e ni?t and day
for ?i sone ?at is a-way,
?at Iesu crist him gete, 282
And grante ?e, for his woundes fyue,
?at ?ou mai seo him ?it a-lyue
?at was ?in herte blisse; 285
And ?e, sire, withoute strif,
Ioye of him in soule lyf,
crist ?e to him wisse.'
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? ?
enne Eufemian with-stod,
and
grantede
wi?
a milde mod
?at pore mon his bone. 291
He grantede him forte clo?e and feede,
and bad his men heo scholden him lede
to his hous al sone. 294
He grantede him, as i ou telle,
an hous al-one ?er-in to dwelle,
wi?-outen eny fere; 297
And a mon ?at scholde him gete,
& bringe him bo?e drinke and mete,
whon ?at mester were.
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? Nou Alix, as ?e han [i]herd,
is dwelled in his fader ?erd,
as a pore mon; 303
In pre?ere, wakynge, and fastinge,
he seruede Iesu, heuene kynge,
in al ?
