For thei leveden upon hym

That lyed in this manere:

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[Ponam pedem in aquilone, et similis ero altissimo.]

["And alle that hoped it myghte be so,]

Noon hevene myghte hem holde,

But fellen out in fendes liknesse

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Nyne dayes togideres,

Til God of his goodnesse