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The Testament of John Lydgate:
Long Melford Verses

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Second Panel
Compare Witnesses:
We be [....]ed and moeued of [......]
[....] [....] [.....]souereynly to preyse1
[....] [.........] [....] [......] [..] [.........]
which2 [....] [.....] [....] [.....] [....] [...] [..] [.....]
[..] [...] [........] [....] [.....] [....] [..] [.....]
ageyn oure synnys3 weyed in [.......]
[....] [....] [...] [.....] shal [..] [............]
graunte or [..] [....] shrifte hosyll & repentance>
Notes
  1. Although the first portion of this line is entirely missing, enough remains of the line to discern the final three words. The “er” is “souereynly” is marked as an expansion because of the suspension mark over the u and “preyse” can be determined by the number of minims along the bottom line, although the descender that lays below the line in the “y” has been erased by the damage to the next line.
  2. The initial letter is obviously a “w” and the remains of the tittle over the “i” can be seen. Thus, the word is “which.”
  3. The terminal “s,” part of the last “y,” and part of the first “n” prior can be seen on the wall.