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 June 11, 2024.

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QUEMADMODUM desiderat ceruus ad fontes aquarum: ita desiderat anima mea ad te deus. ¶ As the hert ȝernys till the welles of waters; swa my saule ȝernys til the, god. ¶ This psalme is of all perfit men. that ere brennand with the flaumme of godis luf, and passis in till contemplatife life. and therfore it is songen in the office of dede men: for than haf thai that thai ȝernyd, that is, the sight of god. forthi says he, as the hert, that has etyn the neddire, gretly ȝernys to cum til the welles of waters, forto drynk and wax ȝonge agayn. swa destroyd in me vices & vnclennes, my saule desires with brennand ȝerenynge to cum til the, god.