th knowe,
ffor so naked was he;
And als a
straunge
man he went
To his fader wi?
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hym in heuene aboue,
?e poeple more and lesse. 630
? Ri?th so Alexius had yment
To Tars forto haue ywent;
Ac god hym sent destresse, 633
And made hym to Rome wende,
To wonen ?ere among his frende,
holy wryt bere? witnesse.
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[folio 24b] ? whan Alexius was to londe ygon,
Seyl ?ai drou?en vp onon,
And wenten in ?e Cee, 639
Al to thars till ?ai come
ffro ?e wicked londe of Rome,
And maden solempnite. 642
Alexius com in-to his owe,
And of his frendes was he nou?
th knowe,
ffor so naked was he;
And als a
straunge
man he went
To his fader wi?
gode entent,
And seide to hym par charite, 648
(55)
? 'Eufeniens, goddes frende,
?ou art holden good & hende,
Alesed of gret Almesse! 651
ffor his loue ?at was ybete,
And for vs suffred woundes grete,
helpe me in ?is destresse, 654
ffor I ne can to no Man gon
Mete to crauen, bot ?ee on,
No herberewe more ne lesse; 657
Make of me ?i bede-man!
And by hym ?at ?is werlde wan,
?ou mi?th haue heuene blis;
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? '?iue me ?