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I.
Emperourys and kyngys be kende,
Erlys and barunnys bolde,
Bachelerys and knytys to mende,
Sueyerys and ȝemen to holde,
Knauys and pagys to sende,
So parfyt þat aryn to be solde,
I prey ȝow, lordyngys so hende,
No yangelyngys ȝe mak in þis folde
To-day;
Als ȝe are louely in fas,
Set ȝow alle semly in plas,
And I xal withoutyn falas
Schewe resounus here to ȝoure pay.
Erlys and barunnys bolde,
Bachelerys and knytys to mende,
Sueyerys and ȝemen to holde,
Knauys and pagys to sende,
So parfyt þat aryn to be solde,
I prey ȝow, lordyngys so hende,
No yangelyngys ȝe mak in þis folde
To-day;
Als ȝe are louely in fas,
Set ȝow alle semly in plas,
And I xal withoutyn falas
Schewe resounus here to ȝoure pay.
Welthys I welde at my wylle,
In word I am knowyn ful wyde,
I aue hert and hynd vpon hille,
I am gay on grounde for to glyde;
Semly þer I syt vpon sille,
My wyf and my mené be my syde.
I [commaund] ȝow tende me tylle,
Or ellys I xal bate ȝowre pride
Wyt dynt,
And þerfor I warne ȝow infere
Þat ȝe mak neyþer criyng ne bere.
If ȝe do, withoutyn duere,
Strokys at ȝow xal I mynt.
In word I am knowyn ful wyde,
I aue hert and hynd vpon hille,
I am gay on grounde for to glyde;
Semly þer I syt vpon sille,
My wyf and my mené be my syde.
I [commaund] ȝow tende me tylle,
Or ellys I xal bate ȝowre pride
Wyt dynt,
And þerfor I warne ȝow infere
Þat ȝe mak neyþer criyng ne bere.
If ȝe do, withoutyn duere,
Strokys at ȝow xal I mynt.
Duk Morawd I hot be name,
Korteyser lord may be none,
Wol fer þan rengnyt my fame,
To be comly korownyt from one.
I geue gode gyftys with game
And saue iche lordyng fro fone,
Me bowyn boþe wylde and tame,
Queþire so þei rydyn er gone
Ore scheppe.
I am dowty in dede,
I am worly in wede,
I am semly on stede,
No weleny to me wyl I kyppe.
Korteyser lord may be none,
Wol fer þan rengnyt my fame,
To be comly korownyt from one.
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And saue iche lordyng fro fone,
Me bowyn boþe wylde and tame,
Queþire so þei rydyn er gone
Ore scheppe.
I am dowty in dede,
I am worly in wede,
I am semly on stede,
No weleny to me wyl I kyppe.
II.
Dam, do now þi wylleÞi wyage to fulfylle,
To þe wyl I be beyne.
For loue I þe pray:
Rap þe faste in þi way,
And cum hom sone ageyne.
III.
Thorow þe grace of þat ich KyngkÞat formyt vs alle with wenne,
I xal me kepyn from fondyng
And als from blame and synne
With gras.
Jhesu, als þou me wrowtys
And with woundys sore me bowtys,
Saue me fro wykyt thowtys,
Jhesu, fayr in fas!
IV.
Fare wel, my worlych wyf,Fare wel, loue jn lond,
Fare þou, semlyest lyf,
Fare þou happy in hond!
V.
Maydyn so louely and komly of syte,I prey þe for loue þou wyl lystyn to me;
To here my resun I prey þe wel tythe,
Loue so deryn me most schewe to þe;
My loue to þi body is castyn so bryth,
My wyl me most aue of þe.
Þou art louely to leykyn and brythest with ryth,
I loue þe in thowt, þou semly of ble,
Be name.
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Derne dedys me most do be day and be nyth
Be þe worþiest woundyn, wytthest wyt—
The soþe tale I telle withoutyn ony blame.
VI.
My fere so graciouse in gras,Thanc þou xalt auen of me,
For þou art louely in fas
And þerto bryth berende of ble.
Now wyl I makyn solas,
For my deryn loue xalt þou be.
Kys me now par amour in plas,
Als þou art worly to se
In syte.
Damysel, fayrest to fonde,
Als þou art semly to stonde,
Rap we vs to wendyn in honde
To þi chambyr þat is so louely of lythe.
VII.
