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Folio 135 Recto
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And he hym sellfe / In especiall •
daunsed and songe1 of great humylite •
and full deuoutly leffte hys royallte •
with Ephod2 gyrt lyke prestes of the lawe •
to gyue ensampell how pryde shuld be with draw •
In eche estate who list the truth serche •
and to exclud all uayn ambycion •
specyally from menesters of þe church •
to whome it longeth by deuocion •
to serue god with holle deffection •
and afferme hym mynister in clennesse •
by ensampell of dauid for all his worthynes •
Now ryse vp lord in to thy restynge place •
Aark off theyne holy halowed mancyon •
thou arke of wysdome of vertue and of grace •
kepe and defende in thy proteccion •
the meyre the shrenes3 and þe comons of this towne •
called in cronycles / whylome nuwe troye •
graunte them plente vertu honour and Ioye •
surge domine in requiem tuam tu •
et archa pantificacionis tue •
And for þat mekenes is avertu fayre •
worthy dauid with kynglye excellence •
In goodely wise hath made his repayre •
o noble mayre vnto your presence •
and to your highnes with frendly deligence •
this presaunte brougħt only for the best •
perpetually this towne to sett at rest •
Off purpos put this arke to your depos •
with good entent to mak your herte lyghte •
and the thre thynges which ther in be cloos •
shall giue to you konnynge grace and myghte •
ffor to gouerne / with wisdome pees and ryghte •
this noble cytie / and lawes such ordeyne •
that no man shall haue cause for to compleyne •
Notes
  1. Both Trinity R.3.20 and the EETS edition based on Trinity R.3.20 have "sang" here, which makes sense. However, the "a" glyph in this manuscript is created in an entirely different manner than the second glyph in the word here, which makes it more likely that it "songe." ↩
  2. similarly to elsewhere in the manuscript "Ephod" is bracketed on one side, in this case the left. ↩
  3. The other extant witness, Cambridge Trinity R.3.20, has "Citeseyns." ↩

The work on this manuscript witness was generously supported by a ZKS-Lendrum Fellowship in the Scientific Study of Manuscripts and Inscriptions at the Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at Durham University. The transcription of this work is owned by the editor and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. The images are (c) British Library Board (British Library Additional MS 29729) and rights are reserved.