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94. The Dolours of Our Lady
Heir followis þe houris of oure ladyis dollouris
Quhat dollour persit our ladyis hert,
Quhan scho hard hir sone was tane & bund,
Syne led to Annas, þat of syn had na part,
Quhair fals witnes agane him sone wer fund.
Quhan scho hard hir sone was tane & bund,
Syne led to Annas, þat of syn had na part,
Quhair fals witnes agane him sone wer fund.
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At prime
At prime scho followit him to pilotis place,With sobing, siching, lik to fall in swone;
Thair the Iowis spittit in his face
And fals witnes spak fast to put him doun.
At terce
At terce, ‘crucify him!’ þe Iowis can cry;The quhit coit and purpour claith gaif him for scorne,
Thai scurgit him; and our lady þat stude by,
Saw him beir þe croce and crownt with thorne.
At sext
At sext þai him nakit nalit on a tre,For drink þai gaif him bitter gall;
The blud droppit doun on his moder mary;
The erd trimblit and cragis begouth to fall.
At none
At none he commendit his moder to Sanct Iohnne,Syne with gret dolour scho saw him decese.
The sone tynt licht fra þe sext till none—
His passioun betuix god and ws maid peace.
At ewinsang
Oure lady saw his syd oppinnit with a speirAt ewinsang; syne his body þai tuk doun,
And laid him with mony salt tere
In our ladyis bosum, of glore þe crowne.
At compling
Our lady saw þame to graif his body beir,And clois him þairin with a gret stane;
To keip him þe Iowis put men of weir—
And þe faith of crist remanit in our lady all[ane].
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O mary, moder of mercy & of grace!
This houris to þi honour I refer;
To be my aduocat in euery cais,
And stand with me at þe bar.
This houris to þi honour I refer;
To be my aduocat in euery cais,
And stand with me at þe bar.
Grant me of þi sonne to haue compassioun,
And ay be ane seruand to þe;
And for my synnis do Satisfactioun,
Syne be tane to þe blis of hevin finalie.
And ay be ane seruand to þe;
And for my synnis do Satisfactioun,
Syne be tane to þe blis of hevin finalie.
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