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

[folio 9b] Iunius.

	e	Kl	Also, Seynt Nichomede! I pray þy good wille. [1. Nicomedes, M.]
xix	f	iiij N^s	Teche me ȝoure daunce, Marcellyne and petre! [2. Marcellinus et Petrus, MM.]
viij	g	iij N^s	To whom I syng with þis sympul metre.

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xvj	A	ij N^s	I cry vn-to ȝow now, al on a rowe,
v	b	Nonas.	In special to martyr Boneface [5. Bonifacius et socii.]
	c	viij Id^s	With al þi felowes, both hyȝe and lowe,
xiij	d	vij Id^s	That ȝe gete to us repentaunce and space.
ij	e	vj Id^s	Medard and Gildard, now where is ȝour grace? [8. Medardus et Gildardus.]
	f	v Id^s	Prayeth for oure synnes, with [Seynt Edmund], [9. Translatio Ed\|mundi, R. et M.]
x	g	iiij Id^s	And aftur þis lyfe to haue þe secund.

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	A	iij Id^s	Now, blessid Seynt Barnard [Sic in MS.] ! for us þou pray, [11. Barnabas, Apost.]
xviij	b	ij Id^s	With þe good Batylde [Sic in MS.] , þe martyr and preste, [12. Basilides, M.]
vij	c	Idus.	That we be cloþed al in ȝoure aray,
	d	xviij Kl^s	Where as he sitteth at his ryal feste.
xv	e	xvij Kl^s	Kepe ȝoue, now I pray ȝoue, Vite and Modeste, [15. Vitus et Mo\|destus.]
iiij	f	xvj Kl^s	Cyryce and Iulytte, kepe us fro þe wulfe; [16. Ciricus et Iulitta, MM.]
	g	xv Kl^s	And lyght oure goost eclipsed, Seynt Botulfe. [17. Botulphns, Abbas.]

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xij	A	xiiij Kl^s	Prayeth for us, Marcellyan and Marke, [18. Marcus et Mar\|cellianus.]
j	b	xiij Kl^s	Wyth Geruase and Prothase, martyrs ylkone. [19. Gervasius et Prothasius.]
	c	xij Kl^s	This world now, Seynt Edward! wexyth darke, [20. Translatio Ed\|wardi, R. et M.]
ix	d	xj Kl^s	For oure ynward syght ys al-most a-gone.
	e	x Kl^s	Lede us, oure first martyr, Seynt Albone. [22. Albanus, Proto\|martyr Angliae.]
xvij	f	ix Kl^s	Etheldrede of Ely, I pray now helpe me, [23. Etheldreda, V.]
vj	g	viij Kl^s	Wyth Seynt Iohn Baptist þe natiuite. [24. Nativitas Iohan\|nis Bapt.]

(26)

	A	vij Kl^s	Bryng us mydsomer of heuenly blys,
xiiij	b	vj Kl^s	I pray ȝow, martyrs both, Paule and Iohn; [26. Iohannes et Paulus, MM.]
iij	c	v Kl^s	Wherof gladsom myrth we shal not mys,
	d	iiij Kl^s	For þat Leo pope endureth al one. [28. Leo.]
xj	e	iij Kl^s	Now Petre and Paule, I trist ȝow vpon; [29. Petrus et Paulus, Apost.]
	f	ij Kl^s	And Seynt Paule þi commemoracyon. [30. Commemoratio Pauli.]

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Title: The english register of Godstow nunnery, near Oxford : written about 1450 / edited with an introduction by Andrew Clark.
Author: Godstow nunnery.
Canvas: Page 18
Publication: London :: Pub. for the Early English Text Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1911 [i.e.1905-11.]

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