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RELIGIOUS POEMS
Prayers, Songs, and Orisons to or about God, Christ, and the Virgin
1A.
1. An Orison to the Trinity
1C.
[An Orison to the Trinity]
2.
2. How Sinners Crucify Christ Each Day
3.
3. An ABC Poem on the Passion
4.
4. A Prayer of the Words of Christ on the Cross
5.
5. The Psaltere of Ihesu
6.
6. A Prayer in Memory of the Passion
7.
7. The Wounds of Christ as Remedies Against the Seven Deadly Sins
8.
8. A Second Version MERCY
9.
9. Christ Appeals to Man by the Pains of the Passion
10.
10. A Salutacion of Our Lady
11.
11. Ave Maria
12.
12. Heyle, God ye schilde
13.
13. To His Mistress
15.
15. Translation of Cur Mundus Militat
Precepts and Admonitory Pieces: Signs of Death
16-19.
16–19. Warnings of Death
16.
[Whan thy hed quakes memento]
17.
Memento Homo
18.
[Whan thyn heed shaketh . memento]
19.
[Wenne þin eyen beit ihut. & þin heren beoit idut]
Instructive Pieces: Religious, Moral, Ritual
20.
20. The vij vertwys Agyn the vij dedley Synys
21.
21. Augustinus de peccatis venialibus
22.
22. Decem remedia contra peccata venialia ut patebit inferus
23.
23. The Five Goostly Wyttys
24.
24. Lines on the Old Testament Worthies
25.
25. A Riming Exhortation
26.
26. Admonition Against Swearing
27.
27. Health of Body and Soul
28.
28. Penaunce is in Herte Reusing
Parts of the Mass in English Rime
29.
29. Pater Noster
30.
30. Aue Maria
31.
31. Vii mortalia peccata
32.
32. In eleuacione eucaristie
33.
33. In manus tuas domine
34.
34. In nomine patris
35.
35. Per crucis hoc signum fugiet
36.
36. Mors tua, mors domini &c Vii cogitanda
37.
37. Vestio, cibo, poto, &c Vii opera miserecordie
Reflective (Exegetical) Poems
38.
38. On the “Leaps” Which Christ Took
39.
39. On the Value of Prayer and Meditation
SECULAR POEMS
Love Songs and Complaints
40.
40. Alas, Alas, and Alas Why
41.
41. Alas What Planet Was I Born Vndir
42.
42. The Lover Wishes His Lady Recovery
43.
43. Lament
44.
44. Without Variance
45.
45. A Troubled Lover's Apostrophe to Death
46.
46. A Compleint vn to Dame Fortune Capitulo xxviii
47.
47. A Pure Balade of Love
Satirical Pieces
48.
48. The Dyscryuyng of a Fayre Lady
49.
49. O Mosy Quince
50.
50. When Women Will Reform
52.
52. Punctuation Poem
53.
53. Alas, quid eligam ignoro
54.
54. The Poor Widow and the Rich Man
Wise Sayings
55.
55. Exhortation to Study
56.
56. The Vanity of Worldly Lusts
57.
57. The Transitoriness of Worldly Prosperity
58.
58. Of the iiij Complexions
59.
59. Proverbs in Rimed Couplets
60.
60. Praise of Contentment with Little
Riddles / Aenigmata
61.
61
62.
62
63.
63
64.
64
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65
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66
67.
67. And′ Y com[pleyne]
68.
68. For to Pente
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Cambridge Middle English Lyrics
65
[Backe bent smocke rent]
Backe bent smocke rent
Slipperie yt was & in yt went
Thrust in stiffe standing
a test [?]
But comes out lither dropping
Stiff standing roughe handling
Between a womans legges in a morning
Cambridge Middle English Lyrics
