The minor poems of the Vernon ms. ... (with a few from the Digby mss. 2 and 86) ...

Horstmann, Carl, b. 1851., Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910.

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[XIX. Patris Sapiencia sive Horae de Cruce.]

^*So the title in Index.

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PAtris sapiencia, veritas diuina

deus homo factus est hora matutina,

A notis discipulis cito derelictus,

A Iudeis traditus, venditus, afflictus.

v. Adoramus te, criste, & benedicimus tibi, Quia per crucem tuam redemisti mundum.

[Oremus] D[omi]ne Ihesu criste, fili dei viui, qui pro nobis reis passionem in cruce ad mortem pie sustulisti, ob nostram vitam redimendam: In iudicio futuro animabus nostris & in hora mortis nostre succurrere digneris; prestando viuis misericordiam & graciam, defunctis veniam & requiem, ecclesie pacem et con|cordiam, & peccatoribus vitam & gloriam sempiter|nam. Qui uivis & regnas deus þer omnia secula seculorum. amen.

Erliche in þe morwenyng : Ihesu þe Iewes gunne take,

His frendes and his diciples : Hedden him sone forsake;

Þei blyndfelden him and Boffeteden : And al niht heold him wake:

And al soffrede swete Ihesu : ffor monkunne sake

Þat sorwe.

How may I for-ȝete Ihesu : At Euen or at Mor[w]e?

v[ers.] Crist, honoured mote þou be,

Þat bouhtest al þe world on tre!

or[emus.] Lord Ihesu, godus sone : Þat synful mon wolt not tyne, Page 38

Bi-twenen vr soules and þi dom : Puttest þe in hard pyne:

Þi Cros, þi Deþ now and euere : And at vre endyng-tyme

Graunte liuynde men : Grace and Merci þyne;

To dede, reste and pardoun;

To Churche, pes, loue in londe; : To sunful, contricioun.

v[ers.] Cristes passion, heuene kyng,

Bring us to blisse þat is wiþ-outen endyng.

HOra prima ductus est Ihesus ad pilatum,

ffalsis testimoniis tradunt accusatum,

In Collo percuciunt manibus ligatum,

Vultum dei conspuunt, lumen deo gratum.

v. Adoramus te, criste, & benedicimus tibi, Quia per crucem tuam redemisti mundum.

At prime crist þe Iewes : Bi-fore Pilat gunne drawe,

ffalslich þei him a-cuiseden : Wiþ mony a wikked sawe;

Þei spitteden in his feire face : Þe men wiþ-outen lawe,

Ne wolde þei neuere blinne : Til þei hedde him slawe.

Ihesu, my dere lemmon,

Blo for-bled was þi bodi : Þi brihte Rode was al won.

v. Crist, honoured mote þou beo,

Þat bouȝtest al þe world on treo.

or. Lord Ihesu, godes sone : Þat sunful mon wolt not tyne,

Bi-twenen vr soules and þi dom : Puttest þe in hard pyne: Page 39

Þi Cros, þi deþ nou and euere : And at vre endyng-tyme

Graunte liuinde men : Grace and merci þyne;

To dede, reste and pardoun;

To Churche, pes, loue in londe : To sunful, contricioun.

v. Cristes passion, heuene kyng,

Bring us to blisse þat is wiþ-outen endyng.

"Crucifige" clamitant hora terciarum;

Illusus induitur veste purpurarum,

Capud eius pungitur corona spinarum,

Crucem portat humeris ad loca penarum.

v. Adoramus te, criste, & benedicimus tibi, Quia per crucem tuam redemisti mundum.

At vndurne to do Ihesu on cros : loude gunne þei crie,

And beoten him naked wiþ scourges : Whil þei mihte drie,

And crouned him wiþ þornes : Þe blod ron in to his eiȝe;

And siþen maden him bere þe cros : To þe Mount of Caluarie

On his bac for-bete.

ffor drede of deþ men mihte seo : Þe blod þat he gon swete.

v. Crist, honoured mote þou be,

Þat bouȝtest al þe world on tre.

or. Lord Ihesu, godus sone : Þat sunful mon wolt not tyne,

Bitwenen vre soules and þy dom : Puttest þe in hard pyne:

Þi Cros, þi deþ now and euere : And at vre endynge-tyme

Graunte lyuinde men : Grace and Merci þyne,

To þe dede, reste and pardoun;

To churche, pes, loue in londe : To sunful, contricioun.

v. Cristes passion, heuene kyng,

Bring us to blisse þat is wiþ-outen endyng.

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HOra sexta cristus est cruci conclauatus

Et est cum latronibus pendens deputatus,

Pre tormentis siciens felle saturatus;

Agnus crimen diluit sic deificatus.

v. Adoramus te, criste, & benedicimus tibi, Quia per crucem tuam redemisti mundum.

At Midday Ihesu hondes : Þei nayleden to þe Rode,

Bi-twene twey þeues : Þei him hengen as wode;

Þei ȝeuen him galle and Eysel : Ihesu þat blisful fode.

