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.

8. Postula a me & dabo tibi gentes hereditatem tuam: & possessionem tuam terminos terre. ¶ Ask of me and i sall gif til the genge thin heritage: and thi possession terms of erth. ¶ Thou ert my son by kynd as nan other is. forthi ask of me. that is, be boxsum, suffrand and dyand. that thou may swa aske with dede. this askynge fallis til his manhed. in the whilke he dyed for vs. and that is that he says. and .i. sall gif till the genge. the whilke ware hathen men, bot now ere cristen men, thin heritage. the whilke thou sall til & make to bere goed froit. in lyf withouten end: and thou sall rest and delite the in thaim as in fre heritage. and .i. sall gif termes of

erth, that is, the halnes of all creaturis thi possession, the whilke thou weldis with me as god. ȝe wate wele that the termes of the erth beltis [S bynden.] in all the erth. And forthi when he says that he gifs him the termes. he will that we wit that he [S. U om.] gifs all that is withinen tha termes: noght that we trou that all men sall be safe. bot that of all manere of men he chesis whilk he will.