And dilyueren þe prison þat was for-loren;
Two kuynden he haþ, we witen bi þon,
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Þat [H. for] he is soþ God and soþ Mon. . . . . [A passage of the Fr. text, vv. 845-912, is om. here and in H.]
BI-hold now, Mon, to Godes miht
And his deden hou heo beoþ diht [Fr.
Regardez, homme, sa puis|sanceE sa grandor sanz flnance,Ou circumscrip n'est mie,E veez com il s'umilie.] — Þat þou a-boute nouȝt fer se, [H. And this all-abowte thou well be-se] Ac [H. And] bi-hold hou Boxum he wolde be Þat he wolde be boren of wommon And for vre sake bi-comen mon. And seþþen be-hold hou he vs redeþ And in to sauete vs ledeþ, Line 944 On ful swete manere & on non oþur, And seiþ þus to vs: "leue broþur, I seo þe mis-lyken [H. myslyche i-gon] & al for-ȝemed [Fr. Io te voi ci esgarez] And out of þin owne lond I-flemed, Line 948 And þou seost wel þat for no þing Þow hast of þi-self no keueryng. Ne beo þou in wonhope non, Ac ful siker þou beo þeron: Line 952 Ȝif þou wole me louen [r. leuen, H. leve, Fr. crerre] and vnderstonde, I-chul þe bringe in to þin owne londe. Ententyfliche [Fr. Oez moi tut sulement] þou herken to me And do þat ich comaunde þe. Line 956 Mi ȝok is softe I-nowh to weren, And my burþene liȝt I-nouh to beren. To Merci bi-houe [ H. To mercies bone; Fr. Pitie pur toi m'ad esmu.] I am al I-nome, And þus I am for þe I-come. Line 960 And ich þe rede þou suwe me, I-chulle [H. And I-ch.] þe batayle nyme for þe. To ple I-chulle þis princes [i. e. Merci; Fr. Primes por toi voil pleider] hauen, And þi rihte I-chulle crauen. Line 964 ffor Icham of þi lynage: I may crauen þin heritage; And Icham of freo nacion: Me oute I-here my reson; Line 968 And Ichabbe I-wust wiþ wynne Þe þreo lawen wiþ-outen synne. [vv. 969-70 added.] ffor þe Ichulle to Batayle wende. siker [MS. ffor siker] beo þou of ful good ende: Line 972 ffor Ichulle an ende ouurcome þat fiht
