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Folio 20 Recto
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My dere son blede in euery weyne . •
Be twix two thewes nayled to a tre . •
Who shall of wepyng giff me suffisaunce . •
Or to my sobbyng who shall my teres fynde . •
To see my ioye my hartis high plesauncce . •
My swete sone þat was to me so kynde . •
Railed with rede bloode as sappe doth þurth þe rynde . •
Thurgh his enmys wengeable crueltee . •
Dirkenyd with dethe his eyne nowe made blynde1 . •
A twix two thewes nailed to a tre . •
My ioye my light my lanterne moost entier . •
This heuenly phebus is clepsid of his light . •
Þis Esperus hath hidd his bemys clere . •
And is of now corteynde for my sight . •
Whan shall this day sterre shew me his bemys bright .2 •
To clere the trouble of myne aduersite . •
Parde þe jewes doon me to grete vnright . •
To naile my sone allas vnto a tre . •
All the doughtren of Ierusalem .3 •
Haue some compassion on my sighes depe . •
Not like þe gladnes which I had in bedlem . •
Come nere of reuthe and helpe me for to wepe . •
A swerd of deth doth thorowe my herte crepe . •
I fele it full well of modirly pitee . •
Craumpasshed with swonyng I do slepee . •
Notes
  1. The "de" here has been corrected and written over another glyph, but the glyph cannot be made out. ↩
  2. "Sterre" in this line appears to have been inserted into a provided space, as the ink color is darker than the rest of the line and is similar to that of the "de" correction noted above. ↩
  3. the continuous bar beginning over the r, passing through the l, and concluding over the m suggests that the l should be considered as part of an abbreviation rather than as seperate glyph bracketed by two suspensions. ↩

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