The New Nutbrown Maid

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¶Here begynneth the new Notb[ro]une

Notbroune] Notborune 1535

mayd vpon the passion of cryste

RYght and no wrong

It is amonge

Yt I of man complayne

Affyrmynge this

Howe that it is

A laboure spent in vayne

To loue hym well

For neuer a dell

He wyll me loue agayne

For though that I

Me sore applye

His fauer to attayne

Yet yf that shrewe

To hym pursue

That clepyd is Sathan

Hym to conuerte

Sone from his herte

I am a banysshed man.

¶Maria the mayde.

¶I say not naye

Bothe nyght and daye

Swete sonne as ye haue sayde

Man is vnky[n]de

His faythfull mynde

In maner is halfe decayed

But neuer-the-lesse

Through ryghtwysenes

Theyrwith be not apayed

Yet mercy trewe

Muste contynewe

And not a_parte be layed

Syth ye for loue

Came frome a_boue

Frome your father in trone.

Of louynge mynde

Towarde mankynde

To dye for hym alone.

¶Iesus.

¶Than ye and I

Mother marye

Let vs despute in fere.

Ryght hertely / I you supply supply ='supplicate'

Your reason lette me here.

With man vnkynde

Hath neuer mynde

Of me that bought hym dere

If his folye

Shulde haue mercy

Ayenste all ryght it were

I am by ryght

The kynge of lyght

For man my blode out ranne

Ye knowe a_parte a_parte ='in part, partly'?; see OED s.v. a part, advb. phr.

Yet from his herte

I am a banysshed man.

¶Maria.

Here-in your wyll

For to fulfyll

I wyll not sone refuse.

To say the truthe

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More is it ruthe

I cannot man excuse.

To his owne shame

He is to blame

His lyfe soo to measure.

Yet though rygoure

Without fauour

Wolde hym theyrfore accuse.

Mercy I pleate pleate: =plead

That is more greate

Than rygoure ten to one.

Syth of good mynde

Towarde mankynde

Ye dyed for hym alone.

¶Iesus.

¶The cause stode so

Suche dedes were do

Wherfore moche harme dyde growe.

Tho man and I Tho ='Then'

Came for to dye

A shamefull dethe ye knowe.

Upon a tree

To make hym free

This loue I dyde hym showe

Yet to my lawe

For loue nor awe

He wyll not bende nor bowe.

Thus my dere mother

For man my brother

Let me do what I canne.

Hym to conuerte

Yet from his herte

I am a banysshed man

¶Maria.

¶O lorde of blysse

Remembre this

Howe mannes mynde is lyke the mone

Is varyable

Frayle / and vnstable

At morowe / ny[gh]t / & noone. nyght] nyhgt 1535

Though he vnkynde

Haue not in mynde

What ye for hym haue doone.

Yet haue compassyon

100

Of our saluacyon

Forsake not man so soone.

A whyle hym spare

He shall prepare

Hym-selfe to you anone.

105

With harte and mynde

Louynge and kynde

To serue but you alone.

Iesus.

¶I can beleue

He shall remeue

110

His synne a daye or twayne.

But lytell space

That god of grace

Wyll i[n] his herte remayne.

It shall aslake

115

And he wyll take

His olde vsage a_gayne.

So from his thought

I that hym bought

Shall be expoulsed playne.

120

Thus wyll he do

Swete mother loo

Holde ye all that ye canne.

Upon his parte

Yet frome his herte

125

I am a banysshed man.

Maria.

¶Swete sonne syth ye

To make hym fre

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Wold dye of your good mynde.

Your herte souerayne

130

Clouen in twayne

By Longes the blynde. Longes: =Longinus

And all was done

That man alone

Shulde not be lefte behynde.

135

Your goodnes euer

Dothe styll perseuer

Though he haue ben vnkynde

What is offendyd

Shall be amended

140

Ye shall persayue anone.

He shall be kynde

Yeldynge his mynde

And loue to you alone.

Iesus.

