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!
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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;
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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