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De septuagesima

Festen mouable þer beoþ icluped viue in þe ȝere
Þe veorste is to louke alleluye oure Leinte to rere
And suþþe Leinte and suþþe Ester þat gladeþ manion
Þe Rouisons & Witesoneday þat last is of echon
Þis beoþ vif festen mouable þat meoueþ eche ȝer
And neuer a ȝer ne bileueþ in stude þat hi were er
Septuagesime is icluped wanne me loukeþ alleluye
For we ssolleþ bigynne biuore to oure Louerd oure herte buye
For me bileueþ þanne in churche ech maner song iwis
As aleluye and oþer ek and the cheson þer of is
Þat we ssolleþ wiþ sorwe of heorte oure penance lede
And aȝen þe time of Leinte repenty oure misdede