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For he schal qu^aþ þis gode man  after me her beo
Archebischop of Canterbury  þa^t me schal iseo
¶ What saistou þis oþer seide  þu spext folliche iwis
Nostou nomore þan þi fot  vppe god al hit is
¶ Ne one freond qu^aþ þis gode man  nepore ȝe me blaim noȝt
Wel i^ch wot what mi louerd crⁱst  in mi mouþ haþ ibrouȝt
Is ho saiþ of þulke þinge  þa^t he haþ in mie ised
To elle i^ch mai what schal bifalle  after þa^t ich am ded
Bischop he was of Londone ⁊ Wircetre  ⁊ hulp boþe tuo
Of Londone ⁊ of Wircestre  ⁊ bischop was of boþe also
¶ Hit biful þa^t þe archebischop  of Canterbury was ded
Þe pope ⁊ þe kyng Edgar  þerof nome here red
⁊ makede þe gode seint Dunstan  archebischop þere
Gode men þa^t him iknewe  wel glad þerof were
Cristendom in Engelond  to god stat he drouȝ
And riȝtes of holi churche  he huld vp faste ynouȝ
He fondede þurf al Engelond  þa^t ech persoun schulde cheose
To witien him fr^am lecherie  oþer his churche leose
¶ Seint Osewold was þulke tyme  bischop of wyrcestre
⁊ seint Adelwold also  bischop of Roucestre
Þis tuei bischopes ⁊ seint Dunstan  were al at one rede
⁊ Edgar þe gode king  to do þis gode dede
¶ Þis þreo bischops wende forþ  þurf al Engelonde
⁊ eche liþer persoun caste out  þa^t þer nemiȝte non atstonde
Here churchen ⁊ here oþer god  clanliche hi bynome
⁊ bisette hit in pore men  þurf þe popes gr^ant of Rome
Eiȝte ⁊ fourti abbeyes of monekes ⁊ of nonne
Of þe tr^esour hi arerde in Engelond  of persones so iwonne
So hit was wel bet biset  þan hit was er in schrewe
For whanne gode maistres beoþ  som god hi wolleþ schewe
¶ Gode were þis þreo bischops  þa^t o tyme were þo
Þe betere is Engelond for hem  ⁊ worþ euere mo
¶ Oure louerd ȝaf an vrþe  seint Dunstan faire gr^ace
Þa^t o tyme as he was  in a prⁱuei place
His fader ⁊ his moder ek  in þe ioye of heuen anheȝ
After þa^t hi dede were  aperteliche he seȝ
Wel gr^at loue oure louerd him cudde  whan he schewede þere
So moche of his prⁱueite  þe while he alyue were
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