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Folio 134 Recto
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her folowythe [a] lettar made by Johann1 lidgat for a mommynge •
whiche þe goldsmythes of london shewyd before Eestfyld •
þe mayr on candylmas day at nyght this letar was presentyd •
by an harold / callyd fortune / •
That worthy david whiche sloughe golie •
the fyrst kyng / that sprang oute of Jesse •
of god chosen as boks spesyffy •
by samuell sette / in his royall see •
with twelve trybes / is comen to this citie •
brought royall gyfftes / kyngly hym taquyte •
the noble mayr to se and to vysyt •
The fyrst trybe the byble can well tell •
is callyd Iuda the herdy stronge lyon •
fro whos kynred / for it dyd exselle •
christ lynally / he came adowne •
Whiche lyk david / was the champyon •
that sloghe þe tyraunt / to god get hym selfe aprysse •
man to restore ageyn / to paradyse •
Notes
  1. There is a distinct scribal difference between capitalized "I" and capitalized "J" in this witness, noticed by comparing "Johann" here and Jesse in verse 1 with "Is" in verse three and "In" in verses nine and eleven. This distinction is marked by the "I" being crossed while the "J" is not. Furthermore, this I is the capitalized version as the lower-case "i" appears throughout, in particular in the initial position in an line at line four of verse four. This does not, however, carry through to other items in the manuscript. ↩

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