The english register of Godstow nunnery, near Oxford : written about 1450 / edited with an introduction by Andrew Clark.

[folio 7] Ianuarius.

(1)

iij	A	KL	O Ihesu lorde! for þi Circumsicyon, [1. Circumcisic Do\|mini.]
	b	iiij N^s	In þ^e begynnyng as of þe new ȝere,
xi	c	iij N	Kepe me euer from al confusyon.
	d	ij N^s	When þat I shal stonde at myne answere,
xix	e	Nonas	Lorde graunt me grace wel for to apere;
viij	f	viij Id^s	And for þi worshipful Epyphanye, [6. Epiphania Do\|mini.]
	g	vij Id^s	Graunt þou me good lyfe, and wel for to dye.

(2)

xvj	A	vj Id^s	Now pray for me, blessid Seynt lucyan, [8. Lucianus, Presb.]
v	b	v Id^s	That I myght be hadde forth vnto ȝoure daunce,
	c	iiij Id^s	There god reulith both angel and man
xiij	d	iij Id^s	In right true loue with-outen variaunce.
ij	e	ij Id^s	Ȝiffe me some comfort as of acqueyntaunce,
	f	Idus	Confessour and bisshop Seynt hillary, [13. Hilarius, Episc.]
x	g	xix Kl^s	With good Seynt felice þat ioyeth þe by. [14. Felix, Presb.]

(3)

	A	xviij Kl^s	O sacred abbot Maure! kepe me from vyce, [15. Maurus, Abbas.]
xviij	b	xvij Kl^s	With help of þe, pope and martir, Marcel. [16. Marcellus,P.etM.]
vij	c	xvj Kl^s	I pray þe teche me, blessid Seynt sulpice, [17. Sulpicius, Episc. et C.]
	d	xv Kl^s	With þat holy virgyn Prisce, syng nowel. [18. Prisca, Virgo.]
xv	e	xiiij Kl^s	O bysshop wlstan, ȝif me good councel, [19. Wulstan, E. et C.]
iiij	f	xiij Kl^s	And þese martirs Fabian and sebastian, [20. Fabianus et Se\|bastianus, MM.]
	g	xij Kl^s	With þe virgyn Agnes þat wel help can. [21. Agnes, V. et M.]

(4)

xij	A	xj Kl^s	Sette my pacience, halowed vincent, [22. Vincentius, M.]
j	b	x Kl^s	That hit may grow with ynne my inwarde saule.
	c	ix Kl^s	Conuert þou us from al euel entent,
ix	d	viij Kl^s	Glorious conuersion of seynt Paule, [25. Conversio Pauli.]
	e	vij Kl^s	That we escape þe wikked fendes braule.
xvij	f	vj Kl^s	Help us, Seynt Iulyan! to be vnbound, [27. Iulianus, E. et C.]
vj	g	v Kl^s	With þe virgyn Agnes now þe secound. [28. Agnes (2nd com\|memoration).]

(5)

	A	iiij Kl^s	Kepe us dayly from al maner of synne,
xiiij	b	iij Kl^s	Quene Batylde! in especyal from pryde: [30. Bathildis, Reg. et V.]
iij	c	ij Kl^s	Suffer us neuer for to dye þere-ynne.

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Title: The english register of Godstow nunnery, near Oxford : written about 1450 / edited with an introduction by Andrew Clark.
Author: Godstow nunnery.
Canvas: Page 13
Publication: London :: Pub. for the Early English Text Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1911 [i.e.1905-11.]

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