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Þane quhen sancte Iohne ves of elde,
þat he mycht nocht hym-selvyne velde,
and duelland ves in effecy,
and for selfe eld ves sa wery,
þat vnhes vith þe helpe of twa
he mycht quhyle to þe kirke ga,
na he but pause mycht no mare say,
bot þire twa wordis he sad ay:
“my sonis, I pray ȝou hartfully,
þat ȝe luf enterchangeabily.”
and þis sa of[t]-tyme he can say,
þat his discipulis one ane day
prayt hym to tel [þam] quhy
he sad þa vordis ythanly.
he answert: “for god sa tacht.
kepe þam, þare-fore, at all [ȝour] macht,
and It sall suffice wel ȝou to,
In þis gyf ȝe his biddynge do.”