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Tho stod on old stoc thar bi-side, Thar tho ule song hire tide,' And was mid ivi al bi-growe, Hit was thare ule earding-stowe. The nihtingale hi i-seh. And hi bi-heold and over-seh," And thuhte wel vule " of thare ule, For me hi halt 12 lothlich 13 and fule. "Unwiht," ,"14 heo sede, "awei thu fleo! Me is the wers 15 that ich the seo; I-wis 18 for thine vule lete 17 Wel oft ich mine song for-lete; 18 Min heorte at-flith,19 and falt 20 mi tunge, Wonne" thu art to me i-thrunge. Me luste bet speten 23 thane singe, Of thine fule gogelinge." 25

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Theos ule abod fort 26 hit was eve, Heo ne mihte no leng bileve,27 Vor hire heorte was so gret,2 That wel neh 29 hire fnast at-schet; And warp 31 a word thar-after longe: "Hu thincthe 32 nu bi mine songe? Wenst 3 thu that ich ne cunne 34 Theh 35 ich ne cunne 36 of writelinge? 37 I-lome 38 thu dest 39

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Ich singe an eve, a rihte time,
And scoththe 8 won hit is bed-time,
The thridde sithe 10 at middelnihte,
And so ich mine song adihte
Wone ich i-seo arise veorre 12
Other 13 dai-rim 14 other 15 dai-sterre.
Ich do god mid mine throte,
And warni men to heore note; 16
Ac thu singest alle longe niht,
From eve fort 18 hit is dai-liht,
And evre lesteth thin o 19 song
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"Ule," heo seide, "wi dostu so? Thu singest a-winter 43 'wolawo';" Thu singest so 7 doth hen a 45 Al that heo singeth, hit is for wowe." A-wintere thu singest wrothe 47 and gomere,18 And evre thu art dumb a-sumere. Hit is for thine fule nithe, 49

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Wit Maria mild and thair meine,7
A maiden and thair suanis thre,
That servid tham in thair servis;

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Forth sco rad,10 that moder mild,
And in hir barm "sco ledd 12 hir child,
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Quen Jesus sagh tham glopnid
He lighted of 26 his moder kne
And stod a-pon thaa bestes grim,28
And thai tham luted 29 under him.
Than com 30 the propheci al cler
To dede 31 that said es in Sauter: 32
"The dragons, wonand 33 in thair cove,
The Laverd 34 35
agh yee worthli to lofe." 38
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Amang mi tres o paradise,
That thou and thai be of a prise;
Under thi rote thar es a spring,
I wil that ute the water wring;
Mak us a well, for mine sake,
That all mai plente o water take."
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Wit strand 12 suete,13 and clere, and cald.
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And hwat hi tholeden 57 alyve here.
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Thus is thes world of false fere; 59
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