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

                                
                                  For to deme right his folk þat day."
                                  Line 5632 
                                
                                  And þis vers es þus mykel at say,
                                
                                  He sal calle þan heven byfor hym tit,
                                
                                  Þat es to say, haly men and parfit,
                                
                                  Þat with hym in dome þan sal sitt,
                                  Line 5636 
                                
                                  And wyth hym deme, als says haly writt;
                                
                                  Bot þe erthe es noght elles to telle,
                                
                                  Bot wykked men and devels of helle,
                                
                                  Þe whilk he sal calle at his wille,
                                  Line 5640 
                                
                                  For to chede [chese (MS. Harl. 4196).]  out þe gude fra þe ille.
                                
                                  Þan sal ilka man þarof þair lyfyng
                                
                                  Be sette until and [ane (MS. Harl. 4196).]  hard rekkenyng,
                                
                                  For men sal þan strayte acount yhelde
                                  Line 5644 
                                
                                  Of alle þair tyme of yhouthe and elde;
                                
                                  Noght anly of ane or twa yhere,
                                
                                  Bot alle þe tyme þat þai lyfed here,
                                
                                  And specyaly of ilka moment,
                                  Line 5648 
                                
                                  Of alle þe tyme þat God þam lent.
                                
                                  A moment of tyme es nan othir thyng,
                                
                                  Bot a short space als of a eghe twynklyng.
                                
                                  Na moment sal be unrekend þan,
                                  Line 5652 
                                
                                  Als Saynt Bernard says, þe halyman:
                                
                                    Sicut non peribit capillus de capite,
                                  
                                    ita non erit momentum de toto
                                  
                                    tempore de quo sane
                                  
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                                    non conqueratur.
                                  
                                  He says "als nan hare of alle þe hed
                                
                                  Sal perisse þat tyme in na sted,
                                
                                  Right swa sal be na moment,
                                  Line 5660 
                                
                                  Of alle þe tyme þat God had [has (MS. Harl. 4196).]  sent,
                                
                                  Of whilk sal be made na pleynyng."
                                
                                  In þe tyme of þat last rekkenyng,
                                
                                  Alswa þai sal yhelde acount certayne,
                                  Line 5664 
                                
                                  Of ilk idel worde, spoken in vayne,
                                
                                  Þat es to say, þat war fruytles,
                                
                                  Als haly writt bers wittnes:

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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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