Twenty-six political and other poems (including 'Petty Job') from the Oxford mss. Digby 102 and Douce 322. Ed., with introduction and glossarial index, by D. J. Kail ...

Among þy seyntes in heuene on hyȝt, At þat feste of lif, god, vs fede! [folio 124b] Soþfast bred, god of myȝt, Ihesus herde, þou vs hede! Line 112
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¶ In syȝt and in felyng, þou semest bred, In byleue, flesch, blod, and bon; In syȝt and felyng, þou semest ded, In byleue, lyf, to speke and gon; Line 116 In syȝt and felyng, noþer hond ne hed, In byleue, boþe god and man; In syȝt and felyng, in litil sted, In byleue, grettere þyng nes nan. Line 120
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¶ Whan Abraham of Ysaac his offryng made, ffor a ffygure he lykned is To angels bred, oure fadres hadde, Þat god fed hem in wyldernes. Line 124 Afterward, god hem bade, "A paske lomb rosted, and eteþ þes." In stede of þat, oure soules to glade, We resceyue oure housell, god o blisse. Line 128

XXIV. The Lessouns of the Dirige.

[Digby 102, leaf 124, back.] [52 stanzas of 8, abab, abab.]

Lectio prima: Parce mihi, domine.

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Almyȝty god, lord, me spare, ffor soþe, my dayes werkys ben noȝt. My wittes on nyȝtes wrong y ware, Þerof longe ȝeres mon be wroȝt. Line 4 Þenke, man, þou ware born ful bare. In-to þis world what hastou broȝt? Out of þis world whanne þou schalt fare, Þou schalt bere with þe ryȝt noȝt. Line 8
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Twenty-six political and other poems (including 'Petty Job') from the Oxford mss. Digby 102 and Douce 322. Ed., with introduction and glossarial index, by D. J. Kail ...
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