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The day is comen of caitiffness,
.............................[wretchedness]
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All them to care that are unclean;
...........................[as a cause of distress to all who are unclean]
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The day of bale and bitterness,
............................. [agony]
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Full long abiden has it been;
...................................[expected for a very long time]
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The day of dread, to more and less,
.......................[great and small (important and unimportant)]
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Of ire, \care/ of trembling, and of teen,
...................[wrath ... torment]
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That ilk a wight that waried is
.................................[every accursed creature]
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[May say, 'Alas, this day is seen!']
...........................[that this day is here!]]