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his fadir and his modir : in þe ioi of heuen on hye
aftir þei were deed : ful openly þere he sye
Greet loue oure lord him kidde : when he him shewed þere
so myche of his p^ruyte : þe while he on hyue weree
as he lay a noþir tyme : in his rest bu nyght
he sye þe isie of heuen : and þe place þer inne ful light
Aungels also he harde synge : a myry songe þer inne
þat men synge in holi chirche : when þe messe doeth bigynne
kirieleyson . christeleyson : þat was þe myry songe
þat þis hoh man harde : him thoght it no thing longe
were aught he cum to heuen : at his endyng say
when he bi his hyne : so myche of heuen saye
herþyng he loued were : and couthe þer on ynough
a day as he sate in his solare : a myri lay on his harpe he drough
þe harpe he hanged on þe walle : when it was tyme to ete
and al redy was þer to broght : he sate dorm to þe mete
and bigan to thenk of heuen : and of þe ioie þ^t was þere
and þe blisse þat amonge halwes is : þ^t þere þan were
þe harpe him self bigan to syn [stain obscuring parts of 1-2 words for next several lines] a myry steuen ywis
þat men oynge in holi chirche : [stain] englisshe it is þis
alle halwen soules be glad : þa[stain]n heuen be do
þat suyd oure lordes were : an[stain] had[stain] her blode for him also
for his suete loue : þerfore þ[stain] wone
and knyghtes be withoutten ende : with [stain] goddes sone
þis anteme was ful myry : as þe fo[stain] harde alle
Þe harpe songe it bi þe self :[stain] it h[stain] bi þe walle
faire gr^ace oure lord shewed him [stain widens to several words per line from here forward] deed tree
so shulde syne of þat ioie [stain]
lord herid be þi gr^a : and þi
þat þou woldest for him here o[stain]
When þro holi man had lyued [stain]
and his ende was nye as god [stain]
On holi thursday he bicome sel [stain]
he lete sende aftir alle his fi[stain]
hem þ^t him sered eke : he [stain]
and forgaf hem alle þe tresp[stain]
and assoiled hem of her synne[stain]
and so he lay in his stronge eny[stain]
and lete hem clepe þe satirday : [stain] alle
and bad hem alle haue good day [stain] his leeue of alle

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