The fifty-first Psalm.
[Additional MS., No. 10,036, Brit. Mus., leaf 96, bk. [There is another copy of this Poem in Harl. MS. 3810, Part I.] ] (Twenty 4-measure stanzas of 8, abab abab.)
(1) MIserere mei deus, secundum magnam misericordiam tuam!
Mercy, god, of my mysdede!
For þi mercy þat mychel ys,
Late þi pite sprynge & sprede,
Off þi mercy þat I ne mys.
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Aftur gostliche grace I grede;
Good god! þou graunt me þis,
That I may lyue in loue & drede,
And neuer efter to do more amys.
Line 8
(2) Et secundum multitudinem miseracionum tuarum, dele iniquitatem meam.
And after þi mercies þat ben fele,
Lord, fordo my wickydnesse.
Ȝyue me grace to hyde & hele
The blamë of my bruchelnesse.
Line 12
Ȝif any sterynge on me stele,
Out of þe clos of þi clennesse
Wysse me, lord, in wo & wele,
And kepë me fram vnkyndnesse.
Line 16
(3) Amplius laua me ab iniquitate mea: & a peccato meo munda me.
