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Lat me not reste / nor haue no quiete •
Occupye my soule witħ spirytuałł trauayle •
To syng and seyn / O mercy Ihesu suete •
My proteccioun geyn fendes in batayle •
Set a syde ałł odir apparayłł •
And in Ihesu / putte ałł hole myn affyaunce1 •
Tresour of resoures / that me may most a vaiłł •
Graunt or I deye / shryfte hosel repentaunce •
My feytħ myn hope / to the Ihesu dotħ calle •
Whiche2 glorious name shałł neuer out of my mende •
I shałł the seke / what happe that euer be falle •
Be grace and mercy / in trust I shal the fynde •
And but I dede trewly I were vnkynde •
Whicħ for my sake / were perced with a launce •
On to the herte Ihesu left not be hynde •
Graunt or I deye shryfte hosel repentaunce •
Ther is no god Ihesu but thou allone •
Souereynest / and eke most mercyfułł •
Ffayrest of fayre / erly late and sone •
Stable and most strong / pietous and mercyfułł •
Reformyng / synneres that ben in vertu dułł •
Dauntyng the proude / mekenesse to enhaunce •
Thy tunne of mercy / is euer a liche fułł •
Graunt or I deye / shryft hosel repentaunce •
Notes
  1. The EETS edition has "i" for the fourth glyph where the manuscript is obviously "y." ↩
  2. The rubricator only touched one half of the "w" glyph here. ↩

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