Swete Ihesu, kyng of londe,
Mak þou me to vnderstonde, [H Þou make me fer v.]
Þat I may In myn herte fonde [H Þat min herte mote f.]
Hou swete is [H bueþ] þi loue-bonde.
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Swete Ihesu, me reweþ sore
Of my misdedes I haue don ȝore:
ffor-ȝif me, lord, I wol no more,
But I þe aske Milce and ore.
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Swete Ihesu, Lord [H louerd] myn,
Mi lyf, my soule is al [H myn huerte al is] þin:
Vndo myn herte and liȝte [H liht] þerin,
And saue [H wite] me from wikked [H fendes] engyn.
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[In H precede 45-8, then follows: Suete ihesu, me reoweþ sore, Gultes þat y ha wroþt ȝore, Þarefore y bidde þin mylse & ore, Merci, lord, ynul na more.] Swete Ihesu, lord good,
ffor me þou scheddest þi blessed blod [H Þou me bohtest wiþ þi blod] —
Out of þin herte hit com [H orn; hit, om. in H.] þe flod—
Þi Moder hit sauȝ wiþ druyri mod [H seh þat þe by stod] :
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Swete Ihesu, Briht and Schene,
Heere me, lord, for I me mene, [H Y preye þe þou here my bene]
Þorw preyere of Marie, Milde qweene, [Þourh erndyng of þe heuene-q.]
Þat þi loue on me be sene. [H Þat my bone be nou sene.]
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Swete Ihesu, Mi soule foode,
Alle werkes of þe ben goode; [H Þin werkes bueþ bo suete & gode]
Þou bouȝtest me vppon þe Rode
And scheddest þeron þi swete blode. [H For me þou sheddest þi blode]
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Swete Ihesu, Barn [H berne] Best,
Þi loue þou in myn herte fest; [H Wiþ [þe] ich hope habbe rest]
Whon I go North, Souþ, Est or West, [H Wheþer y be souþ oþer west]
In þe al-one fynde I rest. [Þe help of þe be me nest]
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Swete Ihesu, wel may him be
Þat þe schal [H may] in þi [om. in H] blisse se!
Wiþ loue-cordes drauȝ þou me,
Þat I may comen and wone wiþ þe. [55-6 H: After mi soule let aungles te, For me ne gladieþ gome ne gle.]
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