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¶The remors of conscyence. ¶Here begynneth certayne demonstracyons by our lorde to all synfull persones with the Remors of mannes conscyence to the regarde of the bounte of our lorde. | |
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Deus. |
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OUr gracyous god moost in magnyfycence | |
His mercyful eyen casteth from heuen on hi | |
Seynge his creatures in deedly vyolence | |
Hym-selfe complayneth by pyte full rut[h]fully ruthfully] rutfully 1534 | |
5 | Sayenge o man deuoyde of intellygence |
Open thyne eeres vnto my call and crye | |
And tell me yf I haue done to the offence | |
That thou forsakest m[e] wyllyngly me] my 1534 | |
Man suche a loue to the I dyde take | |
10 | This world in seuen dayes whan I it wrought |
Thou was the laste thynge that I dyd make | |
Bycause I wolde thou wanted nought | |
What thynge the myght helpe dyd not lake | |
That at thy nede yf it were sought | |
15 | Fowle fysshe all-thynge for thy sake |
For thy comforte all was forth brought | |
Moreouer I gaue the that dygnyte | |
All beestes to bowe the vntyll | |
I made the also lyke vnto me | |
20 | And gaue the connynge and freewyll |
Me to serue that thou sholde se | |
To chose the good and leue the yll | |
I aske nothynge agayne of the | |
But loue thy souerayne as it is skyll | |
25 | But vnto this takest thou none entente |
Thou tournest fro me full vnkyndly | |
On loues vnlefull thy loue is lente | |
Thy herte beholdeth not heuen so hye | |
For all the goodes I haue the sente | |
30 | The lysteth not ones to saye gramercye |
In tyme to come or thou repente | |
Man make amendes or that thou dye | |
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Homo. |
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A crysten soule conceyued in synne | |
Receyued in conscyence thus complanynge | |
35 | He fell downe flatte with delefull dynne |
And sayd lorde mercy souerayne kynge | |
I moost vnkynde wretche of man-kynne | |
I knowe I am thy traytour vntrue in my lyuynge | |
This wycked lyfe that I lyue in | |
40 | I may it nought hyde frome thy knowynge |
I want wordes and also wytte | |
Of thy kyndnesse to speke a cause | |
That I haue thou gaue me it | |
Of thy goodnes withouten cause | |
45 | Thoughe I haue greued the and do yet |
Thy benefaytes thou nought withdrawse | |
I haue deserued to haue hell-pytte | |
So haue I lyued ayenst thy lawse | |
But lorde thou knowest mannes feblenesse | |
50 | How frayle it is and hath ben aye |
For thoughe the soule haue thy lykenesse | |
Man is but fulsome erthe and claye | |
In synne conceyued and wretchednesse | |
And to the soule rebell alwaye | |
55 | Fyrst a man groweth as dooth gresse |
And he wasteth after as floures or haye | |
Syth man is than so frayle a thynge | |
And thy power so grete in kynde | |
This worlde is but a twynkelynge | |
60 | Thou mayst destroye the myght of the fynde |
With thy ryght lorde mercy mynge | |
And to my sore salue thou sende | |
Sore me repenteth of my myslyuynge | |
Mercy lorde I wyll amende | |
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Deus. |
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65 | Man I gaue the bodyly hele |
That thou sholde it spende in my seruyce | |
Fayrenes also and fetures fele | |
Man what doost thou with all thyse | |
Thou with delytes of the deuyll doost dele | |
70 | Whiche is to me a great despyse |
Thou lyuest a lecherous lyfe vnlele | |
Fro yere to yere thou lyst not ryse | |
Thou studyest after nyce araye | |
And makest great cost on thy clothynge | |
75 | To make the semely as who sholde saye |
Thou coudest amende my makynge | |
Thou purposed the daye by daye | |
To set my people in synnynge | |
Thy wretched wyll thou folowest alwaye | |
80 | What ende synne hath thou thynkest nothynge |
In Noes tyme bycause of synne | |
And for lecherye in especyall | |
What vengeaunce came than to mannes kynne | |
Saue .viij. persones drowned were all | |
85 | On Sodome / and Gomor / and the men within |
How I made fyre and brymstone fall | |
