The Middle English charters of Christ ...

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The Middle English charters of Christ ...
Author
Spalding, Mary Caroline, 1877-
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[Baltimore,: J. H. Furst company, printers,
1914]
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English poetry
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"The Middle English charters of Christ ..." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/AFW1075.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2025.

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Siant [Thus the MS.] presentes & futuri &c [folio 6b]
Wittnes now al that bene here And eftere schall be leve and dere That I ihesus of nazareth ffor the loue of mane than tholed deth Apon the crose with woundes fyve Line 5 Qwan I was yn e[r]th of lyve
Dedi & Concessi
I haue gyue and mad a graunte To all that askes now with repentans Heuenys blis with-outtyn endynge Als longe as I ame euer ther kenge Line 10 I aske no more of the for my smertte Bot the trew loue mane al of th[i] herte And that þou lyve yn charite And loue thi newghpure als I do the This is the rent thu schall geue me Line 15 Als for the cheyff lord al of the ffee Line 16 With sore woundis & grevanse Line a Thi loue I bought with scheld & launce Line b Gyve my mane will sai nowe Line 17 That I ne died for manes prowe Or manes saule schuld be lorne Ofte I wold be al too-torne Line 20
hijs Testibus [folio 7a]
Wittnes the day turnned too noghtte The sone withdrew his lightte Wittnes the erth that gane quake And stoñnes grete that gane brake Wittnes the wale that gane ryve Line 25 And mene that rose frome deth to lyue Wittnes my moder & sain[t] Iohn And vder that wer ther mony one
[In cujus rei testimonium] [Hardly legible.]
Y[n] Wit[tn]es of the sam[e] thynge My-selue on crosse al blody I hynge Line 30 And ȝitte for [more] s[i]kirnese The wound yn my herte the celle it [i]s D[a]ta This was gyuyne at Caluerye The firste day of gret mercye [Carta Redemcionis Humane [The words, Min harte life and dere are scribbled below in a different hand.] ] Line 34
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