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gret hast,
? ei Auouwede bo? e chast
to heore lyues ende.
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42
? er-aftur was hit not longe,
Alix cou? e speke and gonge,
and was i-set to lere; 45
sone he was a wel god clerk,
& muche he loued godus werk
forte speke & here.
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As time as he bi-gon to belde,
and was i-come to Monnes elde,
him was chosen a wyf,
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Out of ? e Emperors bour,
a maiden god with gret honour,
to wedden wi? -oute strif.
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? whon heo weren weddet ? e furste ni? t,
in godus lawe as hit was ri? t,
& weren i-brou? t to house, 57
Mekeliche he gon hire teche
to drede god of sunne is leche,
?
at is Maidenes spouse.
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He preched hire with al his miht,
of sunne heo scholde haue no pli? t,
but holden hir Maidenhed. 63
Of Iesu ? at Maiden clene,
in whom was neuere wem i-sene,
heo schulde han hire med.
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? enne tok he his gold ryng,
and ? af hit to ? at Maide ? ing,
and seide to hire ? us: 69
'Tac ? is Ryng and kep hit me,
til ? at godes wille be,
crist beo bi-twene vs. '
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? whon he hedde don as i ou sei,
he tok his leue & went his wei
from ? at Maiden fre.