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

                                
                                  For of alle þat God made, mare and les,
                                
                                  Man mast principal creature es,
                                
                                  And alle þat he made was for man done,
                                
                                  Als yhe sal here aftirward sone.
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                                  God to mans kynd had grete lufe
                                
                                  When he ordaynd, for mans byhufe,
                                
                                  Heven and herth and þe werld brade,
                                
                                  And al other thyng, and man last made
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                                  Til hys lyknes and semely stature;
                                
                                  And made hym mast digne creature
                                
                                  Of al other creaturs of kynde;
                                
                                  And gaf hym wytte, skille and mynde,
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                                  For to knaw gude and ille;
                                
                                  And þare-with he gaf hym a fre wille
                                
                                  For to chese, and for to halde
                                
                                  Gude or ille, wethir he walde;
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                                  And alswa he ordaynd man to dwelle
                                
                                  And to lyf in erthe, in flesshe and felle,
                                
                                  To knaw his werkes and him worshepe,
                                
                                  And his comandmentes to kepe;
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                                  And if he be til God bousom,
                                
                                  Til endeles blis at þe last to com;
                                
                                  And, if he fraward be, to wende
                                
                                  Til pyne of helle, þat has nan ende.
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                                  Ilk man þat here lyves, mare and lesse,
                                
                                  God made til his awen lyknesse;
                                
                                  Til wham he has gyven witte and skille
                                
                                  For to knaw bothe gude and ille,
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                                  And fre wille to chese, als he vouches save,
                                
                                  Gude or ille whether he wil have;
                                
                                  Bot he þat his wille til God wil sette,
                                
                                  Grete mede þarfor mon he gette;
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                                  And he þat til ille settes his wille
                                
                                  Grete payne sal have for þat ille;
                                
                                  Whar-for þat man may be halden wode,
                                
                                  Þat cheses þe ille and leves þe gude.
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                                  Sen God made man of maste dignité
                                
                                  Of alle creatures, and mast fre,

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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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