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The Testament of John Lydgate:
British Library Harley 218 Verses

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Folio 56 Verso
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Do mercy Ihesu1 / or we hens passe •
Out of this perilous dredful2 pilgrymage •
Be sette with brygauntes leyd / wayte in euery place •
Witħ mortałł saute / to lette3 our passage •
Among other I that am falle in age •
Gretly feblysshed of old infirmite •
Crye vnto Ihesu4 / for my synfułł outrage •
Rigħt of hole herte / thus knelyng on my kne •
Lat nat be lost / that thou hast bought so dere •
With gold nor syluer / but with thi precious blood •
Our flesshe is freel / but short abydyng here •
The olde serpent malicious and wood •
The world vnstable / now ebbe now is flood •
Eche thyng concludyng / on mutabilite •
Geyn whos daungeres / I hold this counsel gode •
To prei for mercy / to Ihesu5 •
And vndir supporte / Ihesu6 of thy sauour •
Or I passe hens / this hoolly myn entent •
To make Ihesu7 to be chief surveiour •
Of my laste wille / sette in my testament •
Whiche of my self / am In sufficient •
To rekene orn or counte / but mercy and piete •
Be preferred or thou do Iugement •
To alle that calle / to Ihesu8 on ther kne •
Notes
  1. This is bracketed on the left side. ↩
  2. The EETS edition has "dredfull" here. ↩
  3. The EETS edition has "lett[yn]" here. ↩
  4. This is bracketed on the left side. ↩
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