On hem evyr I have grett pety.
Contemplacio. Lo! sofreynes here ȝe have seyn,
In the temple of oure ladyes presentacion,
She was nevyr occapyed in thynges veyn,
But evyr besy in holy ocupacyon;
And we beseche ȝow of ȝoure pacyens,
That we pace these materes so lythly away,
If thei xulde be do with good prevydens,
Eche on wolde suffyce ffor an hoole day.
Now xal we precede to here dissponsacion,