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Gode were þis erchebiscops : þa^t at one tyme were þo •
Þe betere is engelond uor hem : ⁊ worþ euermo •
Our lord ȝef anerþe : seyn dunston vaire gr^ace •
Þa^t at one tyme as he was : in aprⁱue place •
His fuder ⁊ is moder ek : In þe Ioie of heuene he sey an hey
After þa^t hi dede were : aperteliche he sey •
Wel gr^et loue our lord him cudde : wen he him scewede þere •
So muche os is prⁱuete : þe wule he alyue were •
As he lay anoþer tyme : In is reste anyȝt
He sei þe Ioie of heuene : ⁊ þe place þerinne wel bryȝt •
Angeles he hurde also synge : a muri song þer Inne •
Þa^t me syngeþ ȝut in holi churche : wenne me deþ þe masse bigynne
Kyrieleyson Christeleyson : was þa^t muri song
Þis holi mon þa^t þis ihurde : ne þoȝte noþing long •
Wel auȝte he to heuene come : after is ende day •
Wen he þe wule he was alyue : so muche of heuene isay •
Harpe he loue swiþe wel : of harpe he couþe Inouȝ •
A day he sat in is solas : ⁊ alay þer on drouȝ •
Þe harpe he heng up by þe wouȝ : þo it was tyme to ete
Þo it was ȝare þerto ibroȝt : he sat adoun to is mete •
Of he gan to þenche þo : of Ioie þa^t was þere •
Of þe Ioiuol blisse þa^t þer was : ameng halwen þa^t þere were •
He sat as he were Inome : so muche þer on he þoȝte •
His harpe he heng bi þe wowe : of wam he licte roȝte •
Heo bigan to cuþe is holi þoȝt : ded tre þeȝ it were •
As our lordes wille was : þa^t hyrde alle þa^t were þere •
Al bi him sulf he gan to harpi : amuri antempne iwis •
Þa^t me syngeþ ȝut in holi churche : þa^t an englisc is þis •
Halwen soulen glade beþ : þa^t in heuene beþ ido •
Þa^t siweþ our lordes wey : ⁊ uor hi scedde also
Hor blod uor is swete loue : þeruore hi scholleþ wone
⁊ kynges ben wiþþouten ende : wiþ crist godes sone •
Þis antempne þa^t muri is : as þa^t folc hurden alle
Þe harpe song al him sulf : as heo heng bi þe walle •
Vair gr^ace our lord him scewede þer : wen þa^t dede tre •
So schulde synge of þulke Ioie : þa^t he schulde Inne be •
Lord iheried be þin gr^ace : ⁊ þi miȝte also •
Þa^t þ^u wost uor him her alyue : such miracle do •
Þo þis holi mon hadde ilyued : anerþe mony aday
⁊ is ende day was ney icome : as he him sulf isay •