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Religious Lyrics of the XVth Century | ||
Alia Oracio Deuota
Ihū, þi name honoured mot be
Wiþ alle þat ony lyf is Inne.
Swete Ihū, as þou made me,
Þou kepe me ay fro dedly synne!
Ihū, þe sone of Marye fre,
Þe ioye of heuene þou graunte me wynne!
Mi soule, Ihū, take to þee
Whanne my body & it schal twynne.
Wiþ alle þat ony lyf is Inne.
Swete Ihū, as þou made me,
Þou kepe me ay fro dedly synne!
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Þe ioye of heuene þou graunte me wynne!
Mi soule, Ihū, take to þee
Whanne my body & it schal twynne.
Ihū, þi name in me besette,
As þou art kyng & lord of lyght;
And graunte me grace ay bet & bette
Mi lyf to mende and lyue aryght.
Ihū, þi sydis wiþ blode were wet,
And dolfully for me were dyght;
Þou kepe me out of synne & det,
Swete Ihū, ay most of myght!
As þou art kyng & lord of lyght;
And graunte me grace ay bet & bette
Mi lyf to mende and lyue aryght.
Ihū, þi sydis wiþ blode were wet,
And dolfully for me were dyght;
Þou kepe me out of synne & det,
Swete Ihū, ay most of myght!
Ihū, þi name is heygh to neuien,
And ȝet I, caytif, crye & calle:
Þou forȝeue me þee synnes seuen,
ffor I am gylti of hem alle.
Ihū, me helpe, & brynge me to heuen
Wiþ þe to wone, my synful saule.
Myghti Ihū, þou here my steuen,
As þou me bought whan I was þralle.
And ȝet I, caytif, crye & calle:
Þou forȝeue me þee synnes seuen,
ffor I am gylti of hem alle.
Ihū, me helpe, & brynge me to heuen
Wiþ þe to wone, my synful saule.
Myghti Ihū, þou here my steuen,
As þou me bought whan I was þralle.
Ihū, my loue, my lykyng,
Euere more blyssed mot þou be.
Mi louely lord, my dere derlyng,
Weel were me I myght see þee.
Ihū, my counfort, þou me synge,
A loue-likyng is come to me;
My swete swetnesse of alle þinge,
Myn hope & troste is al in þee.
Euere more blyssed mot þou be.
Mi louely lord, my dere derlyng,
Weel were me I myght see þee.
Ihū, my counfort, þou me synge,
A loue-likyng is come to me;
My swete swetnesse of alle þinge,
Myn hope & troste is al in þee.
Ihū, helpe euere-more at nede,
ffro þe fende þou me defende;
Set my soule to loue and drede,
And my mysse þat I may mende.
Ihū, for þi blode þat þou wolde blede,
ffro þis lyf or þat I wende
Wasche awey al my mysdede,
And graunte me blysse wiþ-outen ende.
ffro þe fende þou me defende;
Set my soule to loue and drede,
And my mysse þat I may mende.
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ffro þis lyf or þat I wende
Wasche awey al my mysdede,
And graunte me blysse wiþ-outen ende.
AmeN.
Religious Lyrics of the XVth Century | ||