Lydgatiana / [ed. H. N. MacCracken].

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Title
Lydgatiana / [ed. H. N. MacCracken].
Author
McCracken, H. N. (Henry Noble), b. 1880.
Publication
Braunschweig: George Westermann
1911-1913
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"Lydgatiana / [ed. H. N. MacCracken]." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/CME00109. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 19, 2024.

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A devout prayere at thy vprysyng. [fol. 276vo]

[i]N nomine patris & filii, Et spiritus sancti, Amen, Mercy, Iesu, and gramercy, My body and soule I the beken. [ 4]
Now Iesu lord blessyd þou be For all þys nyght þou hast me kept, From the fende and hys postee, Whether I wakyd or slept. [ 8]
In gret dissese, in dedly syn, Many on thys nyght fallen hase, That mysylf shuld haue fall in, Had þou nat kept me of thy grace. [ 12]
Lord yeue me grace to þy worshyp Thys day to spende in þy plesaunce, And kepe me fro wykyd felyshyp And from þe fendes encombraunce. [ 16]
Iesu, my tong þou rewle also That I nat speke but hit be nede, Hertyly to pray for frend or fo And harme noman in worde ne dede. [ 20]
Cryste yeue me grace of mete and drynke Thys day to take mesurably, In dedely syn þat I nat synke Thorough outrage of foule glotony. [ 24]
Iesu, my lord, Iesu, my loue, On all þat I am boundyn to Thy blessyng sende from heuyn aboue, And yeue hem grace þy wyll to do. [ 28]
My good Angell, þat art to me sende From god to be my gouernoure, From euyll spyrytes thow me defende, And in my desease be my socoure. [ 32]
Amen.
Explicit.
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