She blesseth hir, and with ful pitous voys
Un-to the croys of Crist thus seyde she, 450
‘O clere, o welful auter, holy croys,
Reed of the lambes blood full of pitee,
That wesh the world fro the olde iniquitee,
Me fro the feend, and fro his clawes kepe,
That day that I shal drenchen in the depe. 455
451. E. woful; _rest_ welful, wilful, weleful. 453. E. wesshe; Cm.
wesch; Pt. wessh.
Victorious tree, proteccioun of trewe,
That only worthy were for to bere
The king of heven with his woundes newe, (360)
The whyte lamb, that hurt was with the spere,
Flemer of feendes out of him and here 460
On which thy limes feithfully extenden,
Me keep, and yif me might my lyf tamenden.’