 | Songs, Carols, and other Miscellaneous Poems, from the Balliol Ms. 354, Richard Hill's Commonplace book |  |
13. Man, asay, a-say, a-say,
And aske thou mercy whyle thou may.
1
Man, haue in mynd, how here befornFor thy mysded thou wast for-lorn,
To geve the mercy Cryst was born;
Aske þou mercy whill þou may.
2
Yff thou thy lyff in syn hath lede,Amend the now & be not dred,
For Crystis mercy furth ys spred:
[Aske þou mercy whill þou may.]
3
Yff thy syn be never so yll,Yet for no syn thou shalt spyll,
Amend the now yf þat thou will,
[Aske þou mercy whill þou may.]
4
He that hath the hether browght,He wold that thou mercy sowght,
Aske ytt & he denyth ytt nowght:
[Aske þou mercy whill þou may.]
5
He that dyed on the rode& shed for the his precius blod,
He ys both mercyfull & gud:
[Aske þou mercy whill þou may.]
6
Mercy ys spred on the grownd,Ther for to dwell a lytill stownd;
Lett vs seke till yt be fownd:
[Aske þou mercy whill þou may.]
7
Ytt for to fynd God geve vs grace,In this world while we haue space,
& after in hevyn to haue place:
[Aske þou mercy whill þou may.]
Explicit.
| Songs, Carols, and other Miscellaneous Poems, from the Balliol Ms. 354, Richard Hill's Commonplace book | |