And by þat resoune þus dewly to haue
Mi godhede here, I hidde
In Marie modir myne, 250
For it schulde noȝt be kidde
To þe, nor to none of thyne.
22. Sattan. A! þis wolde I were tolde in ilke a toune.
So, sen þou sais God is thy sire,
I schall þe proue, be right resoune, 255
Þou motes His men into þe myre.