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

[folio 10] Iulius.

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Helpe us euer to oure saluacyon,

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viij	A	vj N^s	O ȝe martirs Martynyan and Processe! [2. Processus et Martinianus.]
	b	v N^s	Now al oure floures begynneth to fade;
xvj	c	iiij N^s	In þis erth, Martyn, is but wrecchidnesse, [4. Translatio Martini.]
v	d	iij N^s	Syth þat Adam [Rubricated in error.] put þer-on his spade.
	e	ij N^s	Now mercyful god, þat al þinges hath made,
xiij	f	Nonas.	For þe translacyon of Seynt Thomas [7. Translatio Thomae, M.]
ij	g	viij Id^s	Bryng us ones to his endeles solace.

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	A	vij Id^s	Lo now, tyme passith of chyrry fayre;
x	b	vj Id^s	Therfor I pray ȝou þen, Brethren seuyn, [10. Septem Fratres Martyres.]
	c	v Id^s	That I may be one of Benet ys heyre, [11. Translatio Bene\|dicti, Abb.]
xviij	d	iiij Id^s	Where ȝe ben yn Relyques of heuyn.
vij	e	iij Id^s	Ientyl broþer Ihesu! bryng us þer euyn:
	f	ij Id^s	That were to me a gracyous fortune.
xv	g	Idus	Now help þe holy bysshop Swithune. [15. Translatio Swithuni.]

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iiij	A	xvij Kl^s	I mette a-while with blessid Seynt Botulphe:
	b	xvj Kl^s	Now, sacred Seynt Kenelme! with þe I mete, [17. Kenelmus, R. et M.]
xij	c	xv Kl^s	Prayng þe with hert, þis Seynt Arnulphe, [18. Arnulphus, R. et M.]
j	d	xiiij Kl^s	Bryng me to þat mery daunsyng so swete.
	e	xiij Kl^s	A! gentyl mayden, O Seynt Margarete, [20. Margareta, V. et M.]
ix	f	xij Kl^s	And noble Praxede, lete me bere ȝoure trayne, [21. Praxedes, V.]
	g	xj Kl^s	And ȝoure also, Lady Magdalayne. [22. Maria Magdalena.]

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xvij	A	x Kl^s	Seynt Appollinare, teche me ȝoure games. [23. Apollinaris, Ep. et M.]
vj	b	ix Kl^s	Make us, Seynt Crystyn! heuenly lepars. [24. Christina, V. et M.]
	c	viij Kl^s	Lete us dispute with þe, good Seynt James; [25. Iacobus, Ap.]
xiiij	d	vij Kl^s	Bryng us to Seynt Anne to oure versepars. [26. Anna, mater Mariae.]
iij	e	vj Kl^s	Make us to study, þe seuen slepars; [27. Septem Dormi\|entes.]
	f	v Kl^s	Lede us, Seynt Sampson, to þe hyȝe scoles, [28. Samson, Episc.]
xj	g	iiij Kl^s	For þedir, Felyce! comen no foles. [29. Felix, M.]

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xix	A	iij Kl^s	O Abdon and Sennen! I me redresse. [30. Abdon et Sennes, MM.]
	b	ij Kl^s	Good Seynt German, bring us to heuen blys. [31. Germanus, Ep. et C.]

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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.
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Publication: London :: Pub. for the Early English Text Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1911 [i.e.1905-11.]

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