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f.223 verso
Folio 223 VersoFolio 224 RectoFolio 224 VersoFolio 225 RectoFolio 225 VersoFolio 226 RectoFolio 226 VersoFolio 227 RectoFolio 227 VersoFolio 228 RectoFolio 228 Verso

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Folio 223 Verso
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Howe1 holsum and glade is the memory •
off Criste Ihesu surmountynge ałł swetnesse •
Name of conquest of Griumphe and victorie •
The assaunte of Satan to venquissh and apperesse •
To wich name Seint Paule Berieth wittenesse •
Off hevyn and erthe and infarnałł pouste •
Ałł creaturis of Right and of due humblenesse •
And of olde hert bowe shałł there knee •
No songe to swette vnto the audience •
As is Ihesu nor so fułł of plesaunce •
A gayne ałł enmys sholde pavyse and defence •
To hevy hertis chese comfort in Substaunce •
Of gostely gladnesse most Souerayne suffisaunce •
Chefe dicare to heven warde the Cete •
Gladnesse resorte2 of spirituałł Remembraunce •
To Whome ałł creaturs bow shall þer knee •
To ałł folke that stonde in Repentaunce •
With hert contrite made there confession •
Of will of thorgħ accomplisshed þe pen[a]nce •
and there pouer don satysfaccion •
That cleyene be mene of cristes passion •
marked with ✠ and for more Surte •
To them Ihesu shałł graunt full pardon •
To aske hym mercy whanne þey knele on þer knee •
In this name most souerayne of vertu •
O tim holde owre hope and oure assuraunce •
ffor where that names is Ihesu •
Gyffyn gostely truble men fynde allegavaunce •
with for all thrall and brought vs to liberte3 •
who trusting in Ihesu may fele no grevaunce •
wiche from ałł thraldom brought vs to lyberte •
oute of ałł servage made acquitaunce •
To ałł þat knelithe to Ihesu on ther knee •
Notes
  1. A space for the initial is provided, but the letter was never completed. The guide letter is visible, however. ↩
  2. The initial gylph here is a form of r that is seen more often in ligatures. ↩
  3. Here the scribe has accidentally written line six of the poem, then caught themselves and marked a deletion through dots under the line. This was then followed by a red line struck through the line. ↩

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