Fro heuen on them that bode therin | |
For synne were destroyed bothe great and small | |
Man wenest thou my myght be lesse | |
90 | Than it was than or that elles I |
Thou hast no as moche wyck[e]dnesse wyckednesse] wyckdnesse 1534 | |
As whan I smote the moost pyteously | |
But yf thou wyll thy fautes redresse | |
Thought I now spare for my mercy | |
95 | Man thynke on my ryghtwysnesse |
And make amendes or that thou dye | |
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Homo. |
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I wote well lorde ryghtfull thou arte | |
And that synne must be punysshed nede | |
But one thynge holdeth in hope my herte | |
100 | Thy mercy passeth my mysdede |
I know well that I may not sterte | |
I haue so done me ought to drede | |
With beaute and with bodely quarte | |
To serue the I haue taken no hede | |
105 | I haue myspende my yonge age |
In synne and wantonnesse also | |
To serue god slowe / and loued to rage | |
A gloton / a lechour I was bothe-two | |
I am worth none other wage | |
110 | But for to dwell in endlesse woo |
Alas why haue I ben outrage | |
And serued the fende that is my foo | |
But lorde in holy wryte rede we | |
That thou forsakest no wretched wyght | |
115 | That leueth his synne and tourneth to the |
And to tourne to the haue I hyght | |
Full proude and rebell haue I bene | |
But now I take me to thy myght | |
From hens-forwarde to be clene | |
120 | Ayenst myn owne flesshe to fyght |
My flesshe to feble I wyll fast | |
My bones to trauayle and to tene | |
And through thy grace I am not agast | |
What sore and sekenesse on me sene | |
125 | To suffre whyle my lyfe may last |
For vtterly I wyll attende | |
To punysshe that I haue trespast | |
Mercy Iesu I wyll amende | |
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Deus. |
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Man I haue sent the syluer and golde | |
130 | And all thy welth within thy wone |
To susteyne the and thy housholde | |
And also other many one | |
Thou myght haue holpen yonge and olde | |
That ben deseased and woo-begone | |
135 | My seruauntes suffred bothe hungre and colde |
Relefe of the yet haue they none | |
If thou gyue for my loue a farthynge | |
Thou doost it with an heuy herte | |
In almesse thou gyuest nothynge | |
140 | For drede thou fall in pouerte |
In flesshely lust and worldly lykynge | |
What-euer thou wastest mery thou arte | |
Of suche I wyll haue a rekenynge | |
At domes-daye thou shalte not astarte | |
145 | Than shalte thou gyue a_countes full streyte |
How thou comest by thy good eche-dele | |
Whether with trouth or with deceyte | |
And how thou spende it yll or wele | |
None other grace thou after wayte | |
150 | As thou hast wrought so shalte thou fele |
What shall than profyte thy good in plate | |
Or poundes that thou of the people pele | |
A clene conscyence shall that daye | |
More profyte the and more set by | |
155 | Than all the goodes or the monaye |
Tha[t] euer was vnder heuen or skye That] Than 1534, that A, þat B | |
It wyll neuer helpe to plete nor praye | |
For as ryghtwyse than deme wyll I | |
And therfore man whyles thou maye | |
160 | Make amendes or that thou dye |
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Homo. |
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I wote well lorde fro yere to yere | |
Full greatly greued I the haue | |
That I wolde nor [thy] mercy were thy] they 1534 | |
My mothers wombe had be my graue | |
165 | For what profyteth my lyuynge here |
But afterwarde I sholde be saue | |
But Ihesu as thou bought me dere | |
Leue not my soule in hell-caue | |
My waste expense I wyll withdrawe | |
170 | For waste well called maye it be |
For it was spended my boost to lawe | |
My name to bere on londe and se | |
Well I wote me there not trowe | |
Thoughe many a man of my countre | |
175 | If they me mette they dyd me not knowe |
Nor neuer yet herde speke of me | |
Falsly I haue wrought as wretche vnwyse | |
I myght haue goten me moche mede | |
Had I it spente in goddes seruyce | |
180 | But [th]rough [thy] grace lorde I am in drede through thy] brought they 1534 |
