at ?ere-inne were,
Ofte si?es gramed hym ?ere,
And despised hym fast. 735
?e wasshyng of her vessel
?ai cast on hym euerydel,
?at was swi?e vnwrast; 738
And cleped hym shrewe ypo|crite,
And ofte-tymes gonne hym smyte
Vnder ?e cheke in hast: 741
Ac Alexius was of god fulfild,
In gode penaunce he it helde,
And ?anked hem at ?e last.
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? Alexius, ?at was goddes kni?
th,
ffor
penaunce
?
at was on hym li?th,
Almest his lijf was lorne. [folio 25a] 747
Wel he sei?, ?orou? de?es law?es,
?at he drou? to his endyng daw?es,
ffor de? com hym biforne. 750
His sergeaunt he cleped sone,
And for his loue, bad hym a bone,
?at bare ?e crovne of ?
