outen lettynge
Goddes
sergeaunt
to chirche brynge
wi?
Adam Davy's Five Dreams about Edward II - 1389
ee ?at wille? lere,
a faire miracle ?ee mowen here:
Bifore ?at self ymage, 447
?ere ?at Alexius sate
wi? pouere men in ?e gate
As a pouere page, 450
?e ymage, ?at aungels gonne wirche,
Spaak to ?e serieauntz of ?e chirche
?ere she stood on ?e stage, 453
And hete hem alle wi?
outen lettynge
Goddes
sergeaunt
to chirche brynge
wi?
outen any outrage. 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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(40)
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