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

                                
                                  And als he is bygynnyng of alle,
                                
                                  Wyth-outen bygynnyng swa we him call,
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                                  Ende of al wyth-outen ende,
                                
                                  Þus es in haly bokes contende;
                                
                                  For als he was ay God in trinité
                                
                                  Swa he es, and ay God sal be;
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                                  And als he first bygan alle thing,
                                
                                  Swa sal he, at þe last, mak endyng
                                
                                  Of alle þing bot of heven and helle,
                                
                                  And of man, and fende, and aungelle,
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                                  Þat aftir þis lyfe sal lyf ay,
                                
                                  And na qwik creature bot þai,
                                
                                  Als men may se in þis boke contende,
                                
                                  Þat wille it se or here to þe ende.
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                                  And God that mad man sal ay be þan,
                                
                                  Als he is now, God and man.
                                
                                  Alle thyng thurgh his myght made he,
                                
                                  For with-outen hym myght nathing be.
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                                  Alle thyng þat he bygan and wroght
                                
                                  Was byfor þe bygynnyng noght.
                                
                                  Alle thing he ordaynd aftir is wille
                                
                                  In sere kyndes, for certayn skylle;
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                                  Whar-for þe creatours þat er dom,
                                
                                  And na witt ne skille has, er bughsom
                                
                                  To lof hym, als þe boke beres wytnesse,
                                
                                  On þair maner als þair kynd esse.
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                                  For ilk a thyng þat God has wroght,
                                
                                  Þat folowes þe kynd and passes it noght,
                                
                                  Loves his maker and hym worshepes,
                                
                                  In þat at he þe kynd right kepes;
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                                  Sen þe creatures þat skill has nane,
                                
                                  Hym loves in þe kynde þat þai haf tane;
                                
                                  Þan aght man þat has skille and mynde
                                
                                  Hys creatur worshepe in his kynde,
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                                  And noght to be of wers condicion
                                
                                  Þan þe creatours with-outen reson.
                                
                                  Mans kynd es to folow Goddes wille
                                
                                  And alle hys comandmentes to fulfille;

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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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