¶Matter in-dede Matter in-dede ='as a matter of fact, truly'; see OED s.v. matter n1, 16c

145

My sydes dyde blede

For man ryght as ye saye.

Yet yonge and olde

He neuer wolde

Unto my lawes obaye.

150

But to fulfyll

His wanton wyll

Wrenchynge from me alway Wrenchynge] Wrenchynchynge 1535

Frome his delyght

By day or nyght

155

He wyll make no delay

Lo mother he

Refuseth me

And tourneth hym to Sathan

Thus from his thought

160

I that hym bought

Am made the banysshed man.

Maria.

¶Bothe olde and yonge

He hathe done wronge

I graunt sone to the same

165

Rowynge at large

In Sathans barge

Empayryng his good name

Syth ye hym loue

A greate reproue

170

It is to hym & shame

I do confesse

By ryghtwysenes

He is greatly to blame

But I commence commence ='enter upon (an action)', in legal sense; see OED s.v. commence v, 1

175

Afore clemence

For man myne accyon

Let rygour reste

Mercy can beste

Determyn this alone.

Iesus.

180

¶Consydre nowe

Swete mother howe

Man is a wylde outlawe

Renneth a_boughte a_boughte: =about

In euery route

185

Workynge ayenst my lawe

And yf the deuyll

Tempte hym to euyll

Theyrto sone wyll he drawe

And all myschefe

190

Ys to hym lefe

Withouten loue or awe

To me or you

Though for his prowe

Ye do to all ye can

195

Whan all is sought

Quy[te] frome his thought Quyte] Quyet 1535

I am a banysshed man.

Maria.

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Though as ye say

He disobaye

200

Your commaundeme[n]t and lore commaundement] commaundemet 1535

Yet yf loue make

Hym to forsake

His synne / & wepe therfore

With full contrycyon

205

For his transgressyon

His herte oppressynge sore

Contryte and meke

As Dauyd speke

What aske ye of hym more

210

My sonne / my lorde

Your prophytes worde

I pray you thynke vpon

And ye shall fynde

Man meke and kynde

215

To serue but you alone.

Iesus.

¶My herte & mawe mawe ='liver'?; see OED s.v. maw n1, 2c

To rent & drawe

And me with othes to bynde

Cheseth not he

220

Grace or pytye

In hym can I none fynde

The crewell Iewes

Were to me shrewes

But he is more vnkynde

225

Syth for his prowe

He knoweth well howe

I dyde of louynge mynde dyde: =died

Of me eche membre

He dothe remembre

230

With othes all that he can

Thus ofte I fynde

Me in his mynde

But elles a banysshed man.

¶Maria.

¶Full well knowe ye

235

Ayenst thyes thre thyes: =these

Man feble is to fyght

The deuyll / his flesshe /

The worlde all fresshe

Prouoke hym day and nyght

240

To sue theyr trace

Whyche in eche case

Is wronge and neuer ryght

That thyne stabylyte

Of his fragylyte

245

Ayenst them hath no my[gh]t Ayenst] Ayensty 1535; myght] myhgt 1535

Though man that frayle is

Swere armes / and nales

Brane / blode / sydes / passyon

Swete sonne regarde

250

Your paynes harde

Ye dyde for hym alone. dyde] dyded 1535dyde: =died; cf. Ye dyed for hym alone, line 71

¶Iesus.

¶Now for mannes nede

Sith I wolde blede

And great anguysshe sustayne

255

In stony wayes

Both nyghtes and dayes

Walkynge in frost / and rayne

In c[ol]de / and hete colde] clode 1535

In drye / and wete

260

My fete were bare both twayne

Though I for loue

To mannes behoue

Endured all this payne

That I therfore

265

Sholde spare the more

No reson fynde ye can

Rather I sholde

More strayte hym holde

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And as a banysshed man

Maria.

270

¶Yet my sonne dere

I pray you here

What tyme poure reason is

Mannes soule to cure

Ye dyde endure

275

Moche payne / I knowe well this

To man all vayne

Shulde be your payne

If he were put to blys put to ='(already) destined for'?

