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te his herte wolde breke,
O lepy word he ne my? te speke,
ffor sorwe and for wo; 216
Ofte he si? te & grente sore,
To tar his shroud, his lokkes hore,
? e guode olde man. 219
? erne he gradde godis ore,
? at he ne moste lyue namore;
To swo? eny he be-gan.
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? His moder with wel softe pas
Wente to bedde, & gradde, 'allas,
? at hy was y-bore. ' 225
Nolde hy neuere eft out-come,
Ac ? ere hy wep for here sone,
? at hy hadde for-lore. 228
Alle ? at ? er-ynne were,
Hem-selue drowe by ? e here,
And wronge hare honde. 231
? Be-so? te god ? at sholde hem lere,
To what londe ? at he were,
And where he were a-stonde.
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His fader & his moder bo,
ffor hare sone were ful wo,
? at ich ne may al telle. 237
ffor to sechen hare sone,
In what londe he were by-come,
? onge men he sente snelle. 240
? It by-fel opon a day, [folio 75a]
? at ? onge men nome hare way
ffor? ri? t by ? e cherche 243
? ere hare lord ny? t and day,
Among ? e pouere folk lay,
Cristis wille to werche.
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He hem knew, and hy no? t him;
Of hare guode hy ? eue him,
As it wolde falle. 249
? He herede god, and made him glad,
? at he for his sone bad
Almesse of ? ralle. 252
Out of ? e borgh hy wente sone
To here lord til ? at ? e? come
with wel guode spede. 255
Tydynges none hy ne bro? te
Of his sone, ? at him so? te
In vncou? e ? ede.
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? ? o ? is ? onge man y-woned hadde
In toune as a pouere ladde,
? eres seuentene, 261
God self wolde his care wende,
And to his fader him sende,
And bringe him of tene.
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It by-fel in one ny? t
? e mone shon swy? e bry? t,
? e belward hym by-wende. 267
? ? e leome of heuene he se? a li? t,
And stonde ope godis kny? t,
? at al ? e cherche attende.
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Sone amorwe, so it was day,
? at he by ? is manne i-say,
Wyde he it tolde.
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To ? e cherche hy gonne teo,
? e holy man for to seo,
Bo? e ? onge and olde.
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? ? is holy man turnde his ? o? t,
Herynge of man ne kepte he no? t,
? at frel is atte ende. 279
Out of ? e borgh he wente anon,
To a water til ? at he com,
? er-ouer he moste wende.
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In-to ? e schip he wente any? t,
ffor elles-whar he hadde i-dy? t
In-to vncou? e londe. 285
? He wende fare swi? e ri? t,
Ac sone amorwe ? o it was li? t,
At Rome hy gonne a-stonde.
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? o he in-to ? e lond com,
In-to ? e toune he moste gon,
His lyflode to wynne.
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As he wente ? orgh ? e strete,
His owene fader he gan mete,
As he com fram his ynne.
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? ? o ? e sone his fader mette,
Wel myldeliche he him grette,
And bad him of his guode. 297
? e guode man grantede his bone,
ffor al his blod gan menge sone
Ope his owene fode.
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ffor ? ut him spak ? e holy man
To his fader Eufemian,
With wel mylde mode: 303
? '? at guod ? at ? ou ? enkest do me,
Iesu crist it ? elde ? e,
? at deyde on ? e rode.
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ffor ? if it is in ? yne mode,
? at ? ou hauest eny fode,
In vncou? e londe, 309
Crist ich by-seche par charite,
? at he wel to him by se,
Wher ? at he be a-stonde. '
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? So sone so he spak of his sone,
? e guode man, as was his wone,
Gan to sike sore. 315
His herte fel so cold so ston,
? e teres felle to his ton,
Ouer his berd hore.
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[folio 75b] To his house ? e pouere he bro? te;
One ? onge man him be-to? te
To seruy him to queme. 321
? ? ere he wonede day and ny? t,
And seruede god with al his my? t,
? eres ? ut seuentene. 324
Some of ? o ? er-ynne were
? e holy mannes clothes tere,
? ere hy le? e on his bedde. 327
Ofte hy drowe him by ? e here,
And of water and of bro? him bere,
And caste in his nebbe.
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330
? Ofte hy him bete and burste,
? at ? e lord ? er-of nuste,
? o vnlede fode. 333
? e? clepude him 'waste bred,'
And weste ? at he wer ded;
I-wis hy wer wode. 336
Al ? e shame ? at he dre? ,
? e whyle he wonede his fader ne? ,
He ? olede with mylde mode. 339
? And ofte to god he gan grede,
? at he for-? eue hem hare mysdede,
And bro? te hem to guode.
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? e whyle he wonede in ? e house,
Eche day he se? his spouse,
His fader & his moder. 345
Ac sone he wente him to ? e wowe,
? at he neuere nere y-knowe
Of hem ne of non o? er. 348
? ? e holy man him ? o? te ? o
?
at his lyf was almest ydo,
ffor siknesse ? at he hadde.
