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.

5. Persequatur inimicus animam meam & comprehendat, & conculcet in terra vitam meam: & gloriam meam in puluerem deducat. ¶ The enmy folow my saule and take it [S. U om.] , & tred in erth my lyf: and my ioy brynge in til dust. ¶ That is at say: if .i. ȝeldid ill, noght anly be i made ydel, bot alswa the deuel, that is enmy til all man kynd, folow my saule, eggand til synne: and take it. that is. desaif it thurgh delite and assent. and tred my lyf in erth. that is tredand my lyf make it erthly and his mete. for synful mannys lif is the deuels mete, & my ioy, that sould be in my con|sciens, stabile in godis syght; brynge he in til dust. that is till vayn glorye and louynge of men. he will that his ioy be withinen thare god sees, for it is bot dust if he ioy in any thynge withouten.