For playne remyssyon

280

Is my petycyon

Where man hathe wrought amys

Ye be his leche

I you beseche

To saulue his sores echone

285

That he vnkynde

May chaunge his mynde

And serue but you alone.

Iesus.

¶Hyther or theder

He careth not whyther

290

He go hym to enclyne

To wyckydnesse

From all goodnesse

He dayly dothe declyne

In cardes and dyce

295

He compteth no vyce

Nor syttynge at the wyne

To fyght and swere

To rene and tere

Asondre me and myne

300

Lo thus he dothe

To make me wrothe

The worst he may or can

And I am twynde

Out of his mynde

305

Ryght as a banysshed man.

Maria.

¶My dere sonne dere

Syth ye the clere

Fountayne of mercy be

Though man be frayle

310

He may not fayle

To fynde in you pytye

He wyll I truste

Frome worldely lust

Turne his swete soule to me

315

And in shorte space

So stande in grace

That I his soule shall se

To blysse assende

That hathe none ende

320

There to remayne as one

That hathe ben kynde

And set his mynde

To serue but you alone.

Iesus.

¶Man greueth me sore

325

For lasse nor more

Wyll he wons doo for me

Ones in a yere

A good prayer

He sayeth not on his kne

330

The poure may stande

With empty hande

For almes theyr wyll none be

Bothe day and nyght

He flyeth the ryght

335

But folye he wyll not fle

His proper wyll

For to fulfyll

He doeth all that he can

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But from his thought

340

I that hym bo[u]ght bought] bohght 1535

Am euer a banysshed man

¶Maria.

¶If man for you

Nor his owne prow

Wyll to no grace procede

345

Mercy or grace

A_fore your face

He none deserueth in-dede

But I your mother

For man your brother

350

Make Instaunce in his nede

Though he deserue

To brynne / and sterue brynne: =burn

In the Infernall glede

Spare hym for me

355

And ye shall se

That he shall tourne anone

Frome his folye

Incessantly

To serue but you alone.

Iesus.

360

¶Why shulde I soo

Nay let hym go

My dere mother mary

Syth his delyght

Is to be lyght

365

And deale so vnkyndly

For you nor me

He wyll not flee

From vyce / nor hym applye

By wordes to here

370

That bought hym dere

On crosse anguy[sh]ously anguyshously] anguyously 1535anguyshously: =anguishously, 'with much suffering'

Bothe yonge and olde

[H]e hathe ben bolde He] Ie 1535

To greue me that he can

375

But my precept

Was euer vnkept

And I a banysshed man.

Maria.

¶For ruthe & drede

Myne herte doth blede

380

Man in no wyse wylbe

By reason s[w]ayd swayd] sayd 1535swayd ='governed, directed'; see OED s.v. sway v, 9

Nor yet apayed

From his offence to flee

For though that I

385

For remedye

Do all that lyeth in me

To haue hym cured

Yet so endured endured ='hardened'

With synne & vyce is he

390

That to be shorte

What I exhorte

Not herde is / yet anone

I trust he shall

Make well his thrall

395

And serue but you alone.

Iesus.

¶So rude and wylde

And so defyled

As he / paste shame & drede

That to what lawe

400

He shulde hym drawe

He scarsely knoweth in-dede

Yet better were

For hym to lere

Some vertu / & procede

405

To grace than saye

A nother daye

Alas my wycked dede

Hathe me betrayed

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Lo thus good mayde

410

The doughter of saynte Anne.

Man hat[h]e exylede hathe] hate 1535

Frome hym your chylde

Ryght as a banysshed man.

Maria.

¶Whan all to all

415

Shall come / he shall

I trust from vyce abrayed

And fle theyrfroo

Whiche hathe hym so

Encombered & arayed

420

He shall repell

Sathans councell

That ofte hathe hym betrayed

With full compounctyon

To take thy iniunction

425

That shalbe to hym layed

Of harde penaunce

And hym auaunce

To seche remyssyon

Full reconsyled

430

To you my chylde

To serue but you alone

Iesus.

