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Nowell
yis word is falce I dare wyll say
and man xall fade as dose hay
for as a flour it fallys away
tunc non ualebit corpore

tell me sothe qwo so canne
qwan he hys dede qwat is he than
qwere se ȝe eny ryche dede man
reuela mihi hodie

yu plesyst hym both nyth and day
and knele to serue hym wyll to pay
he may not hym a good word say
cum operitur puluere

hys secutourys wt oute lete
ȝow be myth[OMITTED]ouer sette
yei sey he ouyt so mykyll dette
non potest solui integre

qwan he is closyd in hys graue
yan is he yr he may not craue
Os he haue done so xall he haue
oblitus paruo tempore

And yr for man or yu hens wende
dele yi good wt yi honde
And thynke wyll dede man haue no frond
tu miserecis anime

lord ȝyf us grace so to do here
yt qwan we are broch on bere
yu take oure sole yt yu both dere
pendens alto arbore

and gyfe us grace so to spende
yt god yt yu on to us sende
yt we may sey at oure last end
laus summo regule