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Contra Iram.

Agaynes wraþþe hys helpe schal be,
Ȝef he haue grace in herte to se
How aungelus, when he ys wroth,
From hym faste flen and goth,
And fendes faste to hym renneth,
And wyþ fuyre of helle hys herte breneth,

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And maketh hym so hote & hegh,
Þat no mon may byde hym negh,
And makeþ hym syche as þey arn
Of goddes chylde þe deueles barn,
Wharfore he mote wyth sofferynge,
Quenche in hym syche brennynge,
A-gaynus wrathþe soferaunce
Mote be myche hys penaunce.