The Psalter, or Psalms of David and certain canticles / with a translation and exposition in English by Richard Rolle of Hampole ; ed. from manuscripts by the Rev. H. R. Bramley ... With an introduction and glossary.

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The Psalter, or Psalms of David and certain canticles / with a translation and exposition in English by Richard Rolle of Hampole ; ed. from manuscripts by the Rev. H. R. Bramley ... With an introduction and glossary.
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Oxford :: Clarendon press,
1884.
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Bible. -- O.T. -- English (Middle English) -- 1884.
Bible. -- O.T. -- Latin. -- 1884.
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"The Psalter, or Psalms of David and certain canticles / with a translation and exposition in English by Richard Rolle of Hampole ; ed. from manuscripts by the Rev. H. R. Bramley ... With an introduction and glossary." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/AJF7399.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 31, 2024.

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VSQUEQUO domine obliuisceris me in finem: vsquequo auertis faciem tuam a me. ¶ How lange lord forgettis thou me in the endynge; how lange away turnes thou thi face fra me: ¶ The voice of haly men, that couaitis & ȝernys the comynge of ihū crist, that thai myght lif with him in ioy. & plenand thaim of delaiynge says, lord how lange forgetis thou me; in the endynge that i. couaite to haf and hald. that is, how lange delays thou me fra the syght of ihū crist, that is right endynge of myn entent: and how lange turnes thou thi face fra me. that is when will thou gif me perfite knawynge of the. this wordis may nan say sothly bot a perfit man or womman, that has gedird to gedire all the desires of thaire saule, and with the naile of luf festid thaim in ihū crist: swa that thaim thynke an oure of the day ware ouere lange to dwell fra him, for thaim langis ay til him. bot an that lufis noght swa has na langynge that he come: for thaire consciens says thaim that thai haf noght lufid him as thai sould doe.

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