The english register of Godstow nunnery, near Oxford : written about 1450 / edited with an introduction by Andrew Clark.

[folio 9] Mayus.

xj	b	Kl	Philip and Iacob! maken mencyon [1. Philippus et Iacobus, Apost.]
	c	vj Ns	To god of us al in ȝoure good prayere.
xix	d	v Ns	Now, for the holy Crosse Inuencyon, [3. Inventio Crucis.]
viij	e	iiij Ns	Heuen blisse we axe for oure pension,
	f	iij Ns	Thorgh meryte of þy dyuyne Ascencion,
xvj	g	ii Ns	With þe helpe of Seynt Iohn at porte latyne. [6. Iohannes ante Portam Latinam.]

(19)

v	A	Nonas.	Now, glorious seynt Iohn of Beuerlay, [7. Iohannes de Beverlaco.]
	b	viij Ids	I pray þe hertely draw not a-bache:
xiij	c	vij Ids	Gadre us floures of heuenly maye,
ij	d	vj Ids	With martyrs Gordian and Epimache, [10. Gordianus et Epimachus, MM.]
	e	v Ids	And cureth þer-with oure grete soules ache.
x	f	iiij Ids	Now Nerei, Achille, And Pancrace, [12. Nereus, Achilleus, Pancratius, MM.]
	g	iij Ids	Seyth forȝeuenesse as of oure trespace.

(20)

xviij	A	ij Ids	Good seyntes! make ȝe al oure soules hole
vij	b	Idus.	A-ȝenst þe hyȝe fest as of Pentecost,
	c	xvij Kls	Þat we ben cladde in a snow-whyȝt stole
xv	d	xvj Kls	Thorgh þe vertue of þe holy goost.
iiij	e	xv Kls	He us comfort, þat is of myghtes moost,
	f	xiiij Kls	With þe holy prayers of seynt Dunston, [19. Depositio Dun|stani.]
xij	g	xiij Kls	For with-out hym forsoth wytte haue we noon.

(21)

j	A	xij Kls	God, þat is but one in persones thre,
	b	xj Kls	Holy Trynyte, with-oute begynnyng,
ix	c	x Kls	Sende us such grace þat we saued may be
	d	ix Kls	When we shal passe at þis lyues endyng.
xvij	e	viij Kls	Helpe us, Seynt Aldelme, for oure amendyng, [25. Depositio Ald|helmi.]
vj	f	vij Kls	With þe feste of corpus Christi; and Seynt Austyne, [26. Augustinus, An|glorum Apost.]
	g	vj Kls	Which þat taught us, to his feyth enclyne.

(22)

xiiij	A	v Kls	O þou blessid bysshop Seynt German, [28. Germanus, Ep. et O.]
iij	b	iiij Kls	I pray þe my petycyon fulfyl.
	c	iij Kls	I pray þe same as hertily as I can.
xj	d	ij Kls	Helpe us, gentil virgyn, Seynt Petronyl! [31. Petronilla, V.]