Evyr clene in chastyté.
XI. THE SALUTATION AND CONCEPTION.
Contemplacio. ffowre thowsand sex undryd foure ȝere I telle,
Man ffor his offens and ffowle foly,
Hath loyn ȝeres in the peynes of helle,
And were wurthy to ly therin endlesly.
But thanne xulde perysche ȝour grete mercy,
Good Lord, have on man pyté,
Have mende of the prayour seyd by Ysaie,