e vij. merciful dedes:
Who ?at ha? hem here ydo; as he with his mou? sede,
?e hungri forto fede; & schride ?e clo?les,
Ofte goo to sek men; & herberewe ?e housles, 40
?e dede forto bury,; ?e bounden to vnbynde,
?ai ?at ?ise on er?e loueden; ?
ere hij
schullen
it fynde.
OVre lord wil to ?e li?er sigge; as we reden in gospelle,
"?e cursed gostes, go?; in-to ?e pyne of helle!" 44
?e deuelen willen come ?ernend; & speten fire & blast,
& taken ?e wrecched soulen; & in-to pyne hem cast.
OVre lord wil to good men sigge; "in my ri?th honde ?e come,
And afonge? my fador riche; ?at a?
