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

                                
                                  And of ilkan Idel word and thoght,
                                
                                  And of ilkan ydel dede þat þai wroght,
                                
                                  Outher in elde or in þair yhouthe,
                                  Line 5972 
                                
                                  Aftir þe tyme þat þai witt first couthe,
                                
                                  And of dedes þat þai thurgh erryng did;
                                
                                  And noght anely of open werkes bot of hid,
                                
                                  And noght anely of werkes wroght, bot unwroght
                                  Line 5976 
                                
                                  Als of werkes of mercy þat done war noght;
                                
                                  And of þair awen saules þai sal reken þar,
                                
                                  And of þair bodys þat þam obout bar;
                                
                                  And noght anly of ayther by þam-self þan,
                                  Line 5980 
                                
                                  Bot of bathe togyder als of a man;
                                
                                  And yhit noght anely of þam-self alle,
                                
                                  Bot of þair neghburs answer þai salle;
                                
                                  And fadirs and modirs sal rekken þat tyde,
                                  Line 5984 
                                
                                  Of þair sons and þair doghtirs unchastide;
                                
                                  And loverdes alswa of þair men namly,
                                
                                  Þe whilk þai wald noght iustify;
                                
                                  And maysters of þair disciples alswa,
                                  Line 5988 
                                
                                  Þe whilk þai lete untaght in folis ga;
                                
                                  And prelates and prestes of ilka suggette,
                                
                                  Þat þai wald noght in right rewel sette;
                                
                                  And alle other þat wrang and in ille entent
                                  Line 5992 
                                
                                  Þe gudes spended þat God had þam lent,
                                
                                  And of alle wrang haldyngs of gudes sere,
                                
                                  Of whilk þai parted noght til other here
                                
                                  Þat of þam had nede, als þai myght se;
                                  Line 5996 
                                
                                  Of alle þir thynges men sal aresoned be.
                                
                                  At þe day of dome, als God has ordaynd,
                                
                                  Whar nathyng sal be hid ne laynd,
                                
                                  Of alle þir, men sal yhelde acount strayt,
                                  Line 6000 
                                
                                  Sal nathyng þan be þar to layt.
                                
                                  Ful sely es þat man or womman,
                                
                                  Þat a gude rekkenyng may yhelde þan,
                                
                                  Swa þat he may pas qwyte and fre
                                  Line 6004 
                                
                                  Of alle thyng, þat may rekend be.
                                
                                  And swa sely may be alle þas,
                                
                                  Þat fra hethen in charité gas;

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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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