Meditations on the Supper of our Lord and the Hours of the Passion, by Cardinal John Bonaventura the Seraphic Doctor. Drawn into English verse by Robert Manning of Brunne. (About 1315-1330.) Edited ... with introduction and glossary by J. Meadows Cowper |
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Alle myȝty god yn trynyte,
Now & euer wyþ vs be;
For þy sones passyun
Saue alle þys congregacyun;
And graunte vs grace of gode lyuyng
To wynne vs blysse wyþouten endyng.
Now euery man, yn hys degre,
Sey amen, amen, pur charyte.
Thou crysten creature, by goddes grace,
Opone þyn herte and hyde þy face;
For þou shalt chaunge þy chere a none,
Or elles þyn herte ys harder þan stone.
Y wyl þe lere a medytacyun
Compyled of crystys passyun;
And of hys modyr, þat ys dere,
What peynes þey suffred þou mayst lere.
Take hede, for y wyl no þyng seye
But þat ys preued by crystes feye,
By holy wryt, or seyntes sermons,
Or by dyuers holy opynyons.
Whan þou þenkest þys yn þy þoȝt
Thyr may no fende noye þe with noȝt.
Now & euer wyþ vs be;
For þy sones passyun
Saue alle þys congregacyun;
And graunte vs grace of gode lyuyng
To wynne vs blysse wyþouten endyng.
Now euery man, yn hys degre,
Sey amen, amen, pur charyte.
Thou crysten creature, by goddes grace,
Opone þyn herte and hyde þy face;
For þou shalt chaunge þy chere a none,
Or elles þyn herte ys harder þan stone.
Y wyl þe lere a medytacyun
Compyled of crystys passyun;
And of hys modyr, þat ys dere,
What peynes þey suffred þou mayst lere.
Take hede, for y wyl no þyng seye
But þat ys preued by crystes feye,
By holy wryt, or seyntes sermons,
Or by dyuers holy opynyons.
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Thyr may no fende noye þe with noȝt.
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