The poems of William of Shoreham ... Re-edited from the unique manuscript in the British Museum by M. Konrath |
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Adoramus te christe. We þe honoureþ, ihesu cryst [p. 79]. Oremus. Domine ihesu christe. We þe biddeþ ihesu cryst [p. 80]. Aue maria gratia plena.
O swete leuedy, wat þe was wo,
Þo þy chyld was an-honge,
Itached to þe harde tre
Wyþ nayles gret and longe!
Þo þy chyld was an-honge,
Itached to þe harde tre
Wyþ nayles gret and longe!
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Þe gywes gradden: “com a-doun!”
Hy neste wat y mende,
For þran ha þole[de] to be do
To deþ for man-kende.
Hy neste wat y mende,
For þran ha þole[de] to be do
To deþ for man-kende.
And ase he henge, leuedy, four ous
A heye oppon þe helle,
Ischeld ous, wane we deade ben,
Þat we ne hongy in helle.
A heye oppon þe helle,
Ischeld ous, wane we deade ben,
Þat we ne hongy in helle.
Amen.
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