456
(39)
? 'He is ri?th stedfast of lijf;
His werkes shullen ben made rijf
Ouer al fer & neere. 459
?e holy gost wi?inne hym rest;
Charite sitte? in his breest,
Brennande as fyre. 462
Longe in pouerte his lijf he ha? led;
He ne com neuere in no bed
?ise seuentene ?ere; 465
His holy lijf, bot god alone,
Ne woot non in ?is werldes wone;
To seint? he may be pere.'
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? ?
e
sergeauntz
lepen out in hast,
As men ?
at weren sore agast,
And ful of grete drede 471
Of ?e ymage ?at to hem spak
Of goddes sergeaunt wi?outen lak
?at sat in beggers wede. 474
wyde aboute ?ai hym sou?th,
And ?ut founden ?ai hym nou?th
Amonge ?e pouere felawrede; 477
And whan ?ai nou?th hym fynde mi?th,
To ?