As men that lyeth and may not ryse | |
For haue I a[nd] myn all our nede and] am 1534 | |
With the remenaunt lorde at thy deuyse | |
The poore and naked [to] cloth and fe[d]e to] with 1534; fede] fere 1534This stanza is substantially corrupt in 1534, and the above emendations have been made with help from A and B | |
185 | Seke men that lyen in goddes bandes |
That haue no syluer for to spende | |
And prysoners bounde bothe fete and handes | |
Ofte to vysyte and them attende | |
Whan I se them that in nede standes | |
190 | Suche as I haue I shall them sende |
Lorde let these werkes lesse my bande | |
And mercy Ihesu I wyll amende | |
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Deus. |
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Man yf thou amendes wylte make | |
Gyue thyne almes of thyn owne goodes | |
195 | And se thou werke no man to wrake |
To venge ony other mennes modes | |
If thou vntruely from ony take | |
And therwith fynde forty theyr fodes | |
Suche sacryfyce I forsake | |
200 | They be to me as souer as wormewode |
The pore people thou doo oppresse | |
With sleyghtes and wyles many one | |
Thou makest chyrches and do synge messe | |
Thou mendest wayes where men ouer_gone | |
205 | And some men curse and some men blesse |
Whiche shall I here of these two | |
If thou wylte haue grace as I gesse | |
Let all falsenes be fledde the fro | |
The mothes that thy clothes ete | |
210 | And thou lettest pore men go bare |
Thy drynke soureth and mouleth thy me[t]e mete] mere 1534, metis A, mete B | |
Wherwith the poore man myght well fare | |
The rust that thy syluer dooth frete | |
Thy goodes that euyll-goten are | |
215 | They crye on the vengeaunce grete |
The for to spyll but yet I spare | |
With_holdest [thou] here ayenst the ryght thou] 1534 omits | |
Frome thy seruauntes vpon the crye | |
Man oftentymes thou hast me hyght | |
220 | Thou wolde amende and leue foly |
Thou spekest full fayre bothe daye and nyght | |
Thou brekest my commaundementes contynually | |
Yet is me lothe with the to fyght | |
But make amendes or that thou dye | |
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Homo. |
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225 | Swete lorde I may not agayn[e]_saye agayne_saye] agaynst saye 1534, Ayenst þe saye A, aȜen say B |
I haue not holden that I the hyght | |
I greue the gretely euery daye | |
I do not as I had the plyght | |
I wolde do well but welawaye | |
230 | With enemyes I am euer beset |
Whan my soule fayne wolde the paye | |
My flesshe is fyrst that wyll me let | |
And euer the farder that I it fede | |
Euer the fressher it is my foo | |
235 | Yet bere it aboute I must nede |
Full feble it is it wyll me sloo | |
The worlde / the fende / the flesshe / they bede | |
Some with well and some with woo | |
What may I do with a wycked wede | |
240 | To fyght ayenst thre enemyes soo |
Whan I enforce me other-whyles | |
And thynke I wyll lyue a true lyue | |
And forsake all batayles and gyles | |
The worlde byddeth me batayle belyue | |
245 | And but I wyll vse wrethes and wyles |
The comen voyce is I shall not thryue | |
Some me scorneth and at me smyles | |
And counte me but a kynde caytyue | |
But now I thynke withstondynge this | |
250 | To forsake falnesse withouten ende |
And restore that I toke amys | |
And paye my dettes fayre and hende | |
And to rewarde eche man his | |
As reason is than wyll I spende | |
255 | And gyue myne almesse there nede is |
Mercy Iesu I wyll amende | |
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Deus. |
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Man I haue sente the kyndly syght | |
And vnderstandynge skyll and wytte | |
To rule thy-selfe by reason ryght | |
260 | As reherseth holy wryte |
That clerely sheweth the godly lyght | |
How thou sholde deedly synne forsake | |
And on that maner thou please me myght | |
What ayleth the thus fro me to shake | |
265 | Worlde rychesse royall repayre |
In welth and thynges of Iolyte | |
Fysshes / beestes / and byrdes of the ayre | |
These thynketh me semely for to se | |
That thynge that peressheth and dooth appayre | |
