 | Songs, Carols, and other Miscellaneous Poems, from the Balliol Ms. 354, Richard Hill's Commonplace book |  |
15. Mary moder, I you pray
To be owr help at domys day.
1
Att domys day, whan we shall ryseAnd cum be fore the hygh Justyce
And geve a cownt for owr seruyce,
What helpyth than owr clothyng gay?
2
Whan we shall cum be fore hys dome,What will vs helpe? ther all & some
We shall stond as sory grome
Yclad in a full pore a-ray.
3
That ylke day withowt lesyngMany a man hys hondis shall wryng,
And repent hym sore for hys lywyng;
Then yt ys to late, as I yow say.
4
Ther-for I rede both day & nyght,Make ye redy to God Almyght,
For in thys londe ys kyng nor knyght
That wott whan he shall wend a-way.
5
That chyld, that was born on Mary,He glad all thys cumpany,
And for hys loue make we mery,
Þat for vs dyed on Gud Fryday.
Explicit.
| Songs, Carols, and other Miscellaneous Poems, from the Balliol Ms. 354, Richard Hill's Commonplace book | |