Serewful were boþe Marie an Ion : Þer þei bi him stode,

As folk þat were mad.

Whose þenkeþ on Marie serwe : May he neuere be glad.

v. Crist, honoured mote þou beo,

Þat bouhtest al þe world on treo.

or. Lord Ihesu, godes sone : Þat sunful mon wolt not tyne,

Bi-twenen vr soules and þi dom : Puttest þe in hard pyne;

Þi cros, þi deþ nou and euere : And at vr endyng-tyme

Graunte liuinde men : Grace and Merci þyne,

To þe dede, reste and pardoun;

To churche, pes, loue in londe : To sunful, contricioun.

v. Cristes passion, heuene kyng,

Bring us to blisse þat is wiþ-outen endyng.

HOra Nona dominus cristus expirauit,

"Heli" clamans spiritum patri comendauit,

Latus eius lancea myles perforauit.

Terra tunc contremuit, & sol obscurauit.

v. Adoramus te, criste, & benedicimus tibi, Quia per crucem tuam redemisti mundum.Page 41

At Non þer þurlede Ihesus herte : Longius, a Blynd kniht;

He wupte his Eiȝen wiþ his blod : Þorwh þat he hedde his siht.

Þe eorþe quok, þe stones clouen : Þe sonne les his liht,

Þe dede a-risen of heore graues : In tokene of godus miht

Þat us on Rode bouhte.

Þe soules þat weren in helle : Ihesus sone out brouhte.

v. Crist, honoured mote þou be,

Þat bouȝtest al þe world on tre.

or. Lord Ihesu, godus sone : Þat sunful mon wolt not tyne,

Bi-twene vr soules and þy dom : Puttest þe in hard pyne:

Þi cros, þi deþ nou and euere : And at vr endyng-tyme

Graunte liuynde men : Grace and Merci þyne;

To þe dede, reste and pardoun;

To churche, pes, loue in londe : To*. [MS. Wiþ] sunful, contricioun.

v. Cristes passion, heuene kyng,

Bring us to blisse þat is wiþ-outen endyng.

DE Cruce deponitur hora vespertina,

ffortitudo latuit in*. [MS. &]mente diuina.

Talem mortem subijt vite Medicina!

Heu, Corona glorie iacuit sub spyna.

v. Adoramus te, criste, & benedicimus tibi, Quia per crucem tuam redemisti mundum.

At Euensong Ihesus was taken : Doun of Rode-treo.

Marie bi-heold hire deore sone : ffor wepyng miht heo not seo; Page 42

"A, sone," heo seide, "wiþ þe fader : of heuene is þi pouste,

But þou schalt rise from deþ to lyue : As þou er seidest me,

Boþe God and Mon;

Þorwh*. [MS. Wher þorwh] þat deþ is blisse ibouȝt : Þat loren was þorwh Sathan."

v. Crist, honoured mote þou beo,

Þat bouhtest al þe world on treo.

or. Lord Ihesu, godus sone : Þat sunful mon wolt not tyne,

Bi-twene vr soules and þi dom : Puttest þe in hard pyne:

Þi Cros, þi deþ now and euere : And at vre endyng-tyme

Graunte liuinde men : Grace and Merci þyne,

To dede, reste and pardoun;

To churche, pes, loue in londe : To sunful, Contrissioun.

v. Cristes passion, heuene kyng,

Bring us to blisse þat is wiþ-outen endyng.

HOra completorij datur sepulture

Corpus cristi nobile, spes vite future;

Conditur Aromate—complentur scripture.

Iugis sit memoria mortis sue iure.

v. Adoramus te, criste, et benedicimus tibi, Quia per crucem tuam redemisti mundum.

At Complin Crist was enoynt : And buried in a ston.

Pilat bad his frendes : Þer scholde leue non;

He sette knihtes him to kepen : Þat he a-wey nere don:

And ȝut he ros to lyue : ffor hem euerichon

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Of þo,

And schewede him to þe*. [overlined.] Maudeleyn : To peter and mony mo. Page 43

v. Crist, honoured mote þou beo,

Þat bouhtest al þe world on treo.

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Lord Ihesu, Godus sone : Þat synful mon wolt not tyne,

Bi-twenen vr soules and þy dom : Puttest þe in hard pyne:

Þi Cros, þi deþ nou and euere : And at vr endyng|tyme

Graunte liuinde men : Grace and Merci þyne,

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To dede, reste and pardoun;

To Churche, pes, loue in londe : To synful, Con|tricioun.

v. Cristes passion, heuene kyng,

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Bring us to blisse þat is wiþ-outen endyng. Amen.—

ÞE Pope Ion haþ graunted : A ful feir pardoun

To alle þat siggen þis Matyns : Wiþ good deuo|cioun:

A ȝer in purgatorie : Of Remissioun,

So þat heo ben clene i-schriuen : Wiþ verrey Con|tricioun,

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Þorwh Grace.

God sende us lyues fode : And in heuene a place. AMEN.

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