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

In manus tuas, & cetera.
In-to þi handes, lorde! I take my soule, Line 225 Whom þou boughtist with þi bittur passion. Assoyle me, for seynt petur and poule, And al þi seyntis supplicacion; And, by þe vertu of þis confession, Line 229 Saue me fro payne and fro þe fende, And bring me to blis þat hath none ende. Line 231
Pro graciis Agendis.
Afore mete, and aftir, gracias say we, Line 232 Thankyng þe, lorde! of al þi grete grace; And for al þi ȝiftes blessid mote þou be, Of mete, of drynke, and oþer solace: At al due tymes, and in euery place, Line 236 Thyne almes is redy to riche and pore: Euer blessid þou be, good lorde! þerfore. Line 238
Retribuere dignare. & cetera.
Lorde, þat ȝeuest us many þinges, Line 239 Rewarde to al oure benefactours, To al oure frendes, and wel wyllynges, Thy reste of heuen, after þer labours. Graunt us al þyne helpe and socours, Line 243 As ofte as we pray þi mercy and grace, While þat we lyue in þis short space. Line 245
[folio 6b] Anime omnium fidelium defunctorum, et cetera.
And al þe soules now paste byfore, Line 246 Abydyng þi mercy in payneful place, Suffre þem, lorde! be payned nomore; But send þem soon þi fauour and grace, That þei may come before þi face, Line 250 And sey gracias þere byfore þe. Amen, lorde! amen! so mote hit be! Line 252
Explicit.

[Kalendar: (i) lunar, (ii) dominical, (iii) Roman, (iv) church.]

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The english register of Godstow nunnery, near Oxford : written about 1450 / edited with an introduction by Andrew Clark.
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London :: Pub. for the Early English Text Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,
1911 [i.e.1905-11.]

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