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The poems of William of Shoreham

... Re-edited from the unique manuscript in the British Museum by M. Konrath

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I.

I. De septem sacramentis. De psalmo, Exercitatus sum et defecit spiritus.

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II.

II. Pater noster. Domine labia mea aperies, Etc'.

Oremus, Domine ihesu christe.

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.

Adoramus te. We þe honoureþ, ihesu cryst [p. 79]. Domine ihesu christe. We þe byddeþ, ihesu cryst [p. 80]. Aue maria gracia plena, &c'.

Adoramus te. We þe honoureþ, ihesu crist [p. 79]. domine ihesu christe. We þe biddeþ, ihesu cryst [p. 80]. Aue maria gratia plena.

Adoramus te. We þe honoureþ, ihesu crist [p. 79]. Domine ihesu christe. We byddeþ, ihesu cryst [p. 80]. Aue maria, gracia plena, &c'.

III.

(III.) De decem preceptis.

IV.

IV. [De septem mortalibus peccatis.]

V.

V. [The Five Joys of the Virgin Mary.]

VI.

VI. [On the Virgin Mary.]

VII.

VII. On the Trinity, Creation, the Existence of Evil, Devils, Adam and Eve, &c.

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Adoramus te. We þe honoureþ, ihesu cryst [p. 79]. Domine ihesu christe. We þe byddeþ, ihesu cryst [p. 80]. Aue maria gracia plena, &c'.

O swete leuedy, wat þe was wo,
Þo ihesus deyde on rode!
Þe crouche, and þe ground onder hym,
By-bled was myd his blode.

Þat swerde persed þyne saule þo,
And so hyt dede wel ofter;
Þat was þy sorwe for þy child:
Deþe adde be wel softer.

And ase he þoled þane deþ,
Leuedy, for oure mende,
Schulde ous, wanne we dede beþ,
Fram deþ wyþ-outen ende.

Amen.