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

Þou seydest "Consummatum est," Þyn hed fel doun, þou ȝelde þe gost. [r. gest] Line 172
Ihesu, þou seidest; "alle ȝe Þat passen be þe wey bi me, A while a-bydeþ, comeþ and se Line 175 Ȝif eny serwe is lyk to me." [cf. Testamentum Christi, vv. 93-6.]
Ihesu, þou seidest: "tel þow me, Mi deore folk, what hit may be, What haue I gult aȝeynes þe Þat þou so bitter art to me?" Line 180
Ihesu, þou seydest þenne more: "Mi deore folk, ȝe tel me ȝore, Haue I wiþ myn holi lore And gode dedes I-hurt so sore?" Line 184
Ihesu, þou seidest after ȝet: "Mi deore wynȝard, ne haue I þe set, Mi ffader blisse þe bi-het, Wiþ al my-self—what woldest þou bet?" Line 188
Ihesu, þou seidest: "hou is þis, Mi Swete, what haue I do mis Þat þou wiþ-outen eny lis Me ȝeldest schome aȝeyn Mi blis?" Line 192
[This st. om. in H.] MArie, þat slakest alle wo, Helle-peynes schild me fro, And ȝif me grace her do so Þat I from henne to heuene go. Line 196
Ihesu, ffyue welles [H woundes] I fynde in þe, Þat loue spring to drawe me [H Þy loue-sprenges tacheþ me] ; Of Rede blod [H Of blod & water] þe stremes be, Mi soule of synnes wasschen heo. [H Vs to whosshe from oure fon þre.] Line 200
Ihesu, my soule drauȝ [H saule drah] þe to, And mak myn herte [H Min heorte opene &] wyde vndo; Ȝif hit þi loue [H Þis hure of l.] to drynke so, Þat flessches lustes ben [H fleyssliche lust be al] fordo! Line 204
[The next 2 stanzas om. in H.] Ihesu, Muchel Ich owe þe: Who schal hit al ȝelde þe?
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The minor poems of the Vernon ms. ... (with a few from the Digby mss. 2 and 86) ...
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1892-1901.
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