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The Testament of John Lydgate:
British Library Harley 218 Verses

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Be hold the mynystres / whicħ had me in kepyng •
Be hold the peler and the ropes stronge •
Where1 I was bounde my sydes dovn bledyng •
Most felly bete with skorges long •
Be hold the batayle that I did vnderfonge •
The bront abyding of ther mortałł empryse •
Thorgh ther accusyng / and ther sklaundres wrong •
Was like a lambe offered in sacryfice •
Be hold and se the hatefułł wrecchednesse •
Put a geyn me to my confusioun •
Myn eyen hyd / and blended with derkenesse •
Bete and eke bobbed by false illusioun •
Salued in skorne / be ther fals knelyng dovn •
Be hold al this / and se the mortal guyse •
How I only for mannes salvacioun •
Was2 like a lombe offered in sacryfice •
Se the witnesse be whom I was deceyved •
Be hold the Iuges / that gaf my Iugement •
Be hold the crosse that was for me devysed •
Be hold my body / with betyng ałł to rent •
Be hold the peple / whicħ of fals entent •
Causelds dyd a geyn me ryse •
Whiche3 like a lambe of malys Innocent •
Was4 like a lambe offered in sacryfice •
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