All disease from hym delay
Tyll the careyn in erthe be keste.
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Allas, all thys world now ys myswrest,
To carpe thys, lorde, ayenst the.
Make me to thy mercy trest,
ffor Parce michi, domine!
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Quis michi hoc tribuat, vt in inferno protegas me, donec pertranseat furor tuus?
Who to me may yeue or graunte,
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ffor loue or any affeccioun,
ffro thy wrathe that ys duraunte,
I may haue my proteccioun?
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In helle yef I be concurraunte,
There am I in subieccioun.
In heuen though thow woldest me haunte,
Yet there am I at thy correccioun.
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I may nat from thy respeccioun
By no way, lorde, hyde now me.
Therfore seye I thys lessoun
Of Parce michi, domine.
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Et constituas michi in quo recorderis mei.
And thow woldest a tyme ordeyne [folio 13a]
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In whyche thow woldest of me haue mynde,
With som solace me to susteyne,
That of thy blysse am so fere behynde.
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My woo from the can I nat leyne,
But telle hit the, for thow art kynde.
I am fast bounde here with a cheyne
Of dedly synne, full wele I fynde.
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But woldest thow, lorde, me vnbynde
Thorough the vertew of thy pyte,
Than were I glad, and lyght as lynde,
To haue Parce michi, domine.
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Putasne mortuus homo rursum viuat?
Trowest thow nat that man shal ryse
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Ayene to lyfe, that dyed onys?
Yes, and that in a wonderful wyse,
