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The Testament of John Lydgate:
British Library Harley 218 Verses

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Saluum me fac / in misericordia tua domine1 •
Saue me thy seruaunt / O lord in thy mercy •
Ffor lak of whicħ lat me niot be confounded •
Ffor in the Ihesu myn hope stand fynally •
And ałł my trust / in the Ihesu is grounded •
Ffor my synnes / thynke Ihesu thou were wounded •
Naked on the rode / be mortałł gret penaunce •
Be whicħ the power / of Sathan was confounded •
Graunt or I deye shryfte hosel repentaunce •
Tu es refugium meum a tribulacione2 •
Thou art Ihesu / my socour and refuge •
Geyn euery tempest / and tribulacioun •
That worldly wawes / with ther mortałł deluge •
Ne drowne me nat / in the dredful3 dongeoun4 •
Where5 caribdes / hath domynacioun6 •
And Circes syngeth songes of distur baunce •
To passe that daunger / be my proteccioun •
Graunt or I deye shryft hosel repentaunce •
Qus dabit michi venias in cor meum7 •
Who8 shal yeve me licħ to myn entent •
That thou Ihesu / mayst make thyn herburgage9 •
Be receyvyng of tholy10 sacrament •
In to myn herte whicħ is to myn olde age •
Repast eternałł / geyn ałł foreyn damage •
Dewly receyved / with deuout observaunce •
Celestiałł guerdoun ende of my pilgrymage •
Is shryft / and hosel/ and hertly repentaunce •
Notes
  1. This is bracketed on both sides. ↩
  2. This is bracketed on the right. ↩
  3. The EETS edition has a double "l" here, but the manuscript lacks this. I assume this is done to make it mirror "mortall" in the text, but MacCracken also neglected to bar the "l" as the manuscript does. ↩
  4. The terminal "n" here has a curved suspension mark but this appears to be otiose. ↩
  5. The rubricator only touched one half of the "w" glyph here. ↩
  6. The terminal "n" here has a curved suspension mark but this appears to be otiose. ↩
  7. This is bracketed on the right. ↩
  8. The rubricator only touched one half of the "w" glyph here. ↩
  9. The EETS edition has "herbergage" here, but the fifth glyph is cannot be an "e." ↩
  10. The EETS edition has "Holy," while the manuscript has "tholy." ↩

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