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Folio 87 Recto (Page 175)Folio 87 Verso (Page 176)

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Folio 87 Recto (Page 175)
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A desguysing to þe mayre by þe Goldsmithes •
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And now filoweþe a lettre made in wyse of balade by ledegate •
dann iohan of a mommynge whiche þe Goldesmythes of þe •
Cite of Londoun mommed in Rigħt fressħe and costele welycħ •
desguysing to þeyre Mayre Estefeld vponn Candelmasse day •
at nygħt affter souper brougħt and presented vn to •
Þe Mayre by an her ande cleped ffortune •
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Þat1 worþy david / whicħ þat slougħe Golye •
Þe first kyng / þat sprang onte of Iesse •
Of god echosen / þe bookes specefye •
By Samuel sette / in his royal see •
Witħ twelve trybus / is comen to þis Citee •
Brougħt royal gyfftes / kyngly him taquyte •
Þe noble mayre / to seen and to vysyte •
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Þe first trybe þe byble cane wełł telle •
Is called Iuda þe hardy strong lyounn •
ffor2 whos kynrede / for hit did excelle •
Cryst lyneally / he came adowne •
Whicħ lycħe david / was þe Chaumpyoun •
Þat sloughe þe tyraunt / to gete him self aprysse •
Man to restore ageyne / to Paradys •
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Þis noble david moost migħty and moost goode •
Is nowe descended / in his estate royal •
Witħ alle þe trybus / of Iacobus blood •
Notes
  1. The curved mark over the thorn often appears, albeit inconsistently, over "y" in a capital or the first line of page, but generally does not appear as such over thorn. ↩
  2. MacCraken corrects this to "Fro" with a marginal acknowledgement that "For" is the MS rendering. Additional 29729 has "fro." ↩

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