Twenty-six political and other poems (including 'Petty Job') from the Oxford mss. Digby 102 and Douce 322. Ed., with introduction and glossarial index, by D. J. Kail ...

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¶ My trespas moche arn blamed. Bote repentaunce be mendement, Byfore þe, y drede, y am aschamed. Whenne þou comest to iugement, Line 108 Þat weren wylde, mon be tamed, Al wopen of wraþþe mon be brent; In bok of lyf þo þat be named, To ioye of heuene mon be sent. Line 112
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¶ Almyȝty god, lord, me ȝeme, In thy mercy þou me lede. Whenne my soule is boden out fleme, Helpe me, lord, atte al my nede. Line 116 Whenne þou al þe world shal deme, Dampne me noȝt after my dede. Whenne þat angels blowen here beme, Þenne alle folk may haue gret drede. Line 120
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¶ From worldis worschipe y am shoue, And broȝt abas from al astat. My skyn is cloþed al on roue, In pouerte and peyne my wyt is mat. Line 124 Lord, chastice me wiþ ȝerd of loue, Þouȝ y haue seruyd þe swerd of hat. Wherto wyltou þy maystry proue, Wiþ suchon as I to make debat? Line 128

Lectio quarta: Quantas habeo.

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¶ Als many wykkednesse and trespas And synnes withoute noumbre mo Shew me; why hydest þy fas fro me, and demest me þy fo? Line 132 Lord, þenkes þe solace This turment, and do me wo? A drope of thy mercie of oyle of grace, Lord, graunte me er y go. Line 136
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Twenty-six political and other poems (including 'Petty Job') from the Oxford mss. Digby 102 and Douce 322. Ed., with introduction and glossarial index, by D. J. Kail ...
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London,: Pub. for the Early English Text Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., limited,
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