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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Tu quidem gressus meos dinumerasti, sed parce peccatis meis.
fforsothe, my steppys euerychone Line 433 Thow nombred hast, and tolde hem all. But, lorde, to the I make my mone, As thow art lord of heuen and hell. Line 436 Vertues, lorde, though I haue none, Late thy grace in me now welle; ffor woo ys hym that stante alone, And hathe noon helpe yef that he fall. Line 440 My syn ys bytter than eysell or gall, And stynketh, lorde, in syght of the. But nought for than to the I call ffor Parce michi, domine! Line 444
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Spiritus meus attenuabitur, dies mei breuiabun|tur, et solum michi superest sepulcrum.
My spyryt shal be feble and feynt Line 445 When I am fallen in any age, My dayes, make I neuer so queynt, Shullen abrege and somwhat swage, Line 448 And I ful sone shal be atteynt Whan I haue loste myn hote corage; And though I dyed than as doth a seynt, A pyt shal be myne herytage; Line 452 In erthe gete I non other wage [folio 13b] Off all rychesse that man may se. Whan I am closed in that cage, Than Parce michi, domine! Line 456
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Non peccaui, et in amaritudinibus moratur oculus meus.
I haue nat synned wylfully Line 457 Thorow my feynt, feble nature, Ne greued the so greuosly, Wherfore I shulde thys wo endure. Line 460 Thow punysshest me, and I not why, Passing resoun and good mesure.
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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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London,: Pub. for the Early English Text Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., limited,
1904-
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