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As he lay anoþer tyme ⹎ in his reste anyȝt
He seȝ þe ioye of heuene ⹎ ⁊ þe place þerinne wel briȝt
Angles he hurde also singe ⹎ a murie song þer inne
Þat me singeþ ȝut in holi churche ⹎ whan me doþ þe masse singe
Kirieleysson . christeleyson ⹎ was þe murie note ⁊ song
þis holi man þat þis ihurde ⹎ ne þoȝte hit him noȝt longe
¶ Wel anȝte he to heuene come ⹎ after his ende day
Whan he þe while he was alyue ⹎ so moch of heuene isay
Harpe he louede suyþe wel ⹎ þeren he couþe ynouȝ
Al day he sat in solaȝ ⹎ ⁊ a lay þeron drouȝ
¶ þe harpe he heng bi þe wowe ⹎ þo hit was tyme to ete
Þo hit was ȝare þerto ibrouȝt ⹎ he sat adoun at his mete
Of heuene he gan þenche sone ⹎ of þe ioye þat was þere
Of þe ioyfulle blisse þat þer was ⹎ of hale wen þat þer were
He sat as he were ynome ⹎ so moche þeron he þoȝte
His harpe he heng bi þe wowe ⹎ of wham he licte roȝte
Bigan to cuþe his holi þoȝt ⹎ ded treo þeȝ hi were
¶ As oure louerdes wille was ⹎ as hi hurde all þat þer were þere
Al bi him silue he gan to harpe ⹎ amurie steuene iwis
Þat me singeþ ȝut in holi churche ⹎ þat an englisch is þis
Alle halewene soule glade beoþ ⹎ þat in heuene beoþ ido
Þat suyeþ oure louerdes way ⹎ ⁊ for him schadde also
Here blod for his suete loue ⹎ þerfore hi schulle wone
⁊ kynges beo bouten ende ⹎ wiþ crist godes sone
Þis anteyn þat murie is ⹎ þat folc ihurde alle
Hou þe harpe song albi him silf ⹎ þer he hong bi þe walle
Fair grate oure louerd him schowede þere ⹎ whan þe dede treo
So schulde singe of þulke ioye ⹎ þat he scholde niuere beo
Louerd ihered beo þe grate ⹎ ⁊ þi miȝte also
Þat þu woldest her alyue for him ⹎ such miracle do
¶ þo þis holi man hadde ylyued ⹎ an vrþe meni adai
⁊ his endedai was neȝ icome ⹎ as he him silue isai
A holi þursday he worþ sik ⹎ as hit ful in þe ȝere
He let offende his freond ⹎ þat specials to him were
His men þat in seruede ek ⹎ he let hem clipie also
⁊ for ȝaf hem al here trespas ⹎ þat hi him hadde misdo
⁊ assoillede hem of here sinne ⹎ ⁊ in godes bendes lay
And so he lay al þulke tyme ⹎ ⁊ also þane friday

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