[Sidenote: Belshazzar is beaten to death, and caught by the heels, is foully cast into a ditch.] Baltaȝar i{n} his bed watȝ beten to deþe, Þat boþe his blod & his brayn blende on þe cloþes; 1788 The ky{n}g i{n} his cortyn watȝ kaȝt bi þe heles, Feryed out bi þe fete & fowle dispysed; Þat watȝ so doȝty þat day & drank of þe vessayl, Now is a dogge al so dere þat in a dych lygges; 1792 [Sidenote: Darius is crowned king, and makes peace with the barons.] For þe mayst{er} of þyse medes on þe morne ryses, Dere daryo{us} þat day dyȝt vpon trone, Þat ceté seses ful sou{n}de, & saȝtly{n}g makes Wyth alle þe barou{n}ȝ þ{er}-aboute, þat bowed hy{m} aft{er}. 1796 [Sidenote: Thus the land was lost for the king’s sin.] & þ{us} watȝ þat londe lost for þe lordes sy{n}ne, & þe fylþe of þe freke þat defowled hade Þe orne-mentes of goddeȝ ho{us} þat holy were maked; [Sidenote: He was cursed for his uncleanness, and deprived of his honour, as well as of the joys of heaven.] He watȝ corsed for his vn-cla{n}nes, & cached þ{er}-i{n}ne, 1800 Done dou{n} of his dy{n}gneté for dedeȝ vnfayre, & of þyse worldes worchyp wrast out for eu{er}, & ȝet of lyky{n}ges on lofte letted, I trowe, [Sidenote: Thus in three ways has it been shown, that uncleanness makes God angry.] To loke on oure lofly lorde late bitydes. 1804 Þus vpon þry{n}ne wyses I haf yow þro schewed, Þat vn-cla{n}nes to-cleues i{n} corage dere Of þat wy{n}nelych lorde þat wonyes i{n} heuen, Entyses hy{m} to be tene, telled[92] vp his wrake; 1808 [Sidenote: Cleanness is His comfort.] Ande cla{n}nes is his comfort, & coyntyse he louyes, [Sidenote: The seemly shall see his face.] & þose þat seme arn & swete schy{n} se his face. [Sidenote: God give us grace to serve in His sight!] Þat we gon gay i{n} oure gere þat g{ra}ce he v{us} sende, Þat we may serue i{n} his syȝt, þ{er} solace neu{er} bly{n}neȝ. Amen. [Sidenote 68: _þing_ (?).] [Sidenote 69: _þore_ (?).] [Sidenote 70: MS. þe þe.] [Sidenote 71: MS. sev{er}ed.] [Sidenote 72: MS. _glolde_ (?).] [Sidenote 73: MS. i{e}s{u}r{a}l{e}m.] [Sidenote 74: MS. _fo_.] [Sidenote 75: _ful_ (?).] [Sidenote 76: _ferlyke_ (?).] [Sidenote 77: Looks like _louflych_.] [Sidenote 78: ? _bryȝte_.] [Sidenote 79: MS. īs.] [Sidenote 80: MS. ler{n}s.] [Sidenote 81: MS. _strof_.] [Sidenote 82: _bede_ (?).] [Sidenote 83: _lance_ (?).] [Sidenote 84: _be_ (?).] [Sidenote 85: MS. _as as_.] [Sidenote 86: ? _panne_.] [Sidenote 87: _loued_ (?).] [Sidenote 88: MS. _hatȝ sende hatȝ sende_.] [Sidenote 89: MS. _cloler_.] [Sidenote 90: _blaykned_ (?)] [Sidenote 91: MS. _myȝt_.] [Sidenote 92: _telles_ (?).] NOTES: _Cleanness_. P. 37.