 | Liedersammlungen des XVI. Jahrhunderts, besonders aus der Zeit Heinrichs VIII |  |
192
[XXXVIII] [B.] In what estate so euer I be
Timor mortis conturbat me.
1
As I went in a mery mornyng,I hard a byrd boye wep & syng,
Thys was ye tenowr of her talkyng:
timor &c.
2
I asked yat byrd what sche ment,I am a musket boye fayer & gent,
for dred of deth I am al schent:
timor &c.
3
What I schal dey I know no day,what countre or place I can not sey,
wherfor yis song syng I may:
timor &c.
4
Jhesu cryst whane he schuld dey,to hys fader he gan sey:
fader, he sayd, in trinyte
timor &c.
5
All crysten pepull behold & se,yis world is but a vanyte,
& replet with necessyte,
timor [&c]
6
Wak I or sclep, ete or drynke,whan I on my last end do thynk,
for grete fer my sowle do shrynke,
timor &c.
7
God graunte vs grace hym for to serue,& be at owr end whan we sterue,
& frome ye fynd he vs preserue!
timor &c.
| Liedersammlungen des XVI. Jahrhunderts, besonders aus der Zeit Heinrichs VIII | |