Me bi-houeþ þi-self hit be,
As þou pyne suffredest for me.
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Ihesu, þi loue ȝef me follyke,
In myn herte þat hit stike,
Mi soule hit þurle Inwardliche,
Þat hit be þyn enteerliche.
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Ihesu, [H Ihesu crist] do me loue þe so
Þat, wher I beo or what [H & what-so] I do,
Þat I for weole ne for wo [H Lyf ne deþ, weole ne wo]
Ne let [H do] myn herte torne þe [H þe turne] fro.
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[The next 3 stanzas om. in H. (Similar vv. occur in Rich. Rolle's 'Fourme of parfit liuing.')] Ihesu lord, Mi swetyng,
Hold me euere in þy kepyng,
Mak of me þi derlyng,
Þat I þe loue ouer alle þing.
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Ihesu, my weole and al my wynne,
Al my Ioye is þe wiþ-Inne:
Now and euere kep me from synne,
To do þi wille let me not blynne!
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Ihesu, mihtful Heuene-kyng,
Þi loue beo al my lykyng,
Mi mournyng and my longyng,
Wiþ swete teres wepyng.
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Ihesu, ȝif me [H do me þat] for þi name
Pacience In peyne [H Me likeþ to dreȝe pyne] and schame,
Þat to my soule is [H Þat is þy s.] note and frame;
And mak myn herte Mylde & tame.
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Ihesu, Al þat is feir to se, [MS. þe, H se]
Þat to þe fflessches lykyng may be, [H Al þat to fleyhs mai likyng be]
Al worldes blisse do me fle [H b. to leten, me]
And al my tent ȝiue [Graunte, for þe loue of þe.] to þe.
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[In H this stanza precedes the last 2 stanzas.] MArie, Swete Mayden [H mayde] fre,
ffor Ihesu [crist] be-seche I þe:
Þi swete sone do loue [H louie] me,
And mak me worþi þat hit [H y] so be.
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Ihesu, in þe beo al my þouȝt—