A! I am wondyn in gret dolour,With danger and tene I am bownde.
To me þou geue tent par amowr,
And lystne quat I sey þis stounde!
Ȝon traytowr xal bewrey vs þis oure,
I telle þe, semly on grownde;
Þan xul we aue no socowr,
But carys to vs xal be fownde,
Iwys.
I ne may neuer be fawe
Tyl yon traytowr be slaw
Þat is so rebel in sawe;
Sorows mot ay to her kys.
VIII.
«A»ues«to»w now slayne, be þi fay,Þe fol þat dede vs þat tene?
IX.
A! Now am I mery þis stound,Þat che is browt to þat ded,
For che suld a wreyd vs on grownd,
Þat ilke old schrewed qued,
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Þat adde ben to vs an ewyl red;
In care forsoþe is che wownd,
And þerfor I am mery to led
And gay.
«D»amysel, louely of chere,
Mak we mery here,
For care, withoutyn duere,
Is went awey for ay.
X.
A! Aue I begotyn þis stowndA schyld so louely of þe,
I am in sorows wownd,
For care me most fle.
I prey þe in welth now wownd,
Þat fot in syt myth I se.
XI.
Aa, «byrd» fayr and bryt,
Do it out of my syt,
For thowt I am ny sclawe!
«S»clo it in present—
Þat is my cowmaundement—
Fast bry[n]g it of dawe!
Do it out of my syt,
For thowt I am ny sclawe!
«S»clo it in present—
Þat is my cowmaundement—
Fast bry[n]g it of dawe!
For al þis lond I wold nowt
Þat lordys of þis lond ad yt thowt,
Þat I ad synd be þe.
For serow and care þat we xuld drywe
We xuld led euer lyf ful rywe
And þeron ay to be.
Þat lordys of þis lond ad yt thowt,
Þat I ad synd be þe.
For serow and care þat we xuld drywe
We xuld led euer lyf ful rywe
And þeron ay to be.
Þerfor I prey þe,
For «þi» loue of me,
Slo yt with þin hond!
Þa«n» xul we ben in pes,
Withoutyn ony lees,
And auyn merth in lond.
For «þi» loue of me,
Slo yt with þin hond!
Þa«n» xul we ben in pes,
Withoutyn ony lees,
And auyn merth in lond.
XII.
«In es***al***» syngÞer I sytte louely in thowr,
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For þi w«e»rkyngys þis oure.
For þat parfyt tydyng
I geue þe allys and bowr,
For þou, withoutyn lesyng,
Pottyst me fro scham and dolowr.
XIII.
In to kontré I wyl wend,Þer to plete boþe fer and hend,
With god d«edys» boun.
Þer as it comyt in my mend
For to mete with lordys kynd
Boþe in fylde and toun.
XIV.
Betyd me god[OMITTED],Into contré [OMITTED]
[OMITTED]
But I prey þe þis oure,
My der [OMITTED] paramowre,
[OMITTED]
I xal no more þat [OMITTED]
But sertys I xal fond
Withoutyn [OMITTED]
«Ha god»day, worlych wyth!
Ha godday, louely in lyth!
Par[OMITTED] semly in syth,
[OMITTED] comly [OMITTED].
XV.
I am mythful and mery markyd in mynd,I am flour fayrest be fryt for to fare,
I am fayrest in fas, ferly to fynd,
I am loueliche in lond, lyttest in lare,
I am comly and curteys and crafty of kynd,
I am comly castyn fro knottys of care,
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I am semly to syttun syttys so sare,
I wyl pres me in pride!
Quan alle þe lordys of þis lond are gadered infere,
I am flour of hem alle withoutyn duere,
And ellys I were woxyn of blamys ryt here
But I be ryal in rayis forto ryde.
XVI.
A! now I hereA belle ryngant ful nere,
Ȝendyr in þe kyrk.
Þeþer I wyl fare,
For I am in gret care
Þer sum god ded to werk.
XVII.
A synful kaytyf I am,
Synfully I aue wrowt blam
Be gret tyme of my lyfe.
Now, Cryst, ast þou me bowt;
Forgeue me þat blam þat I aue wrowt,
And mak me sumquat blyþe!
Synfully I aue wrowt blam
Be gret tyme of my lyfe.
Now, Cryst, ast þou me bowt;
Forgeue me þat blam þat I aue wrowt,
And mak me sumquat blyþe!
