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The Testament of John Lydgate:
British Library Harley 218 Verses

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Folio 71 Verso
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Be hold my loue / and gyf me thyn ageynn1 •
Be hold I deyde thy raunsom for to peye •
Se howe myn herte is open brode and pleyn •
Thy gostly enemyes onely to affraye •
An d2 hardere batayle no man myght assayld •
Of ałł tryumphes / the grettest hye empryse •
Wher3 for o man / no lenger to dysmaye •
I gaf for the / my blood in sacryfice •
Turne home a geyn / thy synne do forsake •
Be hold and se / yf ougħt be left be hynde •
How I to mercy / am redy the to take •
Gyf me thyn herte / and be no more vnkynde •
Thy loue and myn / to gedyr do hem bynde •
And late hem neuere4 parte in no wyse •
Whann5 thou were lost / thy sowle ageyn to fynde •
My blod I offred for the in sacryfice •
Emprente thes thynges in thyn inward thought •
And graue hem depe in thy remembraunce •
Thynke on hem and forgete hem nnowght6 •
Al this I suffred to do the allegeaunce •
And with my seyntes to yeve the suffisaunce •
In the hevenly court / for the I do devyse •
A place eternałł a place of ałł plesaunce •
Ffor whicħ my blood I gaf in sacryfice •
Notes
  1. A suspension mark is over the final three glyphs. ↩
  2. The EETS edition has "An" here, but it's obvious there's a third glyph that has been worn away. Based on what is left it seems clear it is "e" but it's not obvious enough to say definitively. ↩
  3. The rubricator only touched one half of the "w" glyph here. ↩
  4. The final glyph has what appears to be a suspension mark but the EETS edition does not reflect this. ↩
  5. A suspension mark is over the final three glyphs. ↩
  6. The first glyph here is worn away, but appears to be an "n." There's no indication of anything missing, however. ↩

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