The pricke of conscience (stimulus conscientiæ): a Northumbrian poem / by Richard Rolle de Hampole ; ed. Richard Morris.

                                
                                  Þe sevend, of þe accusers many,
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                                  Þat þe synful saul sal accuse þar openly.
                                
                                  Þe aghtynd, of þe acunt and þe rekennyng,
                                
                                  Þat þai sal yheld of alle þair lyfyng.
                                
                                  Þe neghend, of al men aftir þai haf wroght,
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                                  Of wilk som sal be demed, and som noght,
                                
                                  Þe tend es of þe grete dome final,
                                
                                  Þat Crist sal gyf and mak ende of al.
                                
                                  Of þir sal som falle, als yhe herd me say,
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                                  Byfor þat day and sum at þe day.
                                
                                  Byfor þe day sere takens sal com,
                                
                                  Of whilk men may here fynd wreten some,
                                
                                  Als of ancrist ['Antecrist' (Harl. 6923).]  commyng, and his pousté,
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                                  And of other ma þat byfor þat day sal be,
                                
                                  Þe whilk takens men sal thynk ful harde,
                                
                                  Als yhe may se and here afterwarde.
                                
                                  And wha-swa wille avise hym wele,
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                                  He may ilk day here, se, and fele
                                
                                  Takens, war-thurgh he may understande,
                                
                                  Þat þe day of dome es fast comande.
                                
                                  For wonders þat shuld falle, als I trow,
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                                  Agayn þe worldes hende er sene now,
                                
                                  Thurgh whilk wondres grete clerkes knawes
                                
                                  Þat þe worlde fast to þe endeward drawes.
                                
                                  Wharfor we shuld make us redy here,
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                                  Als þe day of dome war command nere.
                                
                                  Crist disciples, þat yherned haf knawyng,
                                
                                  Of sum takens agayns his last commyng,
                                
                                  Spak to Crist, als yhe may here,
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                                  In þe godspelle on þis manere:
                                
                                    Dic nobis signum adventus tui et
                                  
                                    consummacionem seculi; Et respondens,
                                  
                                    Ihesus Christus dixit eis, Videte ne quis vos sedu|
                                  
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                                    cat; multi enim venient in nomine
                                  
                                    meo dicentes, Ego sum Cristus, et multos
                                  
                                    seducent &c. Consurget enim gens

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Title: The pricke of conscience (stimulus conscientiæ): a Northumbrian poem / by Richard Rolle de Hampole ; ed. Richard Morris.
Canvas: Page 109
Publication: Berlin :: Published for the Philological Society by A. Asher,; 1863.

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