¶My commaundement

Neuer t'[e]ntente t'entente] tontente 1535entente ='attend to'; see OED s.v. intent v, 1b, where this example is cited

His hyghnes for to alowe alowe ='praise, commend'; see OED s.v. allow v, 1

435

His Irous brayde brayde ='outburst of passion'; see OED s.v. braid n, 1d

Wyll not be layed

For me nor yet for you

Myne [h]erte to teare herte] yerte 1535

He hathe no feare

440

But dare it well avowe

Pryde with hym goeth

In herte & cloth

How say ye mother nowe

Hy[m] thynketh great ease Hym] Hy 1535

445

Me to dysplease

By all the meanes he ca[n]

But whan my wyll But whan ='unless'?

He shulde fulfyll

I am a banysshed man.

Maria.

450

¶Sonne though mannes blode

Be wylde and wode

Frayle as a fadyng floure

Regardynge nought

How ye hym bought

455

Out of the fendes powre

With herte [&] mynde herte &] hertely 1535

Euer enclyned

To be a transgressoure

Ayenst your lawe

460

And though he drawe

Hym-selfe to synne eche houre

Ye may not soo

His soule forgo

Syth ye syttynge in throne

465

Wolde for his loue

Come frome aboue

To dye for hym alone.

Iesus.

¶Mother your loue

I se the proue

470

To man is kynde & true

To haue his lyfe

Brought out of stryfe

Kyndely for hym ye sue

And yf he wold

475

His vyces olde

Forsake & take vertue

I wolde for ruthe

Seynge the truthe

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And loue that ye hym shewe

480

Graunt hym remyssyon

Upon condycyon

That he forsake Sathan

That I may fynde

Me in his mynde

485

And as no banysshed man

Maria.

¶Sonne your petye

And charytye

Was well perceyued & sene

Whan your pleasure

490

Was to endure

To lye my sydes betwene

Nyne monethes / and than

Be borne as man

And to brynge hym from tene

495

In graue be layed

And me your mayd

To make of heuen Quene

And condes[c]ende condescende] condestende 1535

Thus at the ende

500

To graunte man your pardon

At my requeste

Wherfore shulde reste

Greate laude to you alone

Iesus.

¶The poore at nede

505

To clothe and fede

Parte of his rent & wage

He muste bestowe

Rememberynge howe

All came of one lynage

510

Forsakynge synne

He may me wynne

And to myne herytage

I shall hym take

His soule to make

515

My spouse in mariage

For to perseuer

With me foreuer

With ioye she may say than

That she hathe wonne

520

A kynges sonne

And not a banysshed man.

¶The translator.

¶Regarde and se

O man to the

God is moche fauorable

525

Eschewe thou than

Reprefe no man

Beware by dedes dampnable

In any wyse

Euer despyse

530

Sathan the deceyuable

Thy soule beware

Out of his snare

Neuer be founde vnstable

Perseuerauntly

535

Reason applye

Iustely let all be done

Endlesse solace

Shall he purchase

That serueth but god alone.

¶Thus endeth the boke of the newe Notbrowne mayd vpon the passyon of Cryste Imprynted at London by Iohnn_Skot dwelly[n]ge in Foster_lane within saynt_Leonardes parysshe.

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	¶Here begynneth the new Notb[ro]une Notbroune] Notborune 1535 mayd vpon the passion of cryste


	RYght and no wrong
	It is amonge
	Yt I of man complayne
	Affyrmynge this
5	Howe that it is
	A laboure spent in vayne
	To loue hym well
	For neuer a dell
	He wyll me loue agayne
10	For though that I
	Me sore applye
	His fauer to attayne
	Yet yf that shrewe
	To hym pursue
15	That clepyd is Sathan
	Hym to conuerte
	Sone from his herte
	I am a banysshed man.

	¶Maria the mayde.

