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XXV.
[1]
Deme me, lauerd, for .i. am ganeIn min vnderandnes on ane;
And in lauerd hopand am .i.,
.I. sal noght be vnfeste forþi.
2
Lauerd, fande me and fraiste me als-swa;Swiþe min neeres, min hert, with wa.
3
Bifor mine eghen þi merci es,And .i. quemed in þi sothnes.
4
Noght sat .i. with vnnait reede,Ne .i. sal inga with berand quede.
5
Kirke ofe liþerand hated .i.,And with wike sal .i. noght site forþi.
6
Mi hende bitwix vnderandes wasche .i. sal,And vmga, lauerd, þi weued with-al;
7
Þat .i. here steuen ofe lofe, and telleAlle þine wondres þate bifelle.
8
Lauerd, .i. loued fairehede ofe þi hous isse,And stede ofe woning of þi blisse.
9
Lese noght with wicked, gode, saule mine,Ne with menslaers mi life þou tine;
10
In whas hend wickenesses ere ma,Þaire righthand filled with giftes swa.
11
And in min vnderandnesse gane am .i.;Bye me, and ofe me haue merci.
12
Mi fote stode in rightinge to be;In kirkes, lauerd, blis sal .i. þe.
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