A Common-place book of the fifteenth century, containing a religious play and poetry, legal forms and local accounts. Printed from the original ms. at Brome Hall, Suffolk, by Lady Caroline Kerrison. Edited with notes by Lucy Toulmin Smith.

                                  
                                    And I wos blynd and myth note se,
                                  
                                    Ther-for lord I prey þe for-ȝevyt me."
                                  
                                    And angell xall bryn[g] þe rode so bryth,
                                  
                                    With blody naylys, precyus of syth.
                                    Line 240 
                                  
                                    "Lord of myth, we prey the,
                                  
                                    On all mankynd thow haue pete!
                                  
                                    Than comyth owre lord with grete mode,
                                  
                                    Hys armys spred vp on þe rode,
                                    Line 244 
                                  
                                    "Man, thow mayist here the soth se,
                                  
                                    What I haue suffyr for the,
                                  
                                    ȝe wer woll lef for to swere,
                                  
                                    Be myn eyne and be myn ere,
                                    Line 248 
                                  
                                    Be my flesse and be my blode, [folio 26b] 
                                  
                                    Be my leuer and be my lowde;
                                  
                                    Man, yt was to the woll ryffe,
                                  
                                    To sweryn be my wondys fyve,
                                    Line 252 
                                  
                                    Be my brayn and be my hede,
                                  
                                    My sowle wos full oftyn rede;
                                  
                                    Yt wos to the grete ondoyng,
                                  
                                    So oftyn to make sweryng.
                                    Line 256 
                                  
                                    Thow woldyste me neuer clothe nor fede,
                                  
                                    Thow woldyst me helpyn at no nede,
                                  
                                    Oftyn thow woldyst for-swere the,
                                  
                                    Man, wat sufferyste thow for me."
                                    Line 260 
                                  
                                    Than came owre lady hyr sonne be-forn,
                                  
                                    Blyssyd be the tyme that sche was born,
                                  
                                    Hyr eyes be-ran all with blode,
                                  
                                    Woll sore wepynge and with grete mode.
                                    Line 264 
                                  
                                    Fader the sonne and the holy goste,
                                  
                                    Kyng and lord thow arte moste.

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Title: A Common-place book of the fifteenth century, containing a religious play and poetry, legal forms and local accounts. Printed from the original ms. at Brome Hall, Suffolk, by Lady Caroline Kerrison. Edited with notes by Lucy Toulmin Smith.
Canvas: Page 79
Publication: London,: Trübner,; 1886.
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A Common-place book of the fifteenth century, containing a religious play and poetry, legal forms and local accounts. Printed from the original ms. at Brome Hall, Suffolk, by Lady Caroline Kerrison. Edited with notes by Lucy Toulmin Smith.

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