The pricke of conscience (stimulus conscientiæ): a Northumbrian poem / by Richard Rolle de Hampole ; ed. Richard Morris.

schul be turned to cristen feth thurȝ gods mercy (l. 4631). How we schuld ever make us redy, as þe day of dome schuld falle to-morow (l. 4655)

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Of meny mo tokenes þat holy writ makeþ mencion of, þat schulle be in þe moone and in þe sonne and in þe sterres tofore domes|day (l. 4685)

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Of xv other tokenes of whiche seint Jerom makeþ mencioun of, þat schul be tofore þe day of dome . in xv dayes . þe whiche buþ þes (l. 4738). 1. On þe first day þe see schal arise, and be more heghe þan eny mountayne þat is þere-to nye, bi fourty cubites (l. 4758). 2. On þe secund day þe see schall bicome so lowe, þat uneþe eny man schal hit knowe (l. 4764). 3. On þe iii day þe sea schal seme al playn, and so stonde stille as hit first stode at þe bigynnyng of þe worlde, wiþ out eny more arisyng other doune fallyng (l. 4766). 4. On þe iiii day all þe wondurful fisches in þe see schal come to-gidur and make suche a roryng, þat for drede þere-of meny a man schal quake (l. 4770)

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5. On þe v day þe see and alle other watres schul brenne (l. 4776). 6. On þe vi day hit schal rayne blode þurȝ al þe world (l. 4780). 7. On þe vii day castels and toures ful fele schul falle adoun (l. 4782). 8. On þe viii day rete roches and hevy stones schal fyȝt to gedur, and eche schal othere to-barst and in þre parties dyvyse (l. 4784). 9. On þe ix day schal grete erthe-dyn be generalliche in eche londe and in eche cuntree (l. 4790). 10. On þe x day schal come suche wyndes blast, þe whiche hilles and dales schal turne into playne þat non hille schal be i-sene (l. 4794). 11. On þe xi day men and wymman schul come out of caves and holes and so wend aboute as gidy men þat conneþ no witte (l. 4798). 12. On þe xii day men and wymmen schul se a token falle doune fram heven (l. 4802). 13. On þe xiii day schal dey both man, and womman, and child and alle oþere thyng þat on erthe þanne lyveþ (l. 4804). 14. On þe xiiii day dede mennes bones schul togidur be i-set, and out of hare graves hi schul arise and þere-upon stonde (l. 4805)

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15. On þe xv day þe world schal brenne in eche side (l. 4812). And þus endeþ þe worlde (l. 4813)

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Of þe fuyr þat schal brenne al þe worlde (l. 4856). How þilk fire schal worche and brenne in four maners (l. 4875). Hit schal worche as þe fuyre of helle (l. 4877). Hit schal worche as þe fuyre of purgatorie (l. 4879)

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Hit schal worche as þis worldliche fuyre (l. 4881). And hit schal worche as þe fuyre of þe spere (l. 4887)

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Of þe general arisyng of alle men to þe dome (l. 4959)

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Of þe stede in whiche crist schal ȝif his dome (l. 5147)

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Whi God wol ȝeve his dome in þilk stede rathere þan in eny othere (l. 5193)

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How crist schal ȝeve his dome in þe fourme of man (l. 5253)

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