The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man Englisht by John Lydgate, A.D. 1426, from the French of Guillaume De Deguileville, A.D. 1330, 1355. The Text Edited by F. J. Furnivall ... With Introduction, Notes, Glossary and Indexes by Katharine B. Locock |
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[Mary, be our Refuge in Tribulation!
4 verses of 8 lines each, abab, bcbc.] |
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[Mary, be our Refuge in Tribulation! 4 verses of 8 lines each, abab, bcbc.]
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O blyssed maydë fflour off alle goodnesse,On alle Synfull ha Mercy and pyte;
Thynke how Synnerys in verray sothefastnesse
were Causë ffirst (who so [that] lyst se,)
That ffolkys shuldë blyssyd callyn the,
Only ordeyned ffor ther Savacïon;
Now, goode lady off thy benygnyte
Be oure Refuge In Trybulacïon
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Quene off hevene off helle ek Emperesse,Loodë Sterre ycalled off the See
To Marynerys that Erryn in dyrknesse,
Thow art ther Comforte in Alle aduersyte.
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And vp taryve thurgh thy proteccïon,
At the havene off alle ffelycyte,
And ffor tescape Eche Trybulacion.
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O holy Sterrë ffyx in stabylnesse,With-oute Eclypsyng Or Mutabylyte,
Ylychë Clerë shynyng in bryghtnesse,
In whom the Sonne sent ffro the deyete,
lyste ffor to takë Oure humanyte,
Off Mankynde to make Redempcïon,
That thow shuldest O mayde, O Moder ffre,
Be Oure Reffuge In Trybulacïon!
Lenvoye.
Pryncesse, excellyng off myght and worthynesseAlle Crëaturys as in dygnyte
Myn hertys body my worldly Cheff goddesse,
Pray thy Sonne ta mercy vp-on me.
Syth in alle méscheff to thy grace I ffle
Reffute to ffynde And Consolacïon.
And syth my trust ys Only Sette in the,
Be my Reffuge in Trybulacïon.
Explicit.
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