	¶I say not naye
20	Bothe nyght and daye
	Swete sonne as ye haue sayde
	Man is vnky[n]de
	His faythfull mynde
	In maner is halfe decayed
25	But neuer-the-lesse
	Through ryghtwysenes
	Theyrwith be not apayed
	Yet mercy trewe
	Muste contynewe
30	And not a_parte be layed
	Syth ye for loue
	Came frome a_boue
	Frome your father in trone.
	Of louynge mynde
35	Towarde mankynde
	To dye for hym alone.

	¶Iesus.

	¶Than ye and I
	Mother marye
	Let vs despute in fere.
40	Ryght hertely / I you supply supply ='supplicate'
	Your reason lette me here.
	With man vnkynde
	Hath neuer mynde
	Of me that bought hym dere
45	If his folye
	Shulde haue mercy
	Ayenste all ryght it were
	I am by ryght
	The kynge of lyght
50	For man my blode out ranne
	Ye knowe a_parte a_parte ='in part, partly'?; see OED s.v. a part, advb. phr.
	Yet from his herte
	I am a banysshed man.

	¶Maria.

	Here-in your wyll
55	For to fulfyll
	I wyll not sone refuse.
	To say the truthe
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	More is it ruthe
	I cannot man excuse.
60	To his owne shame
	He is to blame
	His lyfe soo to measure.
	Yet though rygoure
	Without fauour
65	Wolde hym theyrfore accuse.
	Mercy I pleate pleate: =plead
	That is more greate
	Than rygoure ten to one.
	Syth of good mynde
70	Towarde mankynde
	Ye dyed for hym alone.

	¶Iesus.

	¶The cause stode so
	Suche dedes were do
	Wherfore moche harme dyde growe.
75	Tho man and I Tho ='Then'
	Came for to dye
	A shamefull dethe ye knowe.
	Upon a tree
	To make hym free
80	This loue I dyde hym showe
	Yet to my lawe
	For loue nor awe
	He wyll not bende nor bowe.
	Thus my dere mother
85	For man my brother
	Let me do what I canne.
	Hym to conuerte
	Yet from his herte
	I am a banysshed man

	¶Maria.

90	¶O lorde of blysse
	Remembre this
	Howe mannes mynde is lyke the mone
	Is varyable
	Frayle / and vnstable
95	At morowe / ny[gh]t / & noone. nyght] nyhgt 1535
	Though he vnkynde
	Haue not in mynde
	What ye for hym haue doone.
	Yet haue compassyon
100	Of our saluacyon
	Forsake not man so soone.
	A whyle hym spare
	He shall prepare
	Hym-selfe to you anone.
105	With harte and mynde
	Louynge and kynde
	To serue but you alone.

	Iesus.

	¶I can beleue
	He shall remeue
110	His synne a daye or twayne.
	But lytell space
	That god of grace
	Wyll i[n] his herte remayne.
	It shall aslake
115	And he wyll take
	His olde vsage a_gayne.
	So from his thought
	I that hym bought
	Shall be expoulsed playne.
120	Thus wyll he do
	Swete mother loo
	Holde ye all that ye canne.
	Upon his parte
	Yet frome his herte
125	I am a banysshed man.

	Maria.

	¶Swete sonne syth ye
	To make hym fre
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	Wold dye of your good mynde.
	Your herte souerayne
130	Clouen in twayne
	By Longes the blynde. Longes: =Longinus
	And all was done
	That man alone
	Shulde not be lefte behynde.
135	Your goodnes euer
	Dothe styll perseuer
	Though he haue ben vnkynde
	What is offendyd
	Shall be amended
140	Ye shall persayue anone.
	He shall be kynde
	Yeldynge his mynde
	And loue to you alone.

	Iesus.

