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(3) Cantus peregrinorum. [folio 29]
[5 stanzas of 7 lines each, ababb, cc.]
(1)
Honowred be thu, blissed lord on hye,
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That of the blisful maydë were I-bore,
That with thi deth us boughtist myght[i]ly:
Thin ownë flesch and blood, þou gaue us fore,
And for us suffred peynës wonder sore,
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Bothe foot and hand [i]nayled to the rode,
And bledest alle thin veray hert[es] bloode!
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(2)
Honowred be thu, fadir souereigne,
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That vowchedsaff suche raunsom [us] to sende
Thin ownë lovëd sone to suffre peyne,
Oure mysease & myschief [for] to amende!
Thu holigost, þat art withowt[en] ende,
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With fadier & sone, one god in trinite,
ffor euere honured be thi maieste!
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(3)
And thu, [o] blisful maide & modier mylde,
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Thu lady, qween of heven, emperice,
Whom Ihesu chees; and as thi ownë childe
Thow bare, his veray modiere & noryce,
Thu floure of vertue, modiere of delice,
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Thu toure of trist, and [trew] tresoure of grace,
honowred mote thu be in euery place!
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(4)
Honowred be þou, blissed lord Ihesu,
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Suche grace and mercy have we found in the;
Suche godlihede, suche myght & suche vertue,
Whil þat we in purgátory haue be!
Of alle oure peynes, relesed now be we,
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Wich long[ë] tyme we have a-byden inne,
But wonder schort, in régard of oure synne,
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(5)
With whiche we have the souereyn blisfulheed
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fful grevously displeasyd & offended, [folio 29b]