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Parchemyn he him wan,
And al his lyf wrot ? er-an,
As he lay in his bedde. 354
? Al he wrot opon his bok,
How he his ? onge wyf forsok,
? o he of londe wolde. 357
How he his mantel here by-tok,
And his gerdel ? at was so guod,
And a ryng of golde.
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? ? at fel opon a soneday,
? at alle men of cristis lay
To ? e cherche come, 363
Clerkes, kny? tes, ? onge & olde,
? e emperour with his erles bolde,
? e Pope self of Rome. 366
? ? o hy ? uder y-come were,
To here al so hy sholde ? ere
Hare seruise. 369
Al so hy hare bedes bede,
In ? e luft hy herde grede,
In a wonder wise:
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? 'Come? alle now to me,
? at synful haue? for me y-be,
And a-fonge? ? oure mede. 375
Alle ? at haue? y-? oled pyne,
Honger and ? erst for loue myne,
Ich ? ow wille fede. ' 378
? Of ? is steuene hem ? o? te wonder;
ffele wende it were ? onder;
To gronde hy gonne falle. 381
What ? is cry be-tokny sholde,
? at god hem sone schewy wolde,
A-kneo hy beden alle.
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? Alle ? at ? er-ynne were,
I-herde ? ut ano? er bere,
Ri? t aboute none: 387
'Go? , by-sechest godis kny? t,
? at crist serue? day and ny? t,
? at he bidde for Rome. ' 390
? e Pope and his clerkes alle
A-doun on kneo gonne falle,
By-fore & ek be-hynde,
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? And bede god almy? ty kyng,
? at hem sende som toknyng
Wher ? orgh hy my? te him fynde. 396
Iesu crist, ? at is so mylde, [folio 76a]
Ruthe hadde of ? is childe,
? at was in care y-bounde. 399
To hem he seyde, ? e heuene spouse,
'Go? to Eufemia[ne]s house,
? ere he wor? y-founde. '
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? After ? is steuene, op hy stode,
And herede god with glade mode,
Alle ? at ? er were. 405
ffor no? t ? e Pope was ful gram,
Eufemian he vnder-nam,
With wel sterne bere:
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'O lu? er man, why hastow y-hud
? at he ne moste er be y-kud,
? ulke holy man? ' 411
? ? e emperour be-gan to chyde,
And fele ? at ? er stode be-syde,
To-ward Eufemian.
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? Na? eles, with him hy ? ede,
? e Pope, and manye of hare dede
To-ward ? is house. 417
? e Pope self and ? e emperour,
Hy so? te halle, hy so? te bour,
So wel so hy cou? e. 420
? Hy so? te him one stounde,
Ac atte laste hy him founde,
? er he lay in his bedde, 423
? orgh an hyne of the house,
? at moche of his lyf cou? e,
? at hem y-wissed hedde.
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? By-fore ? e bed hy stode ? o,
? e Pope and ? e emperour al-so,
Ac hy ne dorste hem tryne. 429
Hy wende he were a lyues man,
Ac his gost was out a-gon,
I-bro? t he was of pyne. 432
Eufemian a-doun bei? ,
His neb, his hondes, he vn-wrei? ,
With wel mochel drede. 435
So swote bre? out of him tei? ,
? at alle ? at wer ? er nei? ,
? er-of wonder hauede.
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? Out of his mouth stod a lem
Bri? ter ? an ? e sonne-bem,
? at al ? e stede atende. 441
A-doun hy felle, alle on kneo,
To ? onky god ? at is so freo
Of wonder ? at hem sende. 444
? Op to-ward god held his honde;
A writ be-twixe hy se? e y-folde,
Hy ? at wer ? er-ynne. 447
Eufemian a-doun bei? ,
? at writ he drou? & ? erne tei? ,
Ne my? te he it wynne.
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? ? e Pope her-of was a-drad,
In his herte, god he bad,
? at him granty sholde 453
? at writ ? at was in his honde,
? at he my? te it vnderstonde,
Be-tokny what it wolde. 456
? ? e Pope to ? e dede bei? ;
? at writ out of his hond he tei? ,
Al with-oute gynne. 459
? at writ anon he gan sprede,
And by-fore hem alle rede,
? at ? o wer ? erynne.
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? ? o sir Eufemian was y-war
? at his sone lay ? ar,
His armes he to-spradde, 465
He tar his her, he tar his clo? ,
And fel a-swo? e opon ? e cors,
So moche sorwe he hadde. 468
? By a stounde he gan op-stonde,
To-tar his her & wrang his honde,
? at alle folk mi? te rewe; 471
[folio 76b] He wep and made reuful cry;
ffor him hy were wel sory,
? at he him er ne knewe.
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? "A-wey, lord, ? at art vs a-boue,
Why hele ? ou my leue sone?
To longe in myn house, 477
? at we ne moste him y-knowe,
And for-? ute oure wowe,
And kesse him with mou? e. 480
? A-wey, my sone, now listow here,
And euere ich hopede of ? e y-here,
A-lyue ? at ? ou were. 483
Me ?