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The Testament of John Lydgate:
British Library Arundel 285 Verses

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Folio 173 Recto
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And þis I was of mekenes againes pryde •
Ffor mannes offence offerit in sacryfice •
Se my disciples hou þai haue me forsaik •
And fro me fled almost euery one •
Se hou þai slept and list not with me waik •
Ffor mortall dreid þai left me all alone •
Except my moder and my cousing Ihone •
My deid conpleit in most dulfull wyß •
Se fra my corps1 þai list neuer gone •
Ffor mannis offence quhenI baid assyß2 •
Se hou I was Iugit to þe deith •
Se barrabas gois to his liberte •
Se with a speir hou longious me slaith •
Behalde tua cullores3 distelling don fra me •
Se blude and water be mercifull plente •
Ran4 be my sydes quhilkis war ane with to suffice •
To man quhen I apon þe rude tre •
Was like ane lambe offerit in sacrifice •
Behald þe knyghtis quhilk throu þair thrawert chance5 •
Notes
  1. The EETS edition has "cross" here. ↩
  2. The EETS edition has "did sacryfice" here. ↩
  3. The EETS edition has "lycours" here. ↩
  4. The EETS edition has "Rayle" here. ↩
  5. The final two letters of this line were lost when the manuscript was trimmed. ↩

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