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20 :and vnto Sathan cleaue. What wight woulde Gods good benefites
 * o lightly nowe eteme,

Which ent his Chrit into the worlde
 * from hell vs to redeme.

Who by his might did vanquihe inne
 * and layed Sathan wate:

By whole dere death eternall lyfe,
 * his flocke hall urely tate,

His loue to vs his creatures did,
 * in ample wie excede:

When by the paynes of paynefull death
 * to aue us he decrede.

What durat harte or elly bret
 * coulde finde Chrifte to repaye:

With uch contempte as did thee ymphes
 * which here beholde ye may.

What matrones harte woulde hyde the kyll,
 * of Nature that meke dame:

And toyle by uch vngodly artes
 * to extinquihe cleane the ame.

I meane if God houlde ende encreae,
 * and multiply her ede:

Woulde he frequent it to detroy,
 * by wicked meanes in dede.

I think no tender harte coulde finde,
 * an infantes bloude to pill:

Nor yet no poued wife I thinke,
 * her hubande dere woulde kyll

Sith that by witchcraft witches ve
 * all euilles to equet: