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The Testament of John Lydgate:
British Library Arundel 285 Verses

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Folio 174 Recto
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Quhanfor O man no langar þe dismay •
I gaiff my blud for the in Sacrafice •
Twrne hame agane þi synnis do forsake •
Behald and se gif outht be levit behind •
How I to marcy art reddy the to tak •
Giff me thy hert and be no more vnkind •
[þi lufe and myn togader do þam bind]1 •
And Let þam neuer depart in no wiß •
Quhen þow Is lowsit againe þi saule to fynde •
My blud for þe I offerit in sacrifice •
Emprent thir thingis in þi Inwart thought •
And graif deiply in þi remembrance •
Think on me weill and forȝet me nought •
All þis I offerit to do thy deligence2 •
In hevin a hom I do for þe deviß3 •
A place eternall a place of all plesance •
Ffor quhilk my blud I gaif in sacrifice •
And more my mercy to put to preife •
Till euery synnar þat none sall It amß[amyß] •
Notes
  1. The scribe skipped this line, and has corrected the mistake by placing it to the right of the following line. ↩
  2. The EETS edition has "And with my seyntes to yeve the suffisaunce" here . ↩
  3. There's a slight variation between this line and the EETS edition. Where this edition has "In hevin a hom" the EETS edition has "In the hevenly court." ↩

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