To thee, and to the philosophical [Strode],
To vouchen sauf, ther nede is, to corecte,
Of your benignitees and zeles gode.
1860
And to that sothfast Crist, that starf on rode,
With al myn herte of mercy ever I preye;
And to the lord right thus I speke and seye:
[267]. Thou oon, and two, and three, eterne on-lyve,
That regnest ay in three and two and oon,
1865