And ȝif us place to vre dwellynge:
Þat is of newe clernesse.
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Benedixisti domine terram tuam, auertisti captiui|tatem iacob. [Ps. 84 (85).]
Aue terra gracie fecundata donis,
Noue fructum proferens benediccionis:
Nostrum desiderium facies in bonis,
Nos a malis eximens praue nacionis.
Heil noble eorþe of grace
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Þorwh ȝiftus wel arrayed,
To bringe forþ fruyt in luytel space
Of newe blessyng assayed:
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Þou schalt make al vre desyr
In godnesse to be stede;
Of al vuel quenche þou þe fyr
And eke of wikkedhede.
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INclina domine aurem tuam & exaudi me, quoniam inops & pauper sum ego. [Ps. 85 (86).]
Aue uite speculum, uirginum regina,
Quam lustrauit vndique gracia diuina:
Aurem tuam pauperum precibus inclina,
Quos inuoluit misere sordium sentina.
Heil þou cler myrour of lyf,
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Of Maydens þou art queene,
Whom grace of heuene ouer-al ful ryf
Schynyng schewed schene:
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Beende þyn eres bisyliche
To pore mennes preyere,
Þe whuche ben wrapped wrecchedliche
In fulþe and serwe in-feere.
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Fundamenta eius in montibus sanctis: diligit [Ps. 86 (87).] dominus portas syon super omnia tabernacula iacob.
Aue dei ciuitas, cuius fundamentum
Samarites construit, qui nos in iumentum
Semiuiuos [subleuans] plagis dat vnguentum,
Viuo [r. vino: cf. Luc. 10, 34.] legis adhibens gracie fomentum.
Heil cite of god and man,
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Of whuche þe foundement
