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The Testament of John Lydgate:
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Folio 65 Verso
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Of thys prayere mekely I make an ende •
Vnder thy mercyfułł supportacioun1 •
O gracious Ihesu graunt where euere I wende •
To haue memorie / vpon thi passioun •
Testimonyal of my redempcioun •
In my testament / set for allegeaunce •
This clause last / of my peticioun •
Graunt or I deye shryft hosel repentaunce •
Ihesu2 •
Duryng the tyme / of this sesoun ver •
I mene the sesoun of my yeres grene •
Gynnyng fro chyldhode strecched vp so fer •
To the yeres / accounted fułł fyftene •
Bexperyence / as it was weel sene •
The geryssħ sesoun / straunge of condiciouns •
Disposed to many / vnbrydeled passiouns •
Voyd of resovn yove to wilfulnesse •
Ffroward to vertu / of thryfte toke3 litel hede •
Lotħ to lerne / loued no besynesse •
Saue pley or mertħ straunge to spelle or rede •
Ffolowyng alle appetytes / longyng to childhede •
Lyghtly turnyng / wylde and selde sad •
Wepyng / for nowȝt / and a none after glad •
Notes
  1. There is a suspension mark both here and in line four, but no obvious letter that is suspended. ↩
  2. This is bracketed on both sides and has a decorative element next to each bracket. ↩
  3. The EETS edition has "take" here, but the second glyph cannot be an "a" based on other letter forms -- for example the "a in "prayers" in the first line of the page or "and" in the last. ↩

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