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Folio 68 Verso
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Geyn the guyse / of kynges riche crownes •
My deere sone / weryd a crowne of thorn •
Of gold and perle / ageyn ther statly gownes •
Ageyn ther rydyng / gret meyne them beforn •
My sone on foote / hath his cros I born •
Ageyn ther seetys / of stonys and perre •
And for mankynde / that was thoruh synne lorn •
He1 poore and nakyd / was nailed to a tre •
Ageyn ther beddyn / statly high and softe •
Of worldly pryncis / with pilwes for ther hed •
Vpon the Roode / my sone was lefft a loffte •
With bloody purpil / his mantil maad al red •
Markid with a spere / and for mankynde ded •
And gruchchid no thyng / thoruh his humylite •
To me noon ese / what that I took heed •
And saugh my sone / thus nailed to a tre •
ffor Adamys synne / thus was my sone slayn •
thorugh the Oold serpent bi thassent of eve •
Whan thoruh my meeknesse / mankynde was mad fayn •
Hir2 name turnyd / ther thraldam to releve •
And gabriel cam / my meeknesse for to preve •
Sent by oon accoord / of al the trynyte •
But ful soore aftir / it did my herte greve •
Whan I my sone saugh nailed to a tre •
Notes
  1. While the practice regarding this witness has been to err on the side of caution in rendering the initial glyphs of the line here the initial "h," while similar in construction to the other forms, has a top "hook" that sits higher than elsewhere on the page, suggesting it is intended to be rendered majuscule. ↩
  2. This initial "h" form sits similarly high to the initial "h" in the first stanza on this page. ↩

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