CXLVIII.
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Heryhes lauerd, ofe heuen isse,
In heghtes heryhes him with blisse.
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Loues him, alle his aungeles be;
Alle his mightes, him loue yhe.
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Loues him, sunne and mone bi nighte,
Loues him, sternes alle and lighte.
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Heryhes him, heuens ofe heuens þe same;
And watres vnder heuens ere, loues lauerdes name.
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For he saide, and made þai are;
He sente, and þai schapen ware.
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In ai, and in werld ofe werld, sete he þa;
He sete bode, and it sal noghte forbiga.
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Heryhes lauerd, ofe erthe þate esse:
Draguns and alle depnesse;
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Fire, snawe, haile isse,
Blaste ofe stormes, þat makes worde hisse;
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Hilles, knolles alle men kalle;
Tries fruitefulle, and cedres alle;
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Bestes, and alle erfes ma,
Neddres, fogheles feþered als-swa;
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Kinges ofe erthe and alle folke liuand,
Princes and alle demers ofe land.
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Yhungmen, als-swa maidenes clene,
Elder with yhunger, al bidene
Loues name ofe lauerd witerli,
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For vphouen es his name, ofe aneli.
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His schrifte ouer heuen and erthe with blisse;
And he vphoue horne ofe folke hisse.
Ympne to his haleghs, to sones ofe Irael,
To folke neghand to him wele.
