Hymns to the Virgin & Christ, the Parliament of devils, and other religious poems.

Whanne þou were in þraldom þrong, And turmentid with many a iewe, Line 28 ¶ Whanne blood and watir were out wrong, For beetinge was þi bodi blewe; As a clot of clay þou were for-clonge, So deed in þrouȝ þanne men þee þrewe. Line 32 ¶ But grace of þi graue grew; Þou roos up quik coumfort to us. For hir loue þat þis councel knewe, So be my coumfort, crist ihesus. Line 36
Ihesu, sooþfast god and man, [page 22] Two kindis knyt in oon persone, Þe wondir werk þat þou bigan Þou hast fulfillid in fleisch & bone. Line 40 ¶ Out of þis world wiȝtli þou wan, Liftynge up þi silf a-loone; For myȝtili þou roos, & ran Streiȝt vnto þi fadir in trone. Line 44 ¶ Now dare man make no more moone; For man it is þou wrouȝte þus, And god wiþ man is maade at oone, So be my coumfort, crist ihesus. Line 48
¶ Ihesu crist, holi and hende, Þat beerde was blessid þat bare þee, Aftir hir whanne þou gan sende, In heuene blis wiþ þee to bee. Line 52 ¶ Out of þis worlde whanne sche wende, Boþe bodi & soule were sett in see Hiȝer þan ony of [of in margin.] aungelis kinde, In troone a-fore þe trynyte. Line 56 ¶ Þere may þe sone his modir se [page 23] In heuene an hiȝ to helpen us; Þou peerless princes, praie for me! And be my coumfort, crist ihesus. Line 60
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Title
Hymns to the Virgin & Christ, the Parliament of devils, and other religious poems.
Author
Furnivall, Frederick James, ed. 1825-1910,
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Publication
London,: Pub. for the Early English text society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co.,
1867, reprinted 1895.
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English poetry
Religious poetry, English.

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