 | The Wheatley Manuscript |  |
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Ego autem, tanquam surdus, non audiebam; & sicut mutus non aperiens os suum.
Bot I as deef man no-[þing] herde,
And, as doumbe that [no mouth vndoth],
So sp[a]ryd I, and speche sperde;
Bot whan I spake I seyde soth;
For [he] that Iewes so foule with ferde,
That wote how euery gyl[e] goth,
Ful sore wil smyte with his ȝerde,
Bot men [a]mende hem þat mys-doth.
And, as doumbe that [no mouth vndoth],
So sp[a]ryd I, and speche sperde;
Bot whan I spake I seyde soth;
For [he] that Iewes so foule with ferde,
That wote how euery gyl[e] goth,
Ful sore wil smyte with his ȝerde,
Bot men [a]mende hem þat mys-doth.
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