¶ The Pystel on the Assumpcyon of our lady. Ecclesi. xxiiij.
Dwel ī Iacob / & haue thyne en hery∣taūce ī Israell / & rote thy selfe amōge myne electe. Frō the begynnynge / & before the world was I created / & vnto the world to come wyll I not cease: & before hym haue I myny∣stred ī the holy habytacyō & so ī Syō was I set led / & in the holy cytie lykewise I rested & in Ierusalē was my power And I roted my selfe ī an honourable peo¦ple / which are the lordes parte / & he theyr enherytaū∣ce / & amōge the multytude of sayntes I helde me fa∣ste. As a cedar tree was I lyfte vp in Lybanon / & as a Lypres tree ī moūte hermō As a Palme tree was I exalted ī Cades / & as rose plātes ī Ierico. As a beau∣tyfull Olyue tree ī the feldes & as a Playntayne tree was I exalted vpō the waters. In the stretes. I ga∣ue an odoure as Sinamon & Balme that smellethe wel / & gaue an odoure of swetenes as {per}fecte Myrre.