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Mankynde to delyver ont of this luorldly payne

And bryng-e hym to thejoye o/tlie celestyall place, 3o

God in his mother toke nature humayne.

Who dysprayseth Women, God sende hym no grâce.

The Man.

9. For Woman was slayne the worthy prynce Amon ; The love of them causeth moche dyspleasurc.

By Woman was dyceyved the sage Salomon, 3 5

Whiche by the meane of them f aise y dois dyd adoure.

The Woman.

10. That Woman is moost replète nnth grâce, By good reason I shall prove playne.

For God in Woman fyrst toke his place

Whan into this n^orlde he came certayne. 40

The Man.

1 1. Vyrgyll, the sage clerke of great intellygence, Betrayed ruas by Woman, as wrytenye may fynde : Trustynge in her grâce, in every mannes présence, Was tyed at a luyndotpe, tyll mcn dyd hym unbynde.

The Woman.

12. God to us by Woman Paradyse hath restored, qô That before was loste by our great neglygence.

And above ail sayntes hyghly hath honored Mary, his mother, Woman of moost excellence.

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