	¶Matter in-dede Matter in-dede ='as a matter of fact, truly'; see OED s.v. matter n1, 16c
145	My sydes dyde blede
	For man ryght as ye saye.
	Yet yonge and olde
	He neuer wolde
	Unto my lawes obaye.
150	But to fulfyll
	His wanton wyll
	Wrenchynge from me alway Wrenchynge] Wrenchynchynge 1535
	Frome his delyght
	By day or nyght
155	He wyll make no delay
	Lo mother he
	Refuseth me
	And tourneth hym to Sathan
	Thus from his thought
160	I that hym bought
	Am made the banysshed man.

	Maria.

	¶Bothe olde and yonge
	He hathe done wronge
	I graunt sone to the same
165	Rowynge at large
	In Sathans barge
	Empayryng his good name
	Syth ye hym loue
	A greate reproue
170	It is to hym & shame
	I do confesse
	By ryghtwysenes
	He is greatly to blame
	But I commence commence ='enter upon (an action)', in legal sense; see OED s.v. commence v, 1
175	Afore clemence
	For man myne accyon
	Let rygour reste
	Mercy can beste
	Determyn this alone.

	Iesus.

180	¶Consydre nowe
	Swete mother howe
	Man is a wylde outlawe
	Renneth a_boughte a_boughte: =about
	In euery route
185	Workynge ayenst my lawe
	And yf the deuyll
	Tempte hym to euyll
	Theyrto sone wyll he drawe
	And all myschefe
190	Ys to hym lefe
	Withouten loue or awe
	To me or you
	Though for his prowe
	Ye do to all ye can
195	Whan all is sought
	Quy[te] frome his thought Quyte] Quyet 1535
	I am a banysshed man.

	Maria.

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	Though as ye say
	He disobaye
200	Your commaundeme[n]t and lore commaundement] commaundemet 1535
	Yet yf loue make
	Hym to forsake
	His synne / & wepe therfore
	With full contrycyon
205	For his transgressyon
	His herte oppressynge sore
	Contryte and meke
	As Dauyd speke
	What aske ye of hym more
210	My sonne / my lorde
	Your prophytes worde
	I pray you thynke vpon
	And ye shall fynde
	Man meke and kynde
215	To serue but you alone.

	Iesus.

	¶My herte & mawe mawe ='liver'?; see OED s.v. maw n1, 2c
	To rent & drawe
	And me with othes to bynde
	Cheseth not he
220	Grace or pytye
	In hym can I none fynde
	The crewell Iewes
	Were to me shrewes
	But he is more vnkynde
225	Syth for his prowe
	He knoweth well howe
	I dyde of louynge mynde dyde: =died
	Of me eche membre
	He dothe remembre
230	With othes all that he can
	Thus ofte I fynde
	Me in his mynde
	But elles a banysshed man.

	¶Maria.

	¶Full well knowe ye
235	Ayenst thyes thre thyes: =these
	Man feble is to fyght
	The deuyll / his flesshe /
	The worlde all fresshe
	Prouoke hym day and nyght
240	To sue theyr trace
	Whyche in eche case
	Is wronge and neuer ryght
	That thyne stabylyte
	Of his fragylyte
245	Ayenst them hath no my[gh]t Ayenst] Ayensty 1535; myght] myhgt 1535
	Though man that frayle is
	Swere armes / and nales
	Brane / blode / sydes / passyon
	Swete sonne regarde
250	Your paynes harde
	Ye dyde for hym alone. dyde] dyded 1535dyde: =died; cf. Ye dyed for hym alone, line 71


	¶Iesus.

	¶Now for mannes nede
	Sith I wolde blede
	And great anguysshe sustayne
255	In stony wayes
	Both nyghtes and dayes
	Walkynge in frost / and rayne
	In c[ol]de / and hete colde] clode 1535
	In drye / and wete
260	My fete were bare both twayne
	Though I for loue
	To mannes behoue
	Endured all this payne
	That I therfore
265	Sholde spare the more
	No reson fynde ye can
	Rather I sholde
	More strayte hym holde
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	And as a banysshed man

	Maria.

