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Leinte comeþ þer afterward þat six wike ilasteþ
Þat hore sunne forto bete alle Cristen men vasteþ
For riȝt it is þat Cristene men hore teþinge do
Of hore frut þoru out þe ȝer & of oure vleiss also
And þat hy teþegi also god þe dawes in þe ȝer
Forto bete hore luþer sunne þat hy wroȝte her
Nou beoþ þre[o] hondred dawes and sixti in þe ȝere
And fiue þerto wiþoute mo bote it bisext were
And þe teþinge of al þis dawes wo so it wole riȝt wende
Wole [beo] sixe and þritti dawes and fiue bileueþ atte ende
Nym þulke sixe and þritti dawes and fiue do þerto
Þer beoþ þe voure clansing dawes and þe Soneday also
Ȝif þe clansinge dawes & þe oþere alle togadere beoþ
Þa[nne] habbe ȝe al clanliche al ȝoure Leinte as ȝe nou iseoþ
Þat hore sunne forto bete alle Cristen men vasteþ
For riȝt it is þat Cristene men hore teþinge do
Of hore frut þoru out þe ȝer & of oure vleiss also
And þat hy teþegi also god þe dawes in þe ȝer
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Nou beoþ þre[o] hondred dawes and sixti in þe ȝere
And fiue þerto wiþoute mo bote it bisext were
And þe teþinge of al þis dawes wo so it wole riȝt wende
Wole [beo] sixe and þritti dawes and fiue bileueþ atte ende
Nym þulke sixe and þritti dawes and fiue do þerto
Þer beoþ þe voure clansing dawes and þe Soneday also
Ȝif þe clansinge dawes & þe oþere alle togadere beoþ
Þa[nne] habbe ȝe al clanliche al ȝoure Leinte as ȝe nou iseoþ
Nou beoþ þer to [and] fourti dawes & six wike iwis
And so muche forte Esterday riȝt clene Leinte is
Ac do wei þe sixe Sonedawes and þanne bileueþ þere
Euene sixe and þritti dawes þe teþinge of þe ȝere
Nim þanne four clansinge dawes and fast also þerto
Þanne haste euene forti dawes [whan hi beo togadere ido]
And so muche forte Esterday riȝt clene Leinte is
Ac do wei þe sixe Sonedawes and þanne bileueþ þere
Euene sixe and þritti dawes þe teþinge of þe ȝere
Nim þanne four clansinge dawes and fast also þerto
Þanne haste euene forti dawes [whan hi beo togadere ido]
And so muche ouer þe riȝte teþe þerto we moste caste
For ensample of oure Louerd þat forti dawes vaste
And for ensample of Moyses & Elie þe prophete
Þat faste boþe vourti dawes & no maner mete neete
And boþe hy hadde hore mede sone & merit inou
Vor a cart of golde liȝte adoun and Elie drou
To þe ioie of eorlich parais as monyman ysay
Þer he is wiþ fleiss & bon & worþ forte Domesday
For ensample of oure Louerd þat forti dawes vaste
And for ensample of Moyses & Elie þe prophete
Þat faste boþe vourti dawes & no maner mete neete
And boþe hy hadde hore mede sone & merit inou
Vor a cart of golde liȝte adoun and Elie drou
To þe ioie of eorlich parais as monyman ysay
Þer he is wiþ fleiss & bon & worþ forte Domesday
Vpe þe hul of Synay Moises vaste also
And wiþ oure Louerd spak mouþ wiþ mouþ þo is fastinge was ido
And bigan þere þe olde lawe to sauy mony a man
Wiþ is fastinge oure Louerd ek þe nywe lawe bigan
And wiþ oure Louerd spak mouþ wiþ mouþ þo is fastinge was ido
And bigan þere þe olde lawe to sauy mony a man
Wiþ is fastinge oure Louerd ek þe nywe lawe bigan
Ac he bigan is vastinge anon after Twelþeday
Anon so he ibaptised was and bigan þe niwe lay
Ac we doþ oure a monþe later as me mote nede
To vaste aȝen þe holy time þat oure Louerd dude blede
And þat we mowe saufliche at is up risinge
Tak is fleiss and is blod best of alle þinge
And for þat folk of Irael wile bi olde dawe
Aȝen hore Ester þulke tyme vaste in þe olde lawe
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Ac we doþ oure a monþe later as me mote nede
To vaste aȝen þe holy time þat oure Louerd dude blede
And þat we mowe saufliche at is up risinge
Tak is fleiss and is blod best of alle þinge
And for þat folk of Irael wile bi olde dawe
Aȝen hore Ester þulke tyme vaste in þe olde lawe
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