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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
For quha vjiih christ crawis to co;«municat 25
The cairfull croce / mon carie as thair heid
be pane his passiouh / And participat
Suffer Inwy necessitie and neid
Duill and disdane, distres, dolour & dreid
And pacientlie pas ouir pis pilgramage 30
be pane to perfyt plesour to proceid
In hewine our harbrie, hame & heritage.
For as the maft misforme1 of muddie molde
be quhelling dois seir qualiteis acquyr
and grethid in gleid groves glorious gleting golde 35
Sa in afflichsiouh 2 as a fornace fyir
we ar preparde, be pruif to pe impyir
quhair god sic schreudA2 sail frome his sanctis dis-
sewi(r)
That hewin hes heir, and hence nane vp^r hyir
In wardlie welthe wrapte wpe to wo for ewir. 40
[p. 344] Quhair as the chossin be correctioun
as in the fyir, ar framed to his feir
bot ewir wz't^ sa fatherlie affectioufi
That in przzV paine his pitie dois appeir
And blist ar thay, dois sa pzzzV burdin beir 45
That fentis noo&t / bot fayt/zfull still ar found
And pacientlie in pruif dois perseweir
for ay the rod dois to p«zV rest redound.
To mak his mycht / and marcie manifest
god his peculiar propir pepill prewit 50
bot ay thair trublis turnit to the best
That constantlie / wntill his cuwnand clewit
Ewin so ar now / the godlie gretlie grewit
And lothsone 2 is pe lot of the elect
bot thay at lenthe / wzt£ ioye salbe relewit 55
That patientlie / his plesour dois expect
1 Interlined, and on margin.
2 Sic.