The Harley lyrics

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Title
The Harley lyrics
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anonymous
Editor
Frances McSparran
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London and New York: Published for the Early English Text Society by Oxford University Press
1965
1948
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"The Harley lyrics." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/HarLyr. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 9, 2025.

Pages

Brook 13; Ker 45

Heȝe louerd þou here my bone Line 001 �at madest middelert & mone Line 002 ant mon of murþes munne Line 003 trusti kyng ant trewe in trone Line 004 þat þou be wiþ me sahte sone Line 005 asoyle me of sunne Line 006 Fol ich wes in folies fayn Line 007 In luthere lastes y am layn Line 008 þat makeþ myn þryftes þunne Line 009 þat semly sawes wes woned to seyn Line 010 Nou is marred al my meyn Line 011 away is al my wunne Line 012 vnwunne haueþ myn wonges wet Line 013 þat makeþ me rouþes rede Line 014 Ne semy nout þer y am set Line 015 þer me calleþ me fulle flet Line 016 ant waynoun wayteglede Line 017 Whil ich wes in wille wolde Line 018 In vch a bour among þe bolde Line 019 yholde wiþ þe heste Line 020 Nou y may no fynger folde Line 021 Lutel loued ant lasse ytolde Line 022 yleued wiþ þe leste Line 023 A goute me haþ ygreyþed so Line 024 ant oþer eueles monye mo Line 025 y not whet bote is beste Line 026 þar er wes wilde ase þe ro Line 027 nou yswyke y mei nout so Line 028 hit siweþ me so faste Line 029 Faste y wes on horse heh Line 030 ant werede worly wede Line 031 Nou is faren al my feh Line 032 wiþ serewe þat ich hit euer seh Line 033 a staf ys nou my stede Line 034 When y se steden styþe in stalle Line 035 ant y go haltinde in þe halle Line 036 Myn huerte gynneþ to helde Line 037 þat er wes wildest inwiþ walle Line 038 nou is vnder fote yfalle Line 039 ant mey no fynger felde Line 040

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Line 040 þer ich wes luef icham ful loht Line 041 ant alle myn godes me atgoht Line 042 myn gomenes waxeþ gelde Line 043 þat feyre founden me mete & cloht Line 044 hue wrieþ awey as hue were wroht Line 045 such is euel ant elde Line 046 Euel ant elde ant oþer wo Line 047 foleweþ me so faste Line 048 Me þunkeþ myn herte brekeþ a tuo Line 049 suete god whi shal hit swo Line 050 hou mai hit lengore laste Line 051 whil mi lif wes luþer & lees Line 052 glotonie mi glemon wes Line 053 wiþ me he wonede a while Line 054 prude wes my plowe fere Line 055 lecherie my lauendere Line 056 wiþ hem is gabbe & gyle Line 057 Coueytise myn keyes bere Line 058 Niþe ant onde were mi fere Line 059 þat bueþ folkes fyle Line 060 Lyare wes mi latymer Line 061 sleuthe & slep mi bedyuer Line 062 þat weneþ me vnbe while Line 063 vmbe while y am to whene Line 064 when y shal murþes meten Line 065 Monne mest y am to mene Line 066 lord þat hast me lyf to lene Line 067 such lotes lef me leten Line 068 such lyf ich haue lad fol ȝore Line 069 merci louerd y nul namore Line 070 bowen ichulle to bete Line 071 syker hit siweþ me ful sore Line 072 gabbes les & luþere lore Line 073 sunnes bueþ vnsete Line 074 godes heste ne huld y noht Line 075 bote euer aȝeyn is wille ywroht Line 076 mon lereþ me to lete Line 077 such serewe haþ myn sides þurhsoht Line 078 þat al y weolewe away to noht Line 079 when y shal murþes mete Line 080

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Line 080 To mete murþes ich wes wel fous Line 081 ant comely mon ta calle Line 082 y:sugge by oþer ase bi ous Line 083 alse ys hirmon halt in hous Line 084 ase heued hount in halle Line 085 dredful deþ why wolt þou dare Line 086 bryng þis body þat is so bare Line 087 ant yn bale ybounde Line 088 Careful mon ycast in care Line 089 y falewe as flour y let forþfare Line 090 ychabbe myn deþes wounde Line 091 murþes helpeþ me no more Line 092 help me lord er þen ich hore Line 093 ant stunt my lyf a stounde Line 094 þat ȝokkyn haþ yȝyrned ȝore Line 095 Nou hit sereweþ him ful sore Line 096 ant bringeþ him to grounde Line 097 to grounde hit haueþ him ybroht Line 098 whet ys þe beste bote Line 099 bote heryen him þat haht vs boht Line 100 vre lord þat al þis world haþ wroht Line 101 ant fallen him to fote Line 102 Nou icham to deþe ydyht Line 103 ydon is al my dede Line 104 god vs lene of ys lyht Line 105 þat we of soutes habben syht Line 106 ant heuene to mede � amen. Line 107
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