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

                                
                                  And to leve þair syn had never wille,
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                                  Þarfor it es gud, ryght and skylle,
                                
                                  Þat þai be ay for þair foly,
                                
                                  In helle with-outen hope of mercy.
                                
                                  Now have I schewed yhow, als I couth telle,
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                                  Þe fourtene generalle payns in helle;
                                
                                  Bot yhit es over þase a payne generalle,
                                
                                  Þat of alle other es mast principalle,
                                
                                  Þat es tharnyng for ever of the syght namly,
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                                  Of our Lord God alle-myghty.
                                
                                  Ffor whilk syght þat þai for ever have tynt,
                                
                                  Þai salle have sorow þat never salle stynt;
                                
                                  And þe sorow þat þarfor salle falle
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                                  Salle be mast payne to þam of alle,
                                
                                  For als þe syght of God in heven, es
                                
                                  Mast ioy of alle other, mare and les,
                                
                                  Right swa þe tharnyng for ever of þat syght,
                                  Line 7308 
                                
                                  Es þe mast payne in helle dyght;
                                
                                  Ffor alle þe payns þat in helle may be,
                                
                                  Suld noght þam dere if þai moght him se.
                                
                                  Yhit salle þare be sere payns many ma
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                                  Als þe boke says, and mare sorow and wa
                                
                                  Þan alle þe men of erth, ald and yhong,
                                
                                  Moght thynk with hert or telle with tong,
                                
                                  Þat þe synful men þat salle wende
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                                  Tille helle salle have with-outen ende,
                                
                                  Þe whilk payns and sorow salle never cees;
                                
                                  Ffor þare salle never be rest ne pees,
                                
                                  Bot travail and stryfe with sorow and care,
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                                  Fulle wa salle þam be þat salle dwelle þare;
                                
                                  Þai sall thynk on nathyng elles,
                                
                                  Bot on þair payns, als som clerkes telles,
                                
                                  And on þair syn þat þai here wroght,
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                                  Swa salle payns and sorow troble þair thoght;
                                
                                  Ffor þare salle be þan herd and sene,
                                
                                  Alkyn sorow and trey and tene.
                                
                                  Þare salle be wantyng of alkyn thyng,
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                                  In whilk moght be any lykyng,

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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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