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Patris sapiencia.

The wisdom of þe fadir,
Þe treuþe of þe hiȝ king,
God and man was takun
In þe morenyng.
Of hise knowun disciplis
Soone he was forsak;
Sold & put to peyne,
Mankynde saaf to make.
We worschipe þee, crist, & blesse to þee; ffor bi þi deeþ þou hast aȝenbouȝt þe world.