The kalender of shepherdes the edition of Paris 1503 in photographic facsimile: a faithful reprint of R. Pynson's edition of London 1506. Edited with a critical introduction and glossary by H. Oskar Sommer |
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The saynge of a deed man.
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The saynge of a deed man.
Man loke and se
Take hede of me
How thou shalte be
Whan thou arte deed
Drye as a tree
Wormes shall ete the
Thy grete beaute
Shall be lyke leed
Take hede of me
How thou shalte be
Whan thou arte deed
Drye as a tree
Wormes shall ete the
Thy grete beaute
Shall be lyke leed
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The tyme hath ben
In my youth grene
That I was clene
Of body as ye are
But for myn eyen
Now two holes bene
Of me is sene
But bones all bare
In my youth grene
That I was clene
Of body as ye are
But for myn eyen
Now two holes bene
Of me is sene
But bones all bare
Now entende
For to amende.
For to amende.
O mortall cretures saylynge in the wawes of mysery
Auayle the sayle of your conscyence vnpure
Fle fro the perylles of this vnstedfast whery
Dryue to the hauen of charyte moost sure
And cast the ankers of true confessyon
Fastned with the grete cable of contrycyon clene
Wynde vp thy marchaundyse of hole satisfaccyon
Whiche of true customers shall be ouer sene
And brought to the warehouse of perfeccyon
As perfyte marchauntes of god by eleccyon
Auayle the sayle of your conscyence vnpure
Fle fro the perylles of this vnstedfast whery
Dryue to the hauen of charyte moost sure
And cast the ankers of true confessyon
Fastned with the grete cable of contrycyon clene
Wynde vp thy marchaundyse of hole satisfaccyon
Whiche of true customers shall be ouer sene
And brought to the warehouse of perfeccyon
As perfyte marchauntes of god by eleccyon
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