(3)
¶ "I had, on petyr and magdaleyne, pite
For the gret constrent of there contricion; [folio 85b]
Gayne thomas Indès incredulite,
he put hys [hand] [A word is here lost.] depe in my side adowne;
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Rolle up thys mater, graue it in thy reson;
Sith I am kynd, why art þou so vnstable?
My blod, best triacle for thy tran[s]gression;
Whi art thow froward, sith I am merciáble?
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(4)
¶ "Thynk, a-gayne pride, on myn humilete;
Ren to scole, record well thys lesson;
Gayn fals enuy, thynk on my charite,
My blode all spilt by distillacïon;
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whi did I thys? to safe the fro prisoune;
afforne thyn hert, hang thys lityll table,
Swetter than bawme gayn all gostly poyson;
Be þow not froward, sith I am merciáble."
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¶ "lord, on synfull knelyng on ther knee,
Thi deth remembryng of humble affeccion,
O ihesu, grant of thy benignite,
That tho .v. wellys ple[n]teuose of fuyson,
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Callyd thy .v. wowndis by computacion,
May wach in vs all surfetis réproueáble.
Now, for thy moders meke meditacion,
At hyr request, be to us merciáble." [NOTES.—L. 11, Nailys Thre, because one was put through the two feet, and one through each hand. L. 19, Thomas Indes:— Thomas was said in old legends to have preached in India; see "The Complaynt of Criste" in this volume, l. 58, and Piers Plowman (vol. ii. p. 405, l. 13283), "Thaddee and ten mo: with Thomas of Inde."]
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