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

[folio 11] September.

xvj	f	Kl	So þat we may daunse with holy Seynt Gyle, [1. Aegidius.]
v	g	iiij N^s	In heuen an hyȝe aftir þis litul whyle.

(36)

	A	iij N^s	Al þis world ys ful of care and pyne:
xiij	b	ij N^s	Now pray for us, holy bysshop Seynt Cuthbert, [4. Translatio Cuth\|berti.]
ij	c	Nonas.	With þe holy Abbot Seynt Bertyne, [5. Bertinus, Abbas.]
	d	viij Id^s	That we may now gracyously astert.
x	e	vij Id^s	Ȝitte I pray to þe, with al myne hert,
	f	vj Id^s	Lady! for þi ioyful Natyuyte, [8. Nativitas B. V. M.]
xviij	g	v Id^s	That, with Seynt Gorgone, þow þenke on me. [9. Gorgonius, M.]

(37) [10. Tertia dies infra Octavas Nat. B. V. M.]

vij	A	iiij Id^s	Souerayn lady! þyne Vtas we done holde [11. Prothus et Hya\|cinthus, MM.]
	b	iij Id^s	With Prothe and Iacincte, A commemoracyon.
xv	c	ij Id^s	Muche grace of the, lady! haue I herde tolde:
iiij	d	Idus.	Now helpe, lady! in oure temptacyon.
	e	xviij Kl^s	For þy holy Crosse Exaltacyon, [14. Exaltacio Crucis.]
xij	f	xvij Kl^s	Pray for us now, martyr, atte oure moost nede,
j	g	xvj Kl^s	With virgyn Edythe, for þe bettyr spede. [16. Editha, V.]

(38)

	A	xv Kl^s	Now, þow bysshop and martyr, Seynt lambert! [17. Lambertus, Ep. et M.]
ix	b	xiiij Kl^s	Pray here for us al to swete Ihesu Crist
	c	xiij Kl^s	That he pourge and clense oure soules and hert
xvij	d	xij Kl^s	Fro al wikked, synful, and derkely myst.
vj	e	xj Kl^s	Help us, Seynt Mathew þe euaungelist, [21. Matthaeus, Ap. et Evang.]
	f	x Kl^s	And al þi felowes of Seynt Mauryce, [22. Mauricius, M., et socii.]
xiiij	g	ix Kl^s	With þe virgyn Tecle, to take a spyce. [23. Tecla, V.]

(39)

iij	A	viij Kl^s	That heuenly spyce hit is ful swete:
	b	vij Kl^s	Help us þerof, good bysshop Fermyne. [25. Firminus, Ep. et M.]
xj	c	vj Kl^s	Sacred Cipriane, ȝif hit wold be gete, [26. Cyprianus.]
xix	d	v Kl^s	With Cosme and damiane wold I dyne. [27. Cosmas et Da\|mianus, MM.]
	e	iiij Kl^s	Lede us þederward, as ryght as a lyne,
viij	f	iij Kl^s	Seynt Myghel! To þat heuenly kyngdome, [29. Michael.]
	g	ij Kl^s	Helpyng þe holy doctour Seynt Ierome. [30. Hieronymus, Presb.]

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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 21
Publication: London :: Pub. for the Early English Text Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,; 1911 [i.e.1905-11.]

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