118. Three Things Against Nature
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Helmingham Hall MS. LJ. I. 10
A carolle
By resone of ij and powur of one,
This tyme god [&] mane were sett at one.
God a-geynst nature iij thyngys hath wrought:
ffirst of the vyle erth made mane with-out mane,
Then womane with-out woman of man made of nought,
And man without mane In woman than.
Thus god and man to-gether be-gane
As ij, to yoyne to-gethyre in one;
As one, this tyme to be sett at one,
This god be-gane
This world to forme, to encresse mane.
Angellis in hevyn for offence was dampned,
And also man for beynge variabyll;
Whether these shulde be savyd, it was examyned,
Man or angell; then gode was greabyll
To answer for man (for man was not abyll)
And seid, ‘man hade mocyon & angell hade none;
Wherfore god and man shulde be sett at one.’
Thanke we hyme thane,
That thus lefte angell and sauyde mane.
