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137. Parce Mihi, Domine
Fadyr & sone & holy gost,
Grete god in trinite,
As þu art lorde of grete host,
Parce mihi, domine!
Grete god in trinite,
As þu art lorde of grete host,
Parce mihi, domine!
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Fadyr of heuene, I make my mone,
With contryte hert I pray to þe:
Off my synnes euerychone,
Parce mihi, domine!
With contryte hert I pray to þe:
Off my synnes euerychone,
Parce mihi, domine!
In þy seruys I haue mysdo,
And oftyne tyme offendet þe,
Mercy! lord, I wyll no more soo,
Parce mihi, domine!
And oftyne tyme offendet þe,
Mercy! lord, I wyll no more soo,
Parce mihi, domine!
As clerkes tellene to vs I-wys,
Mane was made, for thynges thre,
To wurshyp þe, kynge of blysse—
Parce mihi, domine!
Mane was made, for thynges thre,
To wurshyp þe, kynge of blysse—
Parce mihi, domine!
I-wurshyp goddys false haue I,
I-seruyd creaturis more þen þe,
I-loued synne & eke foly—
Parce mihi, domine!
I-seruyd creaturis more þen þe,
I-loued synne & eke foly—
Parce mihi, domine!
But þu fro reuerence me spare,
I-lost foreuer schall I be.
Lorde, haue mynde of mannys care,
Parce mihi, domine!
I-lost foreuer schall I be.
Lorde, haue mynde of mannys care,
Parce mihi, domine!
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