Volume 19 — Fragment Of Early English Poetry.

To Those Who Get Their Lyvyne By The Onest Craft Of Masonry.

Knele ye both ynge and olde,

And both yer hondes fayr upholde,

And say thenne yn thys manere,

Fayre and softe withouten bere;

Jhesu, Lord, welcome Thou be

Yn forme of bred as y The se;

Now Jhesu for Thyn holy name,

Schielde Thou me from synne and schame,

Schryff and hosel, grant me bo,

Ere that y schall hennus go.

—Christian Schools and Scholars.

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