The Old and Middle English.
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| Ðen ever is trauth f right | f belief | |
| Ðat we leve with alle oure miht | ||
| Ðat oure louerd Jhu Crist in blis | ||
| Godes sone and man he his, | ||
| Gode of kinde of fadir kinned g werid biforn, | g begotten | |
| Man of kinde of moder into werld born, | ||
| Fulli God, fulli man livand | ||
| Of schilful h saule and mannes flesshe beand, | h reasonable | |
| Even to the Fadir þurght godhede, | ||
| Lesse þen Fader þurght manhede, | ||
| Ðat þof he be God and man, | ||
| Noght two þrwæþer i is, bot Crist an, | i still | |
| On, noht þurght wendinge k of Godhed in flesshe, | k changing | |
| Bot þurght takynge of manhede in godnesshe. | ||
| On al, noht be menginge of stayelness,l | l substance | |
| Bot þurht onhede of hode m þat is, | m person | |
| Ðat þoled n for oure hele, doun went til helle, | n suffered | |
| Ðe þred dai ros fro dede so felle, | ||
| Upstegh o til heven, sittes on right hand | o went up | |
| Of God Fadir alle mightand, | ||
| And yhit for to come is he | ||
| To deme þe quik and dede þat be, | ||
| Ate whos come alle men þat are | ||
| Sal rise with þaire bodies þare, | ||
| And yelde sal þai, nil þai ne wil, | ||
| Of þair awen p dedes il, | p own | |
| And þat wel haf doun þat dai | ||
| Sal go to lif þat lastes ai, | ||
| And ivel haf doun sal wende | ||
| In fire lastend withouten ende. | ||
| Ðis is þe trauht þat heli q isse, | q holy | |
| Whilk bot r ilkon with miht hisse | r unless | |
| Trewlic and fastlic trowe he, | ||
| Saufe ne mai he never be.[1] |
- ↑ Hickes has mangled some of the words in this piece, which I leave as he printed it. It is in his Thesaurus, i. 233.
