 | The Wheatley Manuscript |  |
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Quia cinerem tanquam panem manducabam, et potum meum cum fletu miscebam.
For askis as it were breed I ete,
Wiþ wepyng I mengide my drink among,
For loue of man me þouȝte it swete
To suffre scoorn and sorowe strong;
For, siþen Adam the lawe lete
Thoru hir þat of his rib[be] sprong,
Was neuere man to mercy meete
Til I hadde suffrid wo and wrong.
Wiþ wepyng I mengide my drink among,
For loue of man me þouȝte it swete
To suffre scoorn and sorowe strong;
For, siþen Adam the lawe lete
Thoru hir þat of his rib[be] sprong,
Was neuere man to mercy meete
Til I hadde suffrid wo and wrong.
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