That ȝe may have to the place of dampnacyon.
Now, brothyr in God, syth we have intellygens,
That oure Lord is ny come to this ceté,
To attend upon hys precyous presens,
It syttyth to us, as semyth me.
Wherfore to mete with hym now go we,
I wold fere no thynge we where to late;
To the ceté-ward fast drawyth he,
Me semyth he is ny at the gate.
Here spekyth the iiij. ceteseyngs, the fyrst thus seyng,