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30. A PRAYER TO SEYNT THOMAS.
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Blyssed Thomas! rubyfyed with blood,For Iesus sake stable in thyn entent,
Bysshop and marter, holy and riht good,
Born in Londoun, and charboncle of Kent,
Crownyd with Crist abooff þe firmament,
Stood as a peeler for hooly chirchis right;
On us haue mercy, wher we haue out myswent,
And from al trouble diffende us with þi myht.
Oracio.
O hooly marter! be our proteccyounAnd our dyffence in Tribulacioun,
And for the love of our lord Iesu
Kepe us ffro synne, encrese us in vertu,
And or we deie, graunte us in substaunce
Shrifft and hosil, contriccyoun with repentaunce,
For Iesus sake, wich is most parfit good,
For whom at Caunterbury shad was thyn holy blood.
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