¶ For whi, synne haþ us þoruȝ souȝt;
Þer-fore ameende þou oure entent
To þe doom or we bee brouȝt!
Do mercy bifore þi iugement.
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We axe þi mercy, þou heuenli king, [page 55]
For þou art lord of ech degre;
Of erþe þou madist oure bigynnynge,
And aftir with spirit enspirid us free.
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¶ Wiþ trees and gras þou ȝaf us growinge,
Wiþ beestis, feelinge lijf haue we,
And with aungils we haue vndirstondinge,
And þerbi we schulden know þee.
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Þou baddist þat alle schulde multiplie,
But we ben fals & necligent:
For we may not hide us from þin iȝe,
Do merci bifore þi iugement.
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Þou baddist us axe merci, & we schulden haue;
It dooþ us coumfort on þee to calle,
Þou hast ordeined man to saue,
For þi merci passiþ þi werkis alle.
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¶ Þi herte blood for us þou ȝaue,
Þou madist us free where we were þralle:
Lete neuere þe feend oure soulis craue
Þat waischen was in þin holi welle!
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¶ Oure fleisch is freel, it makiþ us falle,
Wiþ grace [page 56] we risen & schulen repente;
And in hope of þee we schal:
Haue merci to-fore thi iugement.
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We axe mercy bi riȝtwijsnes,
For þi biheest is al oure riȝt,
And of þi greet kindenes
Þou hast mercy to us bihiȝt.
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