ei hedden i-gone. 168
In eueri lond [?at] we han ben
we founde no mon ?at him cou?e sen,
?at to him cou?e vs wisse.
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171
"Nou, allas! ?at i was boren;
bo?e haue i nou forloren
mi Ioye and my blisse." 174
? In ?is tale wol we non dwelle,
of Alix wol we nou telle,
?at riche pore mon.
177
Alix was pore Monnes fere
fulle
seuentene
?
ere,
fro ?at he bi-gon, 180
Sittinge in a chirche-?erde,
among pore men an herde,
in a simple wede. 183
An ymage in ?at chirche stoode
of his Modur ?at died on rode,
for ur alre nede.
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186
? Atte seuentene ?eres ende
spac and seide wordus hende
?at ymage of tre, 189
To ?e wardein of ?e chirche,
& seide, "wardein, if ?ou worche
eny-?ing for me, 192
"ffecche ?ou in mi sones nom,
for seuentene ?