[Sidenote: [The 9^ne Met{ur}.]]
++O þou fadir creatour of heuene {and} of erþes þat gouernest þis worlde
by p{er}durable resou{n} þat comaundist þe tymes for to gon from tyme
þat age had[de] bygy{n}ny{n}g. þou þat dwellest þi self ay stedfast
{and} stable {and} ȝiuest alle oþer þinges to ben moeued. ne forein
causes necesseden þe neuer to co{m}poune werke of floterynge mater. but
only þe forme of souereyne goode y-set wiþ i{n}ne [þe] wiþ outen envie
þat moeued[e] þe frely. þou þat art alþerfairest beryng þe faire worlde
in þi þouȝt. formedest þis worlde to þe likkenesse semblable of þat
faire worlde in þi þouȝt. þou drawest alle þinges of þi souereyne
ensampler. {and} comaundedist þat þis worlde p{er}fitlyche ymaked haue
frely {and} absolut hyse p{er}fit parties. ¶ þou byndest þe elementȝ by
noumbres p{ro}porcionables. þat þe colde þinges mowen accorde wiþ þe
hote þinges. {and} þe drye þi{n}ges wiþ þe moyst þinges. þat þe fire þat
is purest ne fleye nat ouer heye. ne þat þe heuynesse ne drawe nat
adou{n} ouer lowe þe erþes þat ben plounged in þe watres. ¶ þou knyttest
to-gidre þe mene soule of treble kynde moeuyng alle þinges. {and}
diuidest it by membres accordynge. ¶ And whan it is þus diuided it haþ
assembled a moeuyng in two roundes. ¶ It goþ to to{ur}ne aȝein to hym
owen self. {and} environeþ a fulle deep þouȝt. {and} to{ur}niþ þe heuene
by semblable ymage. þou by eue{n}lyk causes enhau{n}sest þe soules {and}
þe lasse liues {and} ablynge hem heye by lyȝt[e] cartes. þou sewest hem
in to heuene {and} in to erþe. {and} whan þei ben conuertid to þe by þi
benigne lawe. ¶ þou makest hem retorne aȝeine to þe by aȝein ledyng
fijr. ¶ O fadir yif þou to þi þouȝt to stien vp in to þi streite sete.
{and} graunte [hym] to enviroune þe welle of good. {and} þe lyȝte
yfounde graunte hym to ficchen þe clere syȝtes of hys corage in þe.
¶ And scatre þou {and} to-breke [thow] þe weyȝtes {and} þe cloudes of
erþely heuynesse. {and} shyne þou by þi bryȝtnes. for þou art clernesse
þou art peisible to debonaire folke. ¶ þou þi self art bygy{n}ny{n}ge.
berere. ledere. paþ {and} t{er}me to loke on þe [þat] is oure ende.
_Glose._