IGaf my tender body to tur∣mentis & strokes & my face I turned not fro those folkis that spyte on me & shamefully bla¦med me / In suche maner & suche traueyle made he thys bayne to sa¦ue hys loue our soule from alle swellynge of the syknesse of thys spirituell dropsye / And yet was our sowles stylle encombred wyth peyne of the hede that is a full sore sikenesse. ¶Cui capud īfirmum cetera membra dolent / A & who yt is seke in hys hede all other party∣es of hys body compleyne / And therefore ye good Ihesu saw the hede of his loue so seke that she was all āguished & enraged wherbi she cow¦de not knoue god nor serue hym he had soo grete pyte & compasion therof that hymself suffryd wyl∣fully that thyse mortall enemyes wounde to geder a grete crowne of thornys longe & sharpe & thyk∣ke ye prikked so wofulli his blessid hede & bete wyth a gret staf vpon ye crowne yt made his p̄cious blod to rē doune ī many places on hys for¦hed as it is sayth in ye gospell. ¶Plectentes coronam de spinis posuerūt su{per} caput ei{us} & acceperūt arūdinē et percusserunt / In suche maner suffrid the swete & amiable Ihū hys tendyr hede to blede for to saue the hede of hys syke loue our sowle for whom he suffryd in hys holi hede as saintis sain / A M. wo¦ūdes & thus siath he ī Iob· ¶Cō¦scidit me vuln{us} su{per} vulnus / The harde crowne kittith me wounde vpon woūde & saint bernarde seith Quā suanissimū ē seruital̄ michi bone Ihesu corona illa capitis tui
This tretyse is of loue and spekyth of iiij of the most specyall louys that ben in the worlde and shewyth veryly and perfitely bi gret resons and causis, how the meruelous [and] bounteuous loue that our lord Ihesu cryste had to mannys soule excedyth to ferre alle other loues ... Whiche tretyse was translatid out of frenshe into englyshe, the yere of our lord M cccc lxxxxiij, by a persone that is vnperfight insuche werke ...
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- This tretyse is of loue and spekyth of iiij of the most specyall louys that ben in the worlde and shewyth veryly and perfitely bi gret resons and causis, how the meruelous [and] bounteuous loue that our lord Ihesu cryste had to mannys soule excedyth to ferre alle other loues ... Whiche tretyse was translatid out of frenshe into englyshe, the yere of our lord M cccc lxxxxiij, by a persone that is vnperfight insuche werke ...
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"This tretyse is of loue and spekyth of iiij of the most specyall louys that ben in the worlde and shewyth veryly and perfitely bi gret resons and causis, how the meruelous [and] bounteuous loue that our lord Ihesu cryste had to mannys soule excedyth to ferre alle other loues ... Whiche tretyse was translatid out of frenshe into englyshe, the yere of our lord M cccc lxxxxiij, by a persone that is vnperfight insuche werke ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A13930.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 1, 2024.