Þat vnder-bityng priuely
Þe Iuy of Ione dried;
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Whon þe lettre of þe laue
Þat al þing in clos keped,
Aperteliche wiþ open sawe
To vs forsoþe he schewed.
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Dominus regit me & nichil michi deerit: in loco pascue ibi me collocauit. [Ps. 22 (23).]
Aue Iesse virgula graciarum donis
Habundanter predita : tu correccionis
Virga sis, & baculus consolacionis, [cf. Ps. 22, v. 4.]
Quo nos criste pascuis collocet in bonis.
Heil þou ȝerde of Iesse,
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Wiþ giftus of grace
Maad riche wiþ plente;
Of correccioun in vche place
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Þou art staf, and eke ȝerde
Of consolacioun,
Þorwh whuche crist, þat is nouȝt ferde,
Vs sette in pasture boun.
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Domini est terra & plenitudo eius, orbis terrarum & vniuersi qui habitant in eo. [Ps. 23 (24).]
Aue terra glorie, terra non arrata,
Rore tamen gracie plene fecundata,
ffructum ferens cuius est gustu recreata
Proles Ade veteris, diu captiuata.
Heil lond of blis,
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Eorþe nouht hered,
Wiþ þe deuh of grace i-wis
ffulliche for euer wered,
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Beryng fruit of whos sauour
Reformed was verreyliche
Olde Adames sone, þe furste synnour,
Þat holden was wrecchedliche.
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Ad te, domine, leuaui animam meam; deus meus, in te confido, non erubescam. [Ps. 24 (25).]
Aue cuius gloriam boant vniuersi,
Per quam sursum redeunt in profundum mersi: [MS. merci]
Per te fiat, domina, ne semel conuersi
Redeant ad uomitum sibimet aduersi.
