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125. A Prayer of the Holy Name
O Cryste Ihū, mekely I pray to the,
To lete thy name, wedyr y ryde or gone,
In euery parell & in euery aduersite,
Be my defence a-ȝenste my mortall fone
To make them stonde styll as eny stone;
And that castene me falsly to werray,
Make thow here malyce to-to obey.
To lete thy name, wedyr y ryde or gone,
In euery parell & in euery aduersite,
Be my defence a-ȝenste my mortall fone
To make them stonde styll as eny stone;
And that castene me falsly to werray,
Make thow here malyce to-to obey.
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To thi name, & make hem stond a-backe,
Or thay haue poure to yoy here cruel myght;
And wicked spretus so oryble & blake
That besy bene to wayte me day & nyghte,
Let thi name dryue hem owte of syghte
And, in my fored when I ‘Ihū’ empresse,
Make me of grace theyre malyce to oppresse.
Or thay haue poure to yoy here cruel myght;
And wicked spretus so oryble & blake
That besy bene to wayte me day & nyghte,
Let thi name dryue hem owte of syghte
And, in my fored when I ‘Ihū’ empresse,
Make me of grace theyre malyce to oppresse.
ffor to þi name hoolly y me commende,
Myn lyf, deth, my body, herte & all,
My sowle al-so when I hense wende,
O cryste Ihū, o lorde ynmortall!
Praying to the, whene thow me deme schall,
That thow me saue from eternall schame,
That haue full feght & hole truste in þi name.
Myn lyf, deth, my body, herte & all,
My sowle al-so when I hense wende,
O cryste Ihū, o lorde ynmortall!
Praying to the, whene thow me deme schall,
That thow me saue from eternall schame,
That haue full feght & hole truste in þi name.
Explicit.
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