1In my litle bed Y souyte hym bi niytis, whom my soule loueth; Y souyte hym, and Y foond not.

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Proverbs 4:5, Proverbs 4:5, John 14:21, John 14:24, John 14:21

2I shal rise, and Y schal cumpasse the citee, bi litle stretis and large stretis; Y schal seke hym, whom my soule loueth; I souyte hym, and Y foond not.

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Ephesians 6:1, Ephesians 6:3, Ephesians 6:1, Ephesians 6:3, Proverbs 4:10

3Wakeris, that kepen the citee, founden me. Whether ye sien hym, whom my soule loueth?

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Proverbs 7:3, 2 Corinthians 3:3, Proverbs 7:3, 2 Corinthians 3:3, Hebrews 10:16

4A litil whanne Y hadde passid hem, Y foond hym, whom my soule loueth; Y helde hym, and Y schal not leeue hym, til Y brynge him in to the hous of my modir, and in to the closet of my modir.

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Luke 2:52, Luke 2:52, 1 Samuel 2:26, Romans 14:18, 1 Samuel 2:26

5Ye douytris of Jerusalem, Y charge you greetli, bi the capretis, and hertis of feeldis, that ye reise not, nether make to awake the dereworthe spousesse, til sche wole.

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Psalms 37:5, Psalms 37:5, Jeremiah 17:7, Jeremiah 17:8, Jeremiah 17:7

6Who is this womman, that stieth bi the deseert, as a yerde of smoke of swete smellynge spices, of mirre, and of encence, and of al poudur of an oynement makere?

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Proverbs 16:3, Proverbs 16:3, Psalms 32:8, Psalms 32:8, Philippians 4:6

7Lo! sixti stronge men of the strongeste men of Israel cumpassen the bed of Salomon; and alle thei holden swerdis,

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Job 28:28, Job 28:28, Romans 12:16, Romans 12:16, Proverbs 26:12

8and ben moost witti to batels; the swerd of ech man is on his hipe, for the drede of nyytis.

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Proverbs 4:22, Proverbs 4:22, Psalms 147:3, Psalms 147:3, Job 21:24

9Kyng Salomon made to hym a seete, of the trees of Liban;

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Deuteronomy 26:2, Deuteronomy 26:15, Deuteronomy 26:2, Deuteronomy 26:15, 1 Corinthians 16:2

10he made the pilers therof of siluer; he made a goldun restyng place, a stiyng of purpur; and he arayede the myddil thingis with charite, for the douytris of Jerusalem.

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Proverbs 19:17, Proverbs 19:17, Deuteronomy 28:8, Deuteronomy 28:8, Proverbs 11:24

11Ye douytris of Sion, go out, and se kyng Salomon in the diademe, bi which his modir crownede hym, in the dai of his spousyng, and in the dai of the gladnesse of his herte.

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Job 5:17, Job 5:17, Revelation 3:19, Hebrews 12:5, Hebrews 12:12