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.

LAUDA anima mea dominum, laudabo dominum in vita mea: psallam deo meo quamdiu fuero. ¶ My saule loue [S. U lord.] oure lord, .i. sall loue the lord in my life: .i. sall synge til my god als lange as .i. be. ¶ The purere part of mannys saule, that thynkis the wisdom of god. sees the sensualite be lettid in stiryngis of the warld. and thorgh couaitys be rauyst til vanyte, kallis it inward to loue god, and says. what thynge payes the swa in the warld that thi luf is swa scatird fra god. Gadire the til crist. thare is thi rest and thi sikirnes. stand with me & loue thi lord. it

answers, .i. may noght stand now bot febilly. bot .i. sall loue per|fitly my lord in my life. that is endles in heuen. and than .i. sall synge til him. als lange as .i. be. that is, withouten end. and ȝe that ere noght ȝit perfyt.