Songs, Carols, and other Miscellaneous Poems, from the Balliol Ms. 354, Richard Hill's Commonplace book | ||
37. God þat sittith in trinite,
Amend this world, yf thy will be.
1
Vices be wyld & vertues lame,& vice is torned in to game,
Ther-for correcion is to blame
That so lesith his dignyte.
God þat sittith in trinite,
[Amend this world, yf thy will be.]
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2
Pasciens hath tak a flight,& meladye is owt of sight;
Now euery boy will cow[n]terfet a knyght,
Reporte hym self as good as he.
God þat [sittith in trinite,
Amend this world, yf thy will be.]
3
Pryncipally amonge euery state,In cowrte men thynk gret debate,
For pees stondith at the gate,
And morneth after charyte.
God þat [sittith in trinite,
Amend this world, yf thy will be.]
4
Envy ys thik, & love ys thyn,& specyally amonge owr eme-Cristyn,
For love ys withowt / & envy ys within,
& so kyndnesse away gan flee.
God þat [sittith in trinite,
Amend this world, yf thy will be.]
5
Fortune ys a marvelus chance,& envy causith gret distance
Bothe in Ynglond & in France;
Exiled ys benyngnyte.
God þat sittith [in trinite,
Amend this world, yf thy will be.]
6
Nowe late vs pray both on & all,& specially vpon God call,
To send love & grace a-monge vs all,
And amonge all men in Cristynte.
God þat sittith [in trinite,
Amend this world, yf thy will be.]
Explicit.
Songs, Carols, and other Miscellaneous Poems, from the Balliol Ms. 354, Richard Hill's Commonplace book | ||