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

[folio 12b] December.

xiij	f	Kl	As a-ȝenst oure lordes Secund aduent
[ij]	g	iiij N^s	So at domes day þat we be not shent.

(49)

	A	iij N^s	A! lord Ihesu Christ! to þe now I cry,
x	b	ij N^s	Whome þis þat we we [Misreading, for 'Whome 'tis that we offend.'] offende with synnes, Alas!
	c	Nonas.	Lord! haue mercy, for þy moder mary,
xviij	d	viij Id^s	And also for þe loue of Seynt Nicholas. [6. Nicolaus, Abbas.]
vij	e	vij Id^s	As truly, lord! as she þy moder was
	f	vj Id^s	Kepte from fylthed in her Concepcyon, [8. Conceptio B.V.M.]
xv	g	v Id^s	Wassh us from synne with þy swete passyon.

(50)

iiij	A	iiij Id^s	Saue, lord! þy blessid spowse, holy church,
	b	iij Id^s	From erroures and heresyes þat doon spryng;
xij	c	ij Id^s	And tech with feyth truly for to wurch,
j	d	Idus.	With deuoute Seynt Lucy, þyn own derlyng. [13. Lucia, V. et M.]
	e	xix Kl^s	Graunt us þyne hert as for to ioye and syng,
ix	f	xviij Kl^s	With al oþer seyntes in þy presence,
	g	xvij Kl^s	Thy worthy so grete song, O sapience. [16. O Sapientia!]

(51)

xvij	A	xvj Kl^s	Kepe al þy peple which þat ben on lyue,
vj	b	xv Kl^s	Them especyal þat I haue of mynd,
	c	xiiij Kl^s	And al good sowles þat with þy woundes fyue
xiiij	d	xiij Kl^s	Whoom hit pleasith þe from peynes vnbynde.
iij	e	xij Kl^s	Graunt us for to be with Thomas of ynde. [21. Thomas, Ap.]
	f	xj Kl^s	A curyous caral þis Crystemasse
xj	g	x Kl^s	As to syng nowel when þat we hens passe.

(52)

xix	A	ix Kl^s	Lo! now ys come þe moost glorious feste,
	b	viij Kl^s	The holy Natyuyte of oure lorde. [25. Nativitas Domini.]
viij	c	vij Kl^s	Goode Stephen, make us al, moste and leste, [26. Stephanus, Protomartyr.]
	d	vj Kl^s	With Seynt Iohn, in vertues to acorde [27. Iohannes, Ap. et Evang.]
xvj	e	v Kl^s	That we may sitte at Innocentes borde, [28. Innocentes, MM.]
v	f	iiij Kl^s	With Thomas of Caunturbury, oure frende. [29. Thomas, Archiep. et M.]
	g	iij Kl^s	Now saue us, fader! with, oure flessh, þy worde,
xiij	A	ij Kl^s	For Seynt Siluester loue, at oure laste ende. [31. Silvester, P. et Conf.]

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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 24
Publication: London :: Pub. for the Early English Text Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1911 [i.e.1905-11.]

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