Hoccleve's works. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.

(11) the aungeles song on pask day.

[5 stanzas of 7 lines each, ababb, cc.]

(1)

HOnurèd be thu, Ihesu saueour, [folio 100] Line 1 Þat for mankendë were do on the rode; And þerto woldest do vs þat honure, To fede vs with thi flesche & with thi bloode. was neuere to vs fleschë halfe so goode; Line 5

Line 5 ffor wonderly oure ioyes it doth renewe. honured be thu, blissed lord Ihesu! Line 7

(2)

Whan thu were died, to hellë þou descended, Line 8 And fette hem owt þat [longe] lay there in peyne; ffor be thi deth, oure mis was alle a-mended. The thrid day, thu a-roos to lyffe a-geyne With highe tryumphe, & ioyë souereyn: Line 12 As champioun [the chef] of hie vertue, Honured be þou, blissed lord Ihesu! Line 14

(3)

The grevous iourney þat thu took on hande, Line 15 hath clerly maad, to eueri wight appere, In sothfastnesse to see & vnderstonde,— To þat only was thi talent & thi chiere So suffisaunt, lo,—that oure raunsoum were Line 19 Superhabundaunt over þat was due; Honured be thu, blisseful lord Ihesu! Line 21

(4)

On thursday, a noble soper þou made, Line 22 Where thu ordeyned first thi sacrament; But muchë more it doth oure hertës glade, The worthi dyner of this day present, In which þou schewest thi self omnipotent, Line 26 Rising from deth to lyve, it is ful trewe: Honured be thu, blisful lord Ihesu! Line 28

(5)

Now for this festë schal we say the graces, Line 29 And worthi is, with alle oure diligence, And thank the here, & [eke] in allë places, Of thi ful bountevous benevolence, Thi myght, thi grace, thi souereyn excellence: Line 33 Thu art the ground & welle of alle vertue: Honured be thu, blisfull lord Ihesu! [folio 100b] Line 35