270 | Unto the syght thus pleasynge be |
Well mayst thou wytte I am full fayre | |
Of whome eche thynge hath this beaute | |
But man as thou wytlesse were | |
Tho[u] lokest aye downwarde as a beest | |
275 | It behoueth the of me to here |
Foule-spekynge is to the a feest | |
I comforte the I make the chere | |
And thou inwardly louest me leest | |
I call the vnto me yere by yere | |
280 | Thou wylte not come at my request |
As fro thy foo thou fro me f[lees] flees] feles 1534, flees B | |
I folowe the fast and on the crye | |
Thou wrappest the with all vanytes | |
And thynke my speche to the but folye | |
285 | And [for] a thynge that nought is thou wylte lese for] 1534 omits, for B |
My Ioye that lasteth endless[ly]e endlesslye] endlesse 1534, eendeleesly B | |
Man yet vyce leue and vertue chese | |
And make amendes or that thou dye | |
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Homo. |
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Swete Iesu none answere I can | |
290 | But ofte crye mercy with herte stable |
Alas for woo why is a man | |
Worse than a beest vnreasonable | |
All beestes sythen the worlde began | |
In kyndly werkynge ben durable | |
295 | Saue onely I of wyll wan |
That do full many dedes dampnable | |
I was made to knowe my maker | |
And to loue hym ouer all-thynge | |
And I a sleper and neuer waker | |
300 | To take kynde knowynge of my kynge |
To tryfles haue I ben a great hede-taker | |
A songe of sorowe maye I synge | |
For had I ben of synne a forsaker | |
Of cryste sholde I haue [had] some knowynge had some] ben some 1534, hade A, had B | |
305 | My ghoostly eyen ben full of duste |
Cursed couetyse hath blynded me | |
They ben blodeshotten with fleshly luste | |
That heuenly kynge maye I not se | |
But lorde though I haue ben vniuste | |
310 | Through helpe of thy benygnyte |
I hope to rube awaye the ruste | |
With repentaunce and grace of the | |
And where that I haue afore this | |
My wyll in worldly thynge haue spend | |
315 | From hens-forwarde my purpose is |
Thy lawe to lerne to my lyues ende | |
The .x. commaundementes truly Iwys | |
Them to kepe I wyll me bende bende] mende bende 1534, bende A, B | |
And there-as I haue done amys | |
320 | Mercy Ihesu I wyll amende |
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Deus. |
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Man my mercy yf it be in thy mynde | |
I haue the it shewed in many wyse | |
Sythen the tyme thou fyrst synde | |
Ayenst my commaundemente in paradyse | |
325 | In hell-pryson whan thou were pynde |
For doynge of the deuylles deuyse | |
Out of thy tene to betwynde | |
Mercy and loue thyn helpe were thyse | |
Mercy was thyn aduocat chefe | |
330 | That I for the toke flesshe and blode |
Loue made the to be soo lefe | |
That I for the was rente on rode | |
I suffred deth to chaunge thy grefe | |
And vnto hell than downe I yode | |
335 | And brought the to blysse fro reprefe |
Man I haue ben thy frende full gode | |
I bec[a]me poore the ryche to make became] become 1534 | |
To make the whyte I was made reed | |
My sorowe my sekenes made thyn to slake | |
340 | My hungre dyde bake thy blysfull breed |
I bonde my-selfe [th]y bondes I brake thy] my 1534, þy A, þi B | |
To gete the lyfe I suffred de[d]e dede] dethe 1534, dede A, þe deede B | |
What sholde I do more for thy sake | |
To hele thy fote was hurte my hede | |
345 | Now yf thou thynke I myght more do |
For thy sake I am redy | |
To dye agayne yf nede were therto | |
Suche loue to the [man haue I] to the man haue I] to the 1534, man to the haue I A, to þee man haue y B | |
I hyght the myrthes and Ioyes moo This line is set continuously with the previous one in 1534 | |
350 | But thou arte moost thyn owne enmye |
For ought I bydde thou wylte do soo | |
Man make amendes or thou dye | |
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Homo. |
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Lorde whan I on thy pouerte aduerte | |
And how wylfull thou were and fayne | |
355 | To suffre for my woundes smerte |
To slee my synnes thou were slayne | |
