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Whils hit is red, speke þou noght,
bot þenk on him þat dere þe boght,
sayande þus in þi mynde,
als þou shalt after wryten fynde:
Ihesu my (lo)ue, graunt me þi grace,
and of amendment might & space,
þi word to kepe & do þi wille,
þo gode to chese & leeue þo ille;
and þat hit so may be,
Gode Ihesu, graunt hit me.
Amen.