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Folio 144 Recto
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Now foloweth next the devyse of amamynge to for the •
kynge henry the sixte beinge in his castell of wyndsore •
the fest of hys crysmasse holdinge ther made by lidgate •
daune Iohnn the munke of bury how pampull / and the •
floure delys came first to the kynges of fraunce by •
myracles at reynes / •
Mooste1 noble prynce / of cristen prynces all •
to your highnes / let it be plesaunt •
in your presence / men may se to mynd call •
how that whylome / oure worthy realme2 of fraunce •
conuerted was / from ther mescraunce3 •
whan the lord of lordes cast asyght •
vpon your lande / and made his grace alyght •
ffor in the hygh / heuenly consisterye •
by full accord / of the trynite •
as in cronycles / maked as memory •
Notes
  1. While the initial is not present here there is a space and guide letter left for it. ↩
  2. There's an erasure here, but the word erased cannot be determined. ↩
  3. While at first glance this appears to be an "st" ligature, comparison with "prescyence" in the first full verse of the following page sugggests that this is, in fact, "sc." ↩

The work on this manuscript witness was generously sponsored by a ZKS-Lendrum Fellowship in the Scientific Study of Manuscripts and Inscriptions at the Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at Durham University. The transcription of this work is owned by the editor and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. The images are (c) British Library Board (British Library Additional MS 29729) and rights are reserved.