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The Testament of John Lydgate:
British Library Harley 218 Verses

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The whicħ word / whan I dyd vndirstond •
In my last / age takyng the sentence •
Ther on remembryng / my penne I toke in honde •
Gan to wryte with humble reuerence •
On this word vide / with humble diligence •
In remembraunce / of crystes passioun1 •
This litel dite / this compilacioun2 •
Ihesus3 •
Vide4 •
Be5 holde o man lyft vp tyn eye and see •
What6 mortałł peyne I suffre for thi trespace •
With7 pietous voys / I crye and sey to the •
Be hold8 my woundes / behold my blody face •
Be holde the rebukes that do me so manace •
Be holde myn enemyes that do me so despice •
And how that / I to reforme the to grace •
Was like a lambe offred in sacryfice9 •
Notes
  1. There is a hooked mark over the terminal "n" here, but it is likely to be an otiose mark as the word has both "u" and "n" present. ↩
  2. There is a hooked mark over the terminal "n" here, but it is likely to be an otiose mark as the word has both "u" and "n" present. ↩
  3. This is bracketed on both sidest. ↩
  4. This is boxed in red, with a decorative element on the right side. There is also a space between this line and the one prior. ↩
  5. The capital letter here is a two-line capital, but it does not dip below the line. ↩
  6. The rubricator only touched one half of the "w" glyph here. ↩
  7. The rubricator only touched one half of the "w" glyph here. ↩
  8. The EETS edition has a terminal "e" here, but the manuscript does not show this. ↩
  9. The EETS edition has "sacrifice" here, but it's clear that the manuscript witness has "y" for the fifth glyph. ↩

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