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Is fader and is moder ek · I þe ioie of heuene an hei
After Þa^t hi dede were · aparteliche he sei
Wel gret loue ourre louerd him cudde · wanne he him schowed þere
So muche of is prⁱuete · þe wile he aliue were
¶ As helai anoþer tyme · Inis reste aniȝt
he isei þe ioie of heuene · and þe place þer Inne wel briȝt
Angles he hurde also singe · amurie song þer Inne
Þa^t me singþ ȝute in holy churche · wa(n)ne me deþ þe masse biginne
Kyrreleison · cristi leyson · was Þa^t murie sang
þis holyman Þa^t þis churche · ne þoȝte him noþing long
Wel aȝte he to heuene come · at is ende day
Wanne he ȝe wile was alyue · so much of heuene I say ·
¶ Harpe he louede swuþe wel · of harpe he couþe Inon ·
Aday he sat inis solas · and alay þeron drou ·
þe harpe heng op biþe wowe · þo it was tyme to ete
þo it was ȝare þerto ibroȝt · he sat down to is mete
Of heuene he gan to þenche sone · of ioie Þa^t was þere
Of þe iouiol blisse Þa^t was þere · among halwen Þa^t þer were ·
¶ He sat as he were Inome · son muche þeron he þoȝte
Is harpe Þa^t heng biþe wowe · of wam helite roȝte
Bigan to cuþe is holy þoȝt · ded treo þei it were
As ourre louerdes wille was · as hurde alle Þa^t were þere
Al bi him sulue he gan to harpe · am^arie steuene iwis
þat me singþ ȝute In holy churche · Þa^t an englyss is þis
¶ Al halwe soule glade beoþ · Þa^t in heuene beoþ ido
þat ssmeþ oure louerdes wey · and for him schadde also
hore blod for is swete loue · þerfore hy scholleþ wone
And kynges beo wiþ oute ende · wiþ crⁱst godes sone
þis is astenme þat murie is · as þe folk hured alle
þe harpe song al bi him sulue · as he heng biþe walle
ffair grace ourre louerd him schewe^de þar · wanne þe dede treo
So scholde singe of þulke ioie · Þa^t he ssolde Inne beo
Louerd ihered beo þi gr^ace · and þi miȝte also
þat þou wost for him herre alyue · such miracle do
¶ þo þis holyman hadde ilyued · an eorþe manioday
And is endedai was nei Icome · as it fel in þe ȝere
he let of sende is frendes · Þa^t specials him were
Is men Þa^t him seruede ek · he let hom clupie also
And for ȝaf hom al hore tressas · Þa^t hi him hadde ido