270	¶Yet my sonne dere
	I pray you here
	What tyme poure reason is
	Mannes soule to cure
	Ye dyde endure
275	Moche payne / I knowe well this
	To man all vayne
	Shulde be your payne
	If he were put to blys put to ='(already) destined for'?
	For playne remyssyon
280	Is my petycyon
	Where man hathe wrought amys
	Ye be his leche
	I you beseche
	To saulue his sores echone
285	That he vnkynde
	May chaunge his mynde
	And serue but you alone.

	Iesus.

	¶Hyther or theder
	He careth not whyther
290	He go hym to enclyne
	To wyckydnesse
	From all goodnesse
	He dayly dothe declyne
	In cardes and dyce
295	He compteth no vyce
	Nor syttynge at the wyne
	To fyght and swere
	To rene and tere
	Asondre me and myne
300	Lo thus he dothe
	To make me wrothe
	The worst he may or can
	And I am twynde
	Out of his mynde
305	Ryght as a banysshed man.

	Maria.

	¶My dere sonne dere
	Syth ye the clere
	Fountayne of mercy be
	Though man be frayle
310	He may not fayle
	To fynde in you pytye
	He wyll I truste
	Frome worldely lust
	Turne his swete soule to me
315	And in shorte space
	So stande in grace
	That I his soule shall se
	To blysse assende
	That hathe none ende
320	There to remayne as one
	That hathe ben kynde
	And set his mynde
	To serue but you alone.

	Iesus.

	¶Man greueth me sore
325	For lasse nor more
	Wyll he wons doo for me
	Ones in a yere
	A good prayer
	He sayeth not on his kne
330	The poure may stande
	With empty hande
	For almes theyr wyll none be
	Bothe day and nyght
	He flyeth the ryght
335	But folye he wyll not fle
	His proper wyll
	For to fulfyll
	He doeth all that he can
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	But from his thought
340	I that hym bo[u]ght bought] bohght 1535
	Am euer a banysshed man

	¶Maria.

	¶If man for you
	Nor his owne prow
	Wyll to no grace procede
345	Mercy or grace
	A_fore your face
	He none deserueth in-dede
	But I your mother
	For man your brother
350	Make Instaunce in his nede
	Though he deserue
	To brynne / and sterue brynne: =burn
	In the Infernall glede
	Spare hym for me
355	And ye shall se
	That he shall tourne anone
	Frome his folye
	Incessantly
	To serue but you alone.

	Iesus.

360	¶Why shulde I soo
	Nay let hym go
	My dere mother mary
	Syth his delyght
	Is to be lyght
365	And deale so vnkyndly
	For you nor me
	He wyll not flee
	From vyce / nor hym applye
	By wordes to here
370	That bought hym dere
	On crosse anguy[sh]ously anguyshously] anguyously 1535anguyshously: =anguishously, 'with much suffering'

	Bothe yonge and olde
	[H]e hathe ben bolde He] Ie 1535
	To greue me that he can
375	But my precept
	Was euer vnkept
	And I a banysshed man.

	Maria.

	¶For ruthe & drede
	Myne herte doth blede
380	Man in no wyse wylbe
	By reason s[w]ayd swayd] sayd 1535swayd ='governed, directed'; see OED s.v. sway v, 9

	Nor yet apayed
	From his offence to flee
	For though that I
385	For remedye
	Do all that lyeth in me
	To haue hym cured
	Yet so endured endured ='hardened'
	With synne & vyce is he
390	That to be shorte
	What I exhorte
	Not herde is / yet anone
	I trust he shall
	Make well his thrall
395	And serue but you alone.

	Iesus.

	¶So rude and wylde
	And so defyled
	As he / paste shame & drede
	That to what lawe
400	He shulde hym drawe
	He scarsely knoweth in-dede
	Yet better were
	For hym to lere
	Some vertu / & procede
405	To grace than saye
	A nother daye
	Alas my wycked dede
	Hathe me betrayed
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	Lo thus good mayde
410	The doughter of saynte Anne.
	Man hat[h]e exylede hathe] hate 1535
	Frome hym your chylde
	Ryght as a banysshed man.

