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66. I Will Become a Friar.
No more ne willi wiked be,
Forsake ich wille þis world-is fe,
Þis wildis wedis, þis folen gle;
ich wul be mild of chere,
of cnottis scal mi girdil be,
becomen ich wil frere.
Forsake ich wille þis world-is fe,
Þis wildis wedis, þis folen gle;
ich wul be mild of chere,
of cnottis scal mi girdil be,
becomen ich wil frere.
Frer menur i wil me make,
and lecherie i wille asake;
to ihesu crist ich wil me take
and serue in holi churche,
al in mi ouris for to wake,
goddis wille to wurche.
and lecherie i wille asake;
to ihesu crist ich wil me take
and serue in holi churche,
al in mi ouris for to wake,
goddis wille to wurche.
Wurche i wille þis workes gode,
for him þat boyht us in þe rode;
fram his side ran þe blode,
so dere he gan vs bie—
for sothe i tel him mor þan wode
þat hantit licherie.
for him þat boyht us in þe rode;
fram his side ran þe blode,
so dere he gan vs bie—
for sothe i tel him mor þan wode
þat hantit licherie.
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