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Letania minor

Þe feste of þe Rouysons þe lasse Letanie is
For a lasse man it byuond & in lasse stude iwis

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For a bissop louwore þanne þe pope hom made verst forþ go
In þe cite of Vienne þat lasse is þanne Rome also
Þe encheson ware uore Holy Churche halt nou boþe to
Þe vastynge of þe Rouisons & of sein Markes dai also
Þat is for þe frut an eorþe þat God let it wel sprynge
And god weder ȝiue þerto & to oure vode forþ it bringe
Þanne me makeþ processions wiþ baners arered
Þat is as oure Louerdes ost to make þe deuel aferd
Þe baners þat me berþ biuore bitokneþ victorie
Þat oure Louerd is al aboue & ywonne haþ þe maistrie
Þe dragon þat me bereþ bihinde bitokneþ oure luþer fo
Þe deuel þat is bihinde ibroȝt & worþ euere mo
So mote it bi him euere be[o] ne be[o] he neuere aboue
Nou swete Iesus it grante us for is moder loue
Þat we holde so þis procession & þe vastinge wiþoute sunne
Þat frut an eorþe come wel vorþ to helpe of mankunne
Þe feste of Holy Þoresday & eke of Wit Soneday
In þe gospelles wo so lokeþ þere he it finde may
For it nis no neod wanne hi beoþ þere to sette is here also
Forto sette is here & eke þere hit nere noȝt wel ido