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The Testament of John Lydgate:
British Library Harley 218 Verses

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Thougħ thou be myghty thou art eke mercyable •
To alle folkes / that mekely hem repente •
Ia wrecche contagyous and coupable •
To alle outrages redy for tassent •
But of hole herte / and wyłł in myn entente •
Of olde and newe / ałł vicious gouernaunce •
Of youthe of age and of mys tyme spente •
Graunte or I deye / shryft hosel repentaunce •
Of my confessyoun / receyve the sacryfice •
Be my tunge vp offered on to the •
That I may seyn in ałł my best guyse •
Mekely with dauid haue mercy [vp]on me •
Saue alle my sores / that they ne can kred be •
With1 noon olde rust of dysesperaunce •
Whicħ2 of hole herte crye vpon my kne •
Graunt or I deye / shryfte hosel repentaunce •
O Ihesu Ihesu here myn orysoun •
Brydel myn outrage vnder thy disciplyne •
Ffetre sensualite / enlumyne my resoun3 •
To folowe the traces of spirituałł doctryne •
Lat thi grace lede me as ryght as lyne •
With4 humble herte / to leve to thy plesaunce •
And blyssed Ihesu5 / or I this lyf shal fyne •
Graunt or I deye / shryfte hosel repentaunce •
Notes
  1. The rubricator only touched one half of the "w" glyph here. ↩
  2. The rubricator only touched one half of the "w" glyph here. ↩
  3. There is a mark over the last three gylphs of the line, but both the rhyme scheme and the first line suggest that this is a otiose mark ↩
  4. The rubricator only touched one half of the "w" glyph here. ↩
  5. This is bracketed on the left. ↩

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