a picture of John Lydgate with the initials of the website
The Testament of John Lydgate:
British Library Harley 218 Verses

HomeAbout the ArchiveAbout John LydgateWorksManuscriptsAbout this ManuscriptEditorial ApparatusContactVisualization

f.72 recto
Folio 52 VersoFolio 53 RectoFolio 53 VersoFolio 54 RectoFolio 54 VersoFolio 55 RectoFolio 55 VersoFolio 56 RectoFolio 56 VersoFolio 57 RectoFolio 57 VersoFolio 58 RectoFolio 58 VersoFolio 59 RectoFolio 59 VersoFolio 60 RectoFolio 60 VersoFolio 61 RectoFolio 61 VersoFolio 62 RectoFolio 62 VersoFolio 63 RectoFolio 63 VersoFolio 64 RectoFolio 64 VersoFolio 65 RectoFolio 65 VersoFolio 66 RectoFolio 66 VersoFolio 67 RectoFolio 67 VersoFolio 68 RectoFolio 68 VersoFolio 69 RectoFolio 69 VersoFolio 70 RectoFolio 70 VersoFolio 71 RectoFolio 71 VersoFolio 72 Recto

Decoration
Download XML
Data Dictionary
Folio 72 Recto
Compare Witnesses: •
And more my mercy / to putte att a preef •
To euery synnere that non ne shal it mysse •
Remenbre1 how I gaf mercy to the theef •
Whicħ2 hadde so longe / trespaced and doon a mys •
Went3 he nat frely / with me to paradise •
Have this in mende how it is my guyse •
Ałł repentaunt / to bryng hem to my blysse •
Ffor whom my blood I gaf in sacryfice •
Tarye no lenger / toward thyn herytage •
Hast on thy weye and be of good ryght good chere •
Go eche day onward / on thy pylgrymage •
Thynke howe short / tyme thou hast a byden here •
Thy place is bygged aboue the sterres clere •
Noon erthly palys wrought in so statly wyse •
Kome on my frend my brother most entere •
Ffor the I offered my blood in sacryfice •
Amen4 •
Explicit testamentum Iohanis Lydgate5 •
Notes
  1. The EETS edition has "remembre" here, but the witness clearly has "n" for the fifth glyph. ↩
  2. A suspension mark is over the final three glyphs. ↩
  3. A suspension mark is over the final three glyphs. ↩
  4. This is bracketed on both sides. ↩
  5. This is bracketed on the left and has a decorative element on the right. ↩

Creative Commons License
Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.