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And one request in especyałł •
Graunt me Ihesu whil I am here a lyve •
Euere haue1 prented / in my memoriałł •
The remembraunce / of thy woundes fyve •
Nayles with the spere that dys theyn herte ryve •
Thy croune of thorne / whicħ was no smal penaunce •
Language and tunge / me dewly for to shryve •
The holy vnccioun . shryft hosel repentaunce •
Alle the tokenes of thy passioun •
I prey the Ihesu grave hem in my memorie2 •
Dewly marke / myd Centre of my resoun •
On calvery thy triumphałł victorie •
Man to restore / to thyn eternałł glorie •
Be meditacioun / of thi meke sfferaunce •
Out of this exile vnseur and transitorye •
And wħan I passe hosel shryfte repentaunce3 •
Of thy mercy requyryng the to myne •
Of my mende the myd poynt / most profounde •
This word Ihesu . my .v. wittes tenlumyne •
In lengtħ & brede like a large wounde •
Alle ydel thoughtes tavoyde hem and confounde •
Thi cros thy skorges thy garnement cast at chaunce •
The rope the peler to whicħ thowe were bounde •
Graunt or I deye / shryft hosel repentaunce •
Notes
  1. The EETS edition has "to haue" here, but hte manuscript lacks the "to." ↩
  2. The EETS edition has "memorye" here, but there is no "y" in the word as writte on the manuscript page. Instead, it seems more likely it is "memorie." ↩
  3. The EETS edition has "shryfte, hosel, repentaunce" here, but it transposes what is in the manuscript. ↩

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