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Filij seruorum tuorum habitabunt; & semen eorum in seculum dirigetur.
Thi seruauntis sones schulen dwelle & dure,
And in al þe world her seed schal sprede;
For ceertis þei ben not [v]nsure,
That þee wil serue in word & deede.
Þerfore now, Ihesu, do þi cure,
Ne dampne us not whanne we ben dede,
But, eer we passe, make us pure,
To þe lond of lijf [þat] þou us lede.
And in al þe world her seed schal sprede;
For ceertis þei ben not [v]nsure,
That þee wil serue in word & deede.
Þerfore now, Ihesu, do þi cure,
Ne dampne us not whanne we ben dede,
But, eer we passe, make us pure,
To þe lond of lijf [þat] þou us lede.
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