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| And wyþ gode beleve myghte Beye | ||
| Þe hylles to turne ym to þe valeye, | ||
| L̄yf hyt ne be wyþ charyte wroghte, | ||
| Elles, he seyþ þat y am noghte. | ||
| Þogh y ʓyve alle my wurldes gode | ||
| Unto pore mennys fode, | ||
| And ʓyve my body for to brenne | ||
| Opunly oþer men to kenne,d | d teach | |
| But ʓyf e þar be charyte wyþ alle, | e unless. | |
| My mede þarfore shal be ful smalle.’ | ||
| Loke now how many godenesse þer are | ||
| Wyþ oute charyte noghte but bare. | ||
| Wylt þou know þy self, and se | ||
| L̄yf þou wone f in charyte? | f dwell | |
| ‘Charyte suffreþ boþe gode and yl, | ||
| And charyte ys of reuful wyl, | ||
| Charyte haþ noun envye, | ||
| And charyte wyl no felunnye; | ||
| Charyte ys nat irus, | ||
| And charyte ys nat coveytous; | ||
| Charyte wyl no bostful preysyng; | ||
| He wyl noʓhte but ryʓtwys þyng; | ||
| Charyte loveþ no fantome, | ||
| No þynges þat evyl may of come; | ||
| He haþ no joye of wykkednes, | ||
| But loveþ alle þat sothefast g es; | g truthful | |
| Alle godenes he up bereþ; | ||
| Alle he suffreþ, and noun he dereþ,h | h harms | |
| Gode hope he haþ yn ryghtewys þyng. | ||
| And alle he susteyneþ to þe endyng; | ||
| Charyte ne fayleþ noghte, | ||
| Ne no þyng þat wyþ hym ys wroghte. | ||
| When alle prephecyes are alle gone, | ||
| And alle tunges are leyde echone, | ||
| And alle craftys fordo i shul be, | i ruined | |
| Þan lasteþ stedfast charyte.’[1] |
- ↑ In these twenty-two lines there are thirteen French words, not counting repetitions; in our Version of 1611, there are but twelve French words in the same passage.
