Cursor mundi (The cursur o the world). A Northumbrian poem of the XIVth century in four versions. Ed. by the Rev. Richard Morris ...

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London,: Pub. for the Early English text society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co.,

1874-93.

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"Cursor mundi (The cursur o the world). A Northumbrian poem of the XIVth century in four versions. Ed. by the Rev. Richard Morris ..." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/AJT8128.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.

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                    [S]uete iesu, at vndrin time,
                  
                    For vr sinnes, and noght for þine,
                  
                    þu suffrid a-bute þi hert,
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                    Of iuus þat war fell and strang,
                  
                    wid knotted skorges hard and lang,
                  
                    Dintes sare and smarte.
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                    þat ilke time þat i neuen,
                  
                    þu sent þi hali gast fra heuen
                  
                    To þine apostlis suete;
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                    þu send vs, lauerd! witt and will
                  
                    To mende vs of vr dedis ill,
                  
                    And fall þe to fete.
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                    Quen sinnes in vr herte er sene,
                  
                    wid ter of eie to clens þaim clene,
                  
                    And wid wanges wete,
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                    þat ai mai be vr comfort mast,
                  
                    þe suettnes of þe hali-gast,
                  
                    wid þi merci to mete.

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