On Good-Fryday, for mannes sake,

At ful tyme of the daye,

Ther thiself ne thi sone

No sorwe in deeth feledest,

But in oure secte was the sorwe,

And thi sone it ladde.

[Captivam duxit captivitatem.]

"The sonne for sorwe therof

Lees light of a tyme,

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