O thow grete lord, alpha and oo,
Helpe me, for thy grete pyte!
I haue y-nowgh, I pray the, hoo,
And Parce michi, domine!
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PElli mee consumptis carnibus adhesit os meum, et derelicta sunt tantummodo labia circa dentes meos.
TO my skyn my mouth ys, lo,
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And cleued fast, as ye se may;
And wasted ys my flesshe also,
And bothe my lyppes ben away.
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My whyte tethe, they ben full bloo.
Ye wolde be agaste, yef ye me say.
Myne heryng ys full clene ago,
Myne eyen ben dymme, þat weren ful gray;
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And I that was full stoute and gay,
ffull horyble am now opon to se.
Tyme ys that men now for me pray,
ffor Parce michi, domine!
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Miseremini, miseremini mei, saltem vos, amici mei, quia manus domini tetigit me.
. Reweth on me, reweth on me!
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My frendes namly, now helpeþ at nede!
ffor I am there I may nat fle.
The hande of god ful sore I drede.
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And frendes, seeth that I am he,
Thys other day that on the erth yede.
Now helpe, yef that youre wyll be,
With prayer, fastyng, and almes-dede.
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ffor these mowen best gete me mede
With Placebo And Dirige.
Herewith my soule I pray yow fede,
With Parce michi, domine!
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Quare persequimini me sicut deus, et carnibus meis saturamini?
Why, as god, do ye pursewe
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Me that suffre these sharpe shoures?
