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 ?e crommes of ?i table,--
?
an doostou dedes merciable,--
And
herberewe
in ?
ine house; 663
And of Alexius, ?i son so fre,
Afterward I shal telle ?ee,
?at ?ou helde preciouse: 666
?an shaltou be day & ni?th
Glad, whan ?ou hym seest wi? si?th,
And ek ?i trewe spouse.' 669
Eufeniens ansuered ?oo,
'I graunt wel ?at it be so.
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