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men suld lof god, þat þis vald wirk,
to strinth þe treutht of haly kyrk,
& als [with] god lowe hyme trewly,
þat to serwe god was sa worthy,
& mad sic cause to god that he
bath quhyk & dede suld honouryt be.
& ȝet, thocht he was worthy,
til he was quyk, & sa haly,
þat god fore hyme wrocht merwalis sere,
þat ware lang to rekine here.
fore-þi of þame no mare I tel,
bot a ferly þat befel
of hyme in-to þat ilke sted,
quhare traiane gert do hym to ded.
to strinth þe treutht of haly kyrk,
& als [with] god lowe hyme trewly,
þat to serwe god was sa worthy,
& mad sic cause to god that he
bath quhyk & dede suld honouryt be.
& ȝet, thocht he was worthy,
til he was quyk, & sa haly,
þat god fore hyme wrocht merwalis sere,
þat ware lang to rekine here.
fore-þi of þame no mare I tel,
bot a ferly þat befel
of hyme in-to þat ilke sted,
quhare traiane gert do hym to ded.
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