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. We þe honoureþ, ihesu crist [p. 79]. Domine ihesu christe. We byddeþ, ihesu cryst [p. 80]. Aue maria, gracia plena, &c'. |
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Adoramus te. We þe honoureþ, ihesu crist [p. 79]. Domine ihesu christe. We byddeþ, ihesu cryst [p. 80]. Aue maria, gracia plena, &c'.
O swete leuedy, wat þe was wo,
And drery was þy mone,
Þo þou seiȝe þy lefe sone
Ibered vnder þe stone!
And drery was þy mone,
Þo þou seiȝe þy lefe sone
Ibered vnder þe stone!
Þat þou wystest þourȝ þy fey
Aryse þat he scholde,
A drery fay hyt was to þe
Þat he lay vnder molde.
Aryse þat he scholde,
A drery fay hyt was to þe
Þat he lay vnder molde.
And ase he was four ous y-bered,
And aros þourwe hys myȝtte,
Help ous, leuedy, a domes day,
Þat we aryse mytte brytte. Amen.
And aros þourwe hys myȝtte,
Help ous, leuedy, a domes day,
Þat we aryse mytte brytte. Amen.
Þyse oures of þe canoune,
Lord, meneȝe ich þe wel fayre,
Wyþ wel greȝt deuocioun,
A reyson de-bonayre.
Lord, meneȝe ich þe wel fayre,
Wyþ wel greȝt deuocioun,
A reyson de-bonayre.
And ase þou þoledest, lor[d], for me
Ope caluaryes doune,
So, acordaunt to þy trauayl,
Lord, graunte me þy coroune.
Ope caluaryes doune,
So, acordaunt to þy trauayl,
Lord, graunte me þy coroune.
AmeN.
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