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O tyme a womman þider com mid a child hire sone
To honury þe holi bodi as hit was manes wone
Hit biful atte endinge of þe soueþe day
Þat þe see com faste aȝe as þe child aslepe lai
Þat folc þat þer was bileued gan attorne faste
Þe womman louede hire lyf also þat heo nas noȝt þe laste
Þo heo was to londe icome & hire leoue child bihynde
Louerd heo makede deol þat hi nemiȝte hit fynde
Criinge heo orn & longe soȝte bi þe see side
If þe see him hadde icast heo soȝte swiþe wide
To honury þe holi bodi as hit was manes wone
Hit biful atte endinge of þe soueþe day
Þat þe see com faste aȝe as þe child aslepe lai
Þat folc þat þer was bileued gan attorne faste
Þe womman louede hire lyf also þat heo nas noȝt þe laste
Þo heo was to londe icome & hire leoue child bihynde
Louerd heo makede deol þat hi nemiȝte hit fynde
Criinge heo orn & longe soȝte bi þe see side
If þe see him hadde icast heo soȝte swiþe wide
Þo heo nemiȝte him nowhar fynde wepinge hom heo wende
& bad seint Clement þat of him som gladnisse hire sende
He bileuede so al a ȝer in gret sorewe & care
Siþþe at seint Clementes tyd þiderward heo was ȝare
To þe chapel blyue heo orn þo þe see was in iweued
Hire sone heo fond slepe in þe stede þat heo him hadde bileued
Sone þis womman him nom vp & wende þat he ded were
Þat child axede þo he was [awaked] what heo soȝte þere
& bad seint Clement þat of him som gladnisse hire sende
He bileuede so al a ȝer in gret sorewe & care
Siþþe at seint Clementes tyd þiderward heo was ȝare
To þe chapel blyue heo orn þo þe see was in iweued
Hire sone heo fond slepe in þe stede þat heo him hadde bileued
Sone þis womman him nom vp & wende þat he ded were
Þat child axede þo he was [awaked] what heo soȝte þere
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Þis womman for ioye gradde loude þat folc aboute hire wende
& þonkede God mid grete ioye þat such miracle sende
Heo eschte hou he hadde ilyued so longe & if he were oȝt idreiȝt
Hit nis noȝt longe quaþ þe child ac to sone ȝe me habbeþ aweiȝt
Softe & swote ich habbe islepe noȝt fullich þis o niȝt
Moste ich lengere habbe islepe ich hadde ibeo wel idiȝt
Wiþ ioye hi ladde þis child hom þis miracle was couþ wide
Fair miracle dude seint Clement ofte bi þe see side
Þe see wiþdrouȝ meni ȝer to make men drie wende
Ac hit is nou for manes synne bileued attan ende
Þo me fond þe holi hucche in a fair place stonde
Wiþ þe holi bodi clene out of þe see al a drie londe
Þat folc wiþ fair processioun þat holi bodi nome
& nobleche hit ladde forþ & burede hit at Rome
Þer is nou seint Clementes churche ymaked wiþ queynte ginne
God ȝyue ous part of þulke ioye þat his soule is inne
& þonkede God mid grete ioye þat such miracle sende
Heo eschte hou he hadde ilyued so longe & if he were oȝt idreiȝt
Hit nis noȝt longe quaþ þe child ac to sone ȝe me habbeþ aweiȝt
Softe & swote ich habbe islepe noȝt fullich þis o niȝt
Moste ich lengere habbe islepe ich hadde ibeo wel idiȝt
Wiþ ioye hi ladde þis child hom þis miracle was couþ wide
Fair miracle dude seint Clement ofte bi þe see side
Þe see wiþdrouȝ meni ȝer to make men drie wende
Ac hit is nou for manes synne bileued attan ende
Þo me fond þe holi hucche in a fair place stonde
Wiþ þe holi bodi clene out of þe see al a drie londe
Þat folc wiþ fair processioun þat holi bodi nome
& nobleche hit ladde forþ & burede hit at Rome
Þer is nou seint Clementes churche ymaked wiþ queynte ginne
God ȝyue ous part of þulke ioye þat his soule is inne
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