16. Erit firmamentum in terra in summis moncium, super extolletur super libanum fructus eius: & florebunt de ciuitate sicut fenum terre. ¶ He salbe festenynge in erth in hiest of hilles, ouer salbe liftid aboven liban the fruite of hym: & thai sal florisch of the cite as hay of erth. ¶ Thai lvve & loves him, & forthi he salbe festeninge til thaim, that is, thorugh him thai sal be faste & stable in this life, & soe thai are in heighest of hilles, that is, in contemplatif life. & in auctorite of haly write, that thai faul nought intil the dale of errours: & his fruite, that is, his lovers salbe heighed aboven liban. that is, abovne all the heighnes of earth, & thai that are of the citte of babyloun, that is, thas that loves this worlde, sal florishe as hay, that is, thai sal have schort ioye & lang sorowe.
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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- 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.