Harder than yron is my herte | |
That hath no pyte of thy payne | |
Euer the kynder to me thou arte | |
360 | The more vnkynder I am agayne |
Why woldest thou lorde be slayne for me | |
That am thyn enemy moost vnhende | |
Syth no man hath more charyte | |
Than deth to suffre for his frende | |
365 | By what skyll sholde thou so slayne be |
Syth I made me thrall to the fende | |
I trespasset lorde why ne smote thou | |
Now blessyd be thou withouten ende | |
I se well lorde that thou louest vs | |
370 | For our profyte and ne for thyne |
For what were thou the worse Iesus | |
Though all we were in endles pyne | |
Alas why be we so vycyous | |
And so vnkyndly from hym declyne | |
375 | That is our god so gracyous |
And so lothe man soule to pyne | |
But swete lorde as thou hast begon | |
So let thy mercy forth extende | |
Put thy crosse and thy passyon | |
380 | Bytwene my werkes worthy to be brende |
And thy dome that I may not shonne | |
That houndes of hell come me not hende | |
Who but the father sholde helpe the sone | |
Mercy Iesu I wyll amende | |
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Deus. |
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385 | Man yf thou wylte my mercy gete |
Thrugh my passyon of moost vertue | |
Why ceaseth thou not me for to bete | |
Eche daye on the crosse [thou] doost me newe thou] 1534 omits, þu A, B | |
With deedly synne on morowe at mete | |
390 | As tourmentours to me vntrue |
And namely with thy othes grete | |
To swere thou wylte nothynge eschewe | |
No lymme of me / nor thou derest | |
Why sayest thou euyll ayenst good | |
395 | By my soule ofte-tyme thou swerest |
By my body and by my blode | |
With thy tongue thou me all to_terest | |
Whan thou arte wrothe and almoost wode | |
Man with thyn vnkyndnes thou me derest | |
400 | More than they rente me on the rode |
Thou hast more pyte of thy too | |
If it be hurte and a lytell blede | |
And all that euer I dyd doo | |
I suffred it for thy mysdede | |
405 | Whan thou arte taught that thou sholde do |
Of swerynge but whan it were nede | |
Thou scornest them that sayeth so | |
Thou takest to my byddynge no hede | |
Loude lesynges on me thou makest | |
410 | Somtyme to wynne an halfe-peny |
Whan to wytnesse thou me takest | |
And yet thou forswerest the wylfully | |
Byenge and sellynge thou not forsakest | |
But vayne and false to swere me by | |
415 | Whan thou doest thus thy bale thou takest |
Man make amendes or that thou dye | |
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Homo. |
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Swete Iesu how sholde I agayne_saye | |
But that I am a caytyfe and more curste | |
That dooth on the curse euery daye | |
420 | With great othes and werkes worste |
And moche more the greueth than thay | |
On caluary that [s]lewe [the] fyrste slewe the] flewe 1534, slowen þee B | |
For had they knowen the for god veray | |
To do the to deth they had not durste | |
425 | But I knewe the after my byleue |
That thou arte god omnypotent | |
And I seace not the to greue | |
Well worthy am I to be shente | |
How mayst thou lorde suffre to meue | |
430 | Of the traytours that the tourment |
Meruayle it is I do not myscheue | |
Or am not kylled / drownet / or brent | |
The erthe swalowed quycke | |
[D]athan and abyron for theyr synne Dathan] Sathan 1534, Daton B | |
435 | And as I wene they were neuer so wycke |
As moost certyfefull mankynne | |
In deedly synne men dye now thycke | |
Dysease full grete now dooth begynne | |
Yet in my synne I stande and stycke | |
440 | Euyll custome is full harde to blynne |
I wolde be wanton and do euyll | |
But I wolde none me reprehende | |
But let me lyue after my wyll | |
This was lefull somtyme I wende | |
445 | But now I se that it is skyll |
Suche lyght lorde thou haste me sende | |
But I leue synne it wyll me spyll | |
Mercy lorde I wyll amende | |
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Deus. |
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Man of thy-selfe it shall be_longe | |
450 | If so be that thy soule be spylte |
Forgyue them that done the wronge | |
A[n]d I shall forgