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Beatus uir cui non imputauit Dominus peccatum, nec est in spiritu eius dolus.

Blissed be he to whom God re[tt]ith
No synne, ne hath in goost no gyle;
For at grete prys [the gode Lord] settith
The man þat meneth neythir wrong ne wyle.
Bot he þat conscience vnknittiht
And yeuith no force it to defyle,
Ayens hym God his wepyn whettith
To wrekyn hym a litel while.