Instructions for Parish Priests By John Myrc [i.e. Mirk]. Edited from Cotton MS. Claudius A. II, by Edward Peacock |
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Infirmus dicta ȝe.
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Infirmus dicta ȝe.
“Art þow fayn, my broþer, say,Þat þow dyest in crysten fay?
Myȝt þou also in þy herte se
Þat þy lyf ys worse þen hyt scholde be? Ȝe.
For-þynkeþ þe, telle me þys,
Þat þou hast lad þy lyf a-mys? Ȝe.
Hast þow wyl þe to a-mende,
Ȝef god wole þe lyf sende? Ȝe.
Be-leuest þow with ful gode deuocyone
On ihesu crystes passyone? Ȝe.
And how hys passyone saue þe schal,
And by non oþer way at al? Ȝe.
Holde vp now boþe þy hondes
And þonke criste of alle hys sondes,
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Þat he wole þy sowle take
In-to hys honde and hys kepynge,
And saue hyt from þe fowle þynge.
Ȝef he con þys oresone say,
Byd hym say hyt wyþowte delay.
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