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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
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? '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 ? 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 ?