Instructions for Parish Priests By John Myrc [i.e. Mirk]. Edited from Cotton MS. Claudius A. II, by Edward Peacock |
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Oracio opificis opusculi huius.
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Oracio opificis opusculi huius.
Now, dere prest, I pray þe,
For goddes loue þow pray for me,
More I pray þat þow me mynge,
In þy masse when thow dost synge;
And ȝet I pray þe, leue broþer,
Rede þys ofte, and so lete oþer,
Huyde hyt not in hodymoke,
Lete other mo rede þys boke;
The mo þer-In doth rede & lerne,
Þe mo to mede hyt schale terne;
Hyt ys I-made hem to schowne
Þat haue no bokes of here owne,
And oþer þat beth of mene lore,
Þat wolde fayn conne more,
And þow þat here-In lernest most,
Thonke ȝerne þe holy gost,
That ȝeueþ wyt to vche mon
To do þe gode that he con,
And by hys trauayle and hys dede
Ȝeueþ hym heuen to hys mede;
The mede and þe ioye of heuen lyȝt
For goddes loue þow pray for me,
More I pray þat þow me mynge,
In þy masse when thow dost synge;
And ȝet I pray þe, leue broþer,
Rede þys ofte, and so lete oþer,
Huyde hyt not in hodymoke,
Lete other mo rede þys boke;
The mo þer-In doth rede & lerne,
Þe mo to mede hyt schale terne;
Hyt ys I-made hem to schowne
Þat haue no bokes of here owne,
And oþer þat beth of mene lore,
Þat wolde fayn conne more,
And þow þat here-In lernest most,
Thonke ȝerne þe holy gost,
That ȝeueþ wyt to vche mon
To do þe gode that he con,
And by hys trauayle and hys dede
Ȝeueþ hym heuen to hys mede;
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God vs graunte For hys myght. Amen.
Explicit tractatus qui dicitur pars oculi de latino in
anglicum translatus per fratrem Iohannem myrcus canonicum
regularem Monasterij de Lylleshul, cuius anime propicietur
deus. Amen.
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