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Where day departed is from the nyght
540 And bryght Phebus leseth neuer his
lyght.
It is accordyng full well to nature
A mantowepe forfrendes thatbedede;
But agaynwarde,by recorde of scripture,
For Christis sake [ who lyst his blode
to shede,
545 A thousande folde shall receyue his
mede
And for his lyfe, [ whiche is but
transy tory, _
Eternally to abyde and lyue in glory;
Where is no complaynt, | nor no
parte of sorowe,
But euerlastynggladnesse in thatplace,
55° Ilyche neweboth at eue and at morowe;
From wo to ioye, from sobbyng to
solace;
Wher deth hath lost his power to
manace.
F'ye on dispeyre, | for dethe to make
stryfe
Where ioye foloweth of euerlastyng
lyfe!
555 Dethe in this worlde shulde not be
complayned
Ofthem that passe from worldely vanite,
Suche as by grace and mercy haue
attayned
With Christto reigne in hiseternall see,
Where ioye is euer and all felicite;
560 And for suche folke, mydday, eue
and morowe,
It were wodenes for to make sorowe.
Ye be bounde, playnly to conclude,
To thanke god forfrendes that ye mysse,
Whiche hath chose so greata multitude
565 Of this citie 1 and brought them vnto
blysse;
Of ioye perpetuall they may neuer
mysse,
Makyng a chaunge from this temporall
For thylke ,lyfe aboue, celestiall.
Take hede hereto 1 and yeueth good
audience
370 Ofthyngethat we shall makerehersale,
524 I. restrayne. 533 I. playne. 536 I. entre.
And it imprenteth in your aduertencc.
Touchyng your frendes slayne in ba-
tayle,
Whom that we dy d so mortally assayle!
All this consydered: to complayne ye
do wronge,
575 As ye shall knowe paraunter or ought
longe.“
Aforne rehersed the same turmen-
tours
With a great othe, present there all
the towne,
To them not only | but to theyr suc
cessors
To be reported through all that regyon,
580 Maden there open protestation,
Touchyng this mater they cast to ex
presse
Shall haue no touche nor spot of false-
nesse.
They gan theyr matter, brefly to
conclude,
Touchyng the story to all theyr entent
585 In Vcrolamy, to all the multitude
Of great and small beinge there present,
Rehersyng fyrst howe that they were
sent
With myghty honde to all centres
enuiron
To seke theyr frendes, | were fled from
the towne;
590 Vnder these wordes spake for theyr
partie:
„By your byddyng we went, as ye
wel knowe,
With force and armys, [ serchyng to
espie,
To northwales, in countres high and
lowe.
Tyll it fell so within a lyttell throwe,
595 Lad by fortune ] we founde them euer-
ychone
With hym that whylom was maister
to Albon —
Out of this citie they were fled and
gone;
Some that were full nygh of your allye:
530) of st. by. 533) pleyne. 536) to st. in to. 539) is partyd. 542) ben. 548) Where is no part of com-
play nt nor sorow. 550) I leche. 569) taketh. 571) empryntith. 574) pleyn. 575) per aventure. 580) opyn-
581) matier. 584) toseyne all. 588) all the contreys. 589) that were. 592) to serched and espie, 594) tho-
