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

                                
                                  To reprove þam at þe last day,
                                
                                  And to atteyn þam, and þos say;
                                  Line 5332 
                                
                                  "Lo! here, þe man in flesshe and blode
                                
                                  Þe whilk yhe hynged on þe rode;
                                
                                  Lo! her God and man, þat man wroght,
                                
                                  In wham trow wald yhe noght;
                                  Line 5336 
                                
                                  Byhalde þe wondes þat yhe styked,
                                
                                  Sese here þe syd þat yhe priked,
                                
                                  Þe whilk for yhow was open ay,
                                
                                  And yhe wald entre be [bi (MS. Harl. 4196).]  ne way."
                                  Line 5340 
                                
                                  A how mikel shenshep sal be
                                
                                  To þe synful þat alle þis sal here and se!
                                
                                  Þe whilk til hym dos here na gude agayne,
                                
                                  Þat for þam tholed swa mykel payne;
                                  Line 5344 
                                
                                  And yhit noght þas þat dus na gud anly,
                                
                                  But other þat er swa ful of felony,
                                
                                  Þat ay dos yvel ogayn gude,
                                
                                  And ofte dos Godes son on rode
                                  Line 5348 
                                
                                  In þat, þat in þam es thurgh syn,
                                
                                  Of whilk þai wille never here blyn.
                                
                                  What may þai answer þan and say,
                                
                                  How may þai þam excuse þat day?
                                  Line 5352 
                                
                                  In nathyng may þai be excused þan,
                                
                                  Swa rightwys sal be þe domesman;
                                
                                  For þat day, als þe buke wythenes, [witnes (MS. Harl. 4196).] 
                                
                                  Sal noght be shewed but ryghtwysnes,
                                  Line 5356 
                                
                                  Wyth gret reddour til synful namly,
                                
                                  Þat sal be demed, als þa her worthy.
                                
                                  Þai may defende þam be na ways
                                
                                  For Johan, wyth þe gilden mouth, þos says:
                                  Line 5360 
                                
                                    Non erit tunc locus defensionis,
                                  
                                    ubi videbunt Christum exhibentem,
                                  
                                    testimonia insigniaque sue passionis.
                                  
                                  He sais "na sted of defens þar sal be
                                  Line 5364 
                                
                                  War þai sal Crist þan openly se
                                
                                  Gyfhand wytnes, and takens certayn,
                                
                                  Of his passioun and of his payn.

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

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