
HOse þis forbysene con,
He may openliche i-seo bi þon
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Þat al þis ilke tokenynge [Fr.
K'iceste signefianceEst en dieu une puissance.] Is Godes in-siht, Almihti kynge. Wiþ-[out] [r. But?] God þe ffader nis maked nouht, Þorw God þe Sone is al þing wrouht, [Fr.:
De deu le pere est tute riens,Par deu le fiz sunt fet tuz biens,] Line 560 And alle þing is folfuld out-riht Þorw God þe holigostes miht: And alle þreo beþ on, þouh hit be so, In one fulnesse and in no mo. Line 564 He ȝiue [MS. ȝiueþ, H. ȝeue] his Blessynge wiþ Mouþ & honde To alle þat þis writ vnderstonde.
ȜE habbeþ I-herd as ich ow tolde,
ffor whi God þe world maken wolde,
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And hou Adam forles þorw synne
World and Heuene, and al Mon-kynne:
Þat for miȝt ne strengþe ne for no þing
No [om. in H.] mon nedde of him-self a Couryng, [Fr. recoverance]
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Ne Angel miȝte Mon helpe on none wyse,
Ne Mon miȝte him-self fro deþe aryse. [Fr.:
Ne angle nel pout rechaterNe home de mort relever.]
