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132. Lovely Angel, Keep Me Day and Night
Oracio ad proprium angelum.
[I] praye þe, spirit, þat angell arte
To whom .y. ame be-take,
That þu me kepe in clene lyf,
Wheþer .y. slepe or wake.
To whom .y. ame be-take,
That þu me kepe in clene lyf,
Wheþer .y. slepe or wake.
God of hys grace haþ me þe sende,
To kepe me boþe daye & nyȝt,
Tyde and tyme me to defende,
And with þe fende for me to fyȝt.
To kepe me boþe daye & nyȝt,
Tyde and tyme me to defende,
And with þe fende for me to fyȝt.
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Louely angell, counforte me
In what desese þat y be ynne,
Helpe with grace þat y maye flee
In wyll and dede & deedly synne.
In what desese þat y be ynne,
Helpe with grace þat y maye flee
In wyll and dede & deedly synne.
Alle temptacions þu put me
ffro þe fendes þat wyll me drede.
Where-euer y goo my fere þu be
That y maye knowe þy helpe at nede.
ffro þe fendes þat wyll me drede.
Where-euer y goo my fere þu be
That y maye knowe þy helpe at nede.
Þow y haue be to þe vnkynde,
To þe mercyfull kynge for me þu praye,
Þat no gylt in me be founde,
Whan y schall ryse at domesdaye.
To þe mercyfull kynge for me þu praye,
Þat no gylt in me be founde,
Whan y schall ryse at domesdaye.
Whanne þu seest me goon with wronge,
ffor hym þat haþ me wroȝt,
To hym a-ȝey þu me wysse,
Ellys y lese my blys for noȝt.
ffor hym þat haþ me wroȝt,
To hym a-ȝey þu me wysse,
Ellys y lese my blys for noȝt.
What sorowe or what desese,
Helpe me with þy prayere,
My lordes face þat y may see
at domys daye with-outen fere.
Helpe me with þy prayere,
My lordes face þat y may see
at domys daye with-outen fere.
Also y praye þe, myn angell swete,
Ȝyf yt maye be by anye waye,
Þat þu do me to wete
Of my lyuyng or þe last daye.
Ȝyf yt maye be by anye waye,
Þat þu do me to wete
Of my lyuyng or þe last daye.
Suffre not the fende blake,
With [s]cornis ne with wanhope,
Neyþer my mynde fro me to take,
My sowle to see.
With [s]cornis ne with wanhope,
Neyþer my mynde fro me to take,
My sowle to see.
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Whan y schall owte of þys worlde goo,
ffor-sake me noȝt tyll þu brynge
me hym to that my sowle came fro,
Euer in ioye with angeles to synge.
ffor-sake me noȝt tyll þu brynge
me hym to that my sowle came fro,
Euer in ioye with angeles to synge.
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