 | Songs, Carols, and other Miscellaneous Poems, from the Balliol Ms. 354, Richard Hill's Commonplace book |  |
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40. [The Murder of Thomas a Beket.]
A, a, a, a! nunc gaudet ecclesia.
1
Lystyn, lordyngis both gret & small!I will you tell a wonder tale,
Howe holy chirch was browght in bale
Cum magna iniuria.
[A, a, a, a! nunc gaudet ecclesia.]
2
The gretteste clark in this londe,Thomas of Canturbury, I vnderstonde,
Slayn he was with wykyd honde,
Malorum potencia.
[A, a, a, a! nunc gaudet ecclesia.]
3
The knyghtis were sent from Harry þe kynge,Þat day they dide a wykid thynge,
Wykyd men, with-owt lesynge,
Per regis imperia.
[A, a, a, a! nunc gaudet ecclesia.]
4
They sowght þe bisshop all a-bowt,With-in his place, and with-owt,
Of Jhesu Crist they had no dowght
Per sua malicia.
[A, a, a, a! nunc gaudet ecclesia.]
5
They opened þer mowthes wonderly wide,& spake to hym with myche pryde:
“Traytor, here thow shalt abide,
Ferens mortis tedia!”
[A, a, a, a! nunc gaudet ecclesia.]
6
Beffore þe auter he kneled down,& than they pared his crown,
& stered his braynes vp so down,
Optans celi gawdia.
[A, a, a, a,! nunc gaudet ecclesia.]
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