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5. De innocentibus

Sonet laus per secula
innocentium gloria
Dic erodes impie
what awayleth thy crueltis
in vinculis pro sanguine
yputte in payne with grete dystresse,
Adiuuat te milicia
Membra figi tenera
Thow gauest thy comowndment
Matrum terens viscera
Thy hope þou loste and thyn entent
Sternit dum militia
Deus nunc extinguere
Infynyte and most of pyte
Verens regnum perdere
In sorwe and woo thy see ys dyztte
Vixit dei milicia.