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[folio 10b] Cur non tollis peccatum meum, et quare non aufers iniquitatem meam?
Why takest thow nat my syn away,
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A, thow god of all goodnesse?
And why also, as I the say,
Dost nat awey my wykednesse?
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Thow madest me of a clot of clay,
That breketh ofte thorough brotylnesse.
ffull brotyll I am, hit ys no nay;
That maketh me ofte to do amysse.
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But good Ihesu, I pray thys
ffor thy grete benygnyte:
Thy mercy, lorde, late me nat mys,
But Parce michi, domine.
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Ecce, nunc in puluere dormio; et si mane me quesieris, non subsistam.
Loo, in pouder I shall slepe,
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ffor owte of poudere furst I cam,
And into poudere must I crepe,
ffor of that same kynde I am.
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That I ne am pouder I may not threpe,
ffor erthe I am, as was Adam;
And nowe my pytte ys doluen depe.
Though men me seke, ryght nought I am.
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O thow, fader Abraham,
ffor Mary loue, that mayde so fre,
In whos blode thy son swamme,
So Parce michi, domine.
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TEdet animam meam vite mee; dimittam aduer|sum me eloquium meum; loquar in amari|tudine amime mee; dicam deo, "noli me condempnare; indica michi cur me ita iudices."
Hyt forthynketh my soule y-wys,
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The lyfe that I haue lad alway;
ffor now my speche ayenst me ys,
Sothly my lyfe I shall dysplay.
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