	Maria.

	¶Whan all to all
415	Shall come / he shall
	I trust from vyce abrayed
	And fle theyrfroo
	Whiche hathe hym so
	Encombered & arayed
420	He shall repell
	Sathans councell
	That ofte hathe hym betrayed
	With full compounctyon
	To take thy iniunction
425	That shalbe to hym layed
	Of harde penaunce
	And hym auaunce
	To seche remyssyon
	Full reconsyled
430	To you my chylde
	To serue but you alone

	Iesus.

	¶My commaundement
	Neuer t'[e]ntente t'entente] tontente 1535entente ='attend to'; see OED s.v. intent v, 1b, where this example is cited

	His hyghnes for to alowe alowe ='praise, commend'; see OED s.v. allow v, 1
435	His Irous brayde brayde ='outburst of passion'; see OED s.v. braid n, 1d
	Wyll not be layed
	For me nor yet for you
	Myne [h]erte to teare herte] yerte 1535
	He hathe no feare
440	But dare it well avowe
	Pryde with hym goeth
	In herte & cloth
	How say ye mother nowe
	Hy[m] thynketh great ease Hym] Hy 1535
445	Me to dysplease
	By all the meanes he ca[n]
	But whan my wyll But whan ='unless'?
	He shulde fulfyll
	I am a banysshed man.

	Maria.

450	¶Sonne though mannes blode
	Be wylde and wode
	Frayle as a fadyng floure
	Regardynge nought
	How ye hym bought
455	Out of the fendes powre
	With herte [&] mynde herte &] hertely 1535
	Euer enclyned
	To be a transgressoure
	Ayenst your lawe
460	And though he drawe
	Hym-selfe to synne eche houre
	Ye may not soo
	His soule forgo
	Syth ye syttynge in throne
465	Wolde for his loue
	Come frome aboue
	To dye for hym alone.

	Iesus.

	¶Mother your loue
	I se the proue
470	To man is kynde & true
	To haue his lyfe
	Brought out of stryfe
	Kyndely for hym ye sue
	And yf he wold
475	His vyces olde
	Forsake & take vertue
	I wolde for ruthe
	Seynge the truthe
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	And loue that ye hym shewe
480	Graunt hym remyssyon
	Upon condycyon
	That he forsake Sathan
	That I may fynde
	Me in his mynde
485	And as no banysshed man

	Maria.

	¶Sonne your petye
	And charytye
	Was well perceyued & sene
	Whan your pleasure
490	Was to endure
	To lye my sydes betwene
	Nyne monethes / and than
	Be borne as man
	And to brynge hym from tene
495	In graue be layed
	And me your mayd
	To make of heuen Quene
	And condes[c]ende condescende] condestende 1535
	Thus at the ende
500	To graunte man your pardon
	At my requeste
	Wherfore shulde reste
	Greate laude to you alone

	Iesus.

	¶The poore at nede
505	To clothe and fede
	Parte of his rent & wage
	He muste bestowe
	Rememberynge howe
	All came of one lynage
510	Forsakynge synne
	He may me wynne
	And to myne herytage
	I shall hym take
	His soule to make
515	My spouse in mariage
	For to perseuer
	With me foreuer
	With ioye she may say than
	That she hathe wonne
520	A kynges sonne
	And not a banysshed man.

	¶The translator.

	¶Regarde and se
	O man to the
	God is moche fauorable
525	Eschewe thou than
	Reprefe no man
	Beware by dedes dampnable
	In any wyse
	Euer despyse
530	Sathan the deceyuable
	Thy soule beware
	Out of his snare
	Neuer be founde vnstable
	Perseuerauntly
535	Reason applye
	Iustely let all be done
	Endlesse solace
	Shall he purchase
	That serueth but god alone.
	¶Thus endeth the boke of the newe Notbrowne mayd vpon the passyon of Cryste Imprynted at London by Iohnn_Skot dwelly[n]ge in Foster_lane within saynt_Leonardes parysshe.