For in þis werd may be none,
Þat euer tok lyf with flesch and bone,
Þat auyt so gret blam.
But I aue gras and help of þe,
I am lost fro þe so fre,
In helle to be be nam.
Þat euer tok lyf with flesch and bone,
Þat auyt so gret blam.
But I aue gras and help of þe,
I am lost fro þe so fre,
In helle to be be nam.
A prest now me most aue,
If [I] xal be saue
Ageynus Cryst of myth,
To telle hym my blam
Þat I aue wrowt be nam,
Þat is my thowt now tyth
To-day!
Jhesu, heuene-flowr,
Pot me from dolour,
And geue me gras þis o[u]re
A prest to auyn, I say!
If [I] xal be saue
Ageynus Cryst of myth,
To telle hym my blam
Þat I aue wrowt be nam,
Þat is my thowt now tyth
To-day!
Jhesu, heuene-flowr,
Pot me from dolour,
And geue me gras þis o[u]re
A prest to auyn, I say!
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XVIII.
A! Blyssyd be þou ay,
Þat þou com to-day
To here my dedly syn!
Quylys we are infere,
I wyl schrywe me here,
For now wil I begyn.
Þat þou com to-day
To here my dedly syn!
Quylys we are infere,
I wyl schrywe me here,
For now wil I begyn.
I aue led my lyf
In sorow and in stryf,
With cursydnessys and care;
Ȝet is more in my th[o]wt,
Synnus I aue wrowt
Be my douter in lare.
In sorow and in stryf,
With cursydnessys and care;
Ȝet is more in my th[o]wt,
Synnus I aue wrowt
Be my douter in lare.
And chyld che bar be me,
Quyk was fayr and fre
Boþe in body and fas,
And I myt neuer be fawe
Tyl we had hym sclawe—
I sey þe soþe cas!
Quyk was fayr and fre
Boþe in body and fas,
And I myt neuer be fawe
Tyl we had hym sclawe—
I sey þe soþe cas!
Ȝet more I wyl telle now.
My wyf þer che sclow
Thowr egment of me.
And þus is my lyf spend—
Lord omnipotent,
Grant me my synnus to fle.
My wyf þer che sclow
Thowr egment of me.
And þus is my lyf spend—
Lord omnipotent,
Grant me my synnus to fle.
XIX.
I wyl blely, my leue frend,Do penawns boþe fer and hend,
To saue my sowle fro wrat«h».
XX.
Heyl douter, louely of syt.Heyl, louely leuende to-day,
Cryst þat is mytty in myt
Saue þe ermor and ay!
XXI.
Lat be, my douter dere,
Lat be, louely in lere,
I aue forsakyn here
My blam and my syn.
My syn I aue forsake,
And to penawns I aue me take,
For þat wykkyd wrake
Now is time to blyn.
Lat be, louely in lere,
I aue forsakyn here
My blam and my syn.
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And to penawns I aue me take,
For þat wykkyd wrake
Now is time to blyn.
And þerfor I prey þe,
Sertys with herte fre,
Þat þou mak not me
To falle in nomor blam!
Now wyl I don away
My tresorys rych and gay,
And traueylyn I wyl ay
For my wykyt fam.
Sertys with herte fre,
Þat þou mak not me
To falle in nomor blam!
Now wyl I don away
My tresorys rych and gay,
And traueylyn I wyl ay
For my wykyt fam.
XXII.
Now my lyf wyl passe
Fro me þis ilk stonde,
I am smetyn in þe fas
With carful strokys and rownde.
Jhesu ful of gras
Forgeue þe þis trespas
Þat þou ast don to me,
And geue þe gras to blyn
Of þat wykyd syn
Quylk þou ast don so fre.
Fro me þis ilk stonde,
I am smetyn in þe fas
With carful strokys and rownde.
Jhesu ful of gras
Forgeue þe þis trespas
Þat þou ast don to me,
And geue þe gras to blyn
Of þat wykyd syn
Quylk þou ast don so fre.
My tyme comyt faste to
Þat I xal pas ȝow fro,
In oþir plas to duelle.
In manus tuas, domine!
Jhesu haue mercy on me,
And saue my sowle fro helle.
Þat I xal pas ȝow fro,
In oþir plas to duelle.
In manus tuas, domine!
Jhesu haue mercy on me,
And saue my sowle fro helle.
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