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18.217: " Forthi God, of his goodnesse, the firste gome Adam,<br />
18.218: Sette hym in solace and in sovereyn murthe;<br />
18.219: And siththe he suffred hym synne, sorwe to feele —<br />
18.220: To wite what wele was, kyndeliche to knowe it.<br />
18.221: And after, God auntrede hymself and took Adames kynde<br />
18.222: To wite what he hath suffred in thre sondry places,<br />
18.223: Bothe in hevene and in erthe — and now til helle he thenketh,<br />
18.224: To wite what alle wo is, that woot of alle joye.<br />
18.225: "So it shal fare by this folk: hir folie and hir synne<br />
18.226: Shal lere hem what langour is, and lisse withouten ende.<br />
18.227: Woot no wight what werre is ther that pees regneth,<br />
18.228: Ne what is witterly wele til ""weylawey'' hym teche.'<br />
18.229: Thanne was ther a wight with two brode eighen;<br />
18.230: Book highte that beaupeere, a bold man of speche.<br />
18.231: "By Goddes body!' quod this Book, "I wol bere witnesse<br />
18.232: That tho this barn was ybore, ther blased a sterre<br />
18.233: That alle the wise of this world in o wit acordeden —<br />
18.234: That swich a barn was ybore in Bethleem the citee<br />
18.235: That mannes soule sholde save and synne destroye.<br />
18.236: "And alle the elements,' quod the Book, "herof beren witnesse.<br />
18.237: That he was God that al wroghte the wolkne first shewed:<br />
18.238: Tho that weren in hevene token stella comata<br />
18.239: And tendeden hire as a torche to reverencen his burthe;<br />
18.240: The light folwede the Lord into the lowe erthe.<br />
18.241: The water witnesseth that he was God, for he wente on it;<br />
18.242: Peter the Apostel parceyved his gate,<br />
18.243: And as he wente on the water wel hym knew, and seide,<br />
18.244: ""tube me venire ad te super aquas.''<br />
18.245: And lo! how the sonne gan louke hire light in hirselve<br />
18.246: Whan she seigh hym suffre, that sonne and see made.<br />
18.247: The erthe for hevynesse that he wolde suffre<br />
18.248: Quaked as quyk thyng and al biquasshed the roche.<br />
18.249: "Lo! helle myghte nat holde, but opnede tho God tholede,<br />
18.250: And leet out Symondes sones to seen hym hange on roode.<br />
18.251: And now shal Lucifer leve it, though hyrn looth thynke.<br />
18.252: For Gigas the geaunt with a gyn engyned<br />
18.253: To breke and to bete adoun that ben ayeins Jesus.<br />
18.254: And I, Book, wole be brent, but Jesus rise to lyve<br />
18.255: In alle myghtes of man, and his moder gladie,<br />
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