II. |
III. |
IV. |
V. |
VI. |
VII. |
IX. |
X. |
XI. |
XIV. |
XVI. | XVI. I drukke, I dare, so wil I may,
Quan I thynke on myn endyng day. |
XVII. |
XVIII. |
XX. |
XXI. |
XXII. |
XXIII. |
XXIV. |
XXX. |
XXXII. |
XXXIII. |
XXXIV. |
XXXIX. |
XLIII. |
XLV. |
XLVI. |
XLVII. |
XLIX. |
L. |
LI. |
LII. |
LIII. |
LIV. |
LVI. |
LVIII. |
LIX. |
LX. |
LXI. |
LXII. |
LXIII. |
LXIV. |
LXVII. |
LXIX. |
LXXII. |
LXXIV. |
Songs and carols from a manuscript in the British Museum of the fifteenth century | ||
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XVI. I drukke, I dare, so wil I may,
Quan I thynke on myn endyng day.
I am a chyld, and born ful bare,
And bare out of this word xal fare;
ȝyt am I but wermys ware,
Thow I clothis go never so gay.
And bare out of this word xal fare;
ȝyt am I but wermys ware,
Thow I clothis go never so gay.
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Thow I be of meche prys,
Fayr of face, and holdyn wys,
Myn fleych xal fadyn as flour-de-lys,
Quan I am ded and leyd in clay.
Fayr of face, and holdyn wys,
Myn fleych xal fadyn as flour-de-lys,
Quan I am ded and leyd in clay.
Quan I am ded and leyd in ston,
I xal rotyn fleych and bon,
Fro myn fryndys I xal gon;
Cryst help myn sowle quan I ne may.
I xal rotyn fleych and bon,
Fro myn fryndys I xal gon;
Cryst help myn sowle quan I ne may.
Quan I xal al my frendes forsake,
Cryst schyld me fro the fendes blake;
To Jhesu Cryst my sowle I betake,
He be our help on domys day.
Cryst schyld me fro the fendes blake;
To Jhesu Cryst my sowle I betake,
He be our help on domys day.
Songs and carols from a manuscript in the British Museum of the fifteenth century | ||