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Of the restoring of the warld
A kyng ther was of souerayne worthines,Ful of mercy and wysdam and all godenes.
A sone he hadde, knewe all his wille,
And myȝt and wald al hit fulfille.
Thai were ay bothe al on substaunce,
And betwix theim was no distaunce:
What as the fader wald haue amendyd,
By his sone godely hit suld be endid.
Four doghters hade this grete kyng,
That fulfillid all his likyng.
Thai were of his substance ilkon,
And all that substance was bot on.
Thai four doghters thurgh comune assent
Parformed al his iugement;
Bot if thise four vse ay wele thair myght,
May neuer no rewme be rewled right.
The names of thaim withouten les
Are Mercy, Sothfastnes, Right, and Pes.
Mercy when sho hade parceyued
How all mankynde was deceyued
Thurgh the fende, that be foul treson
Has geten him to his prison,
And euermore with enuy
Will torment him as enemy,
Sho was so stered to compassion
That sho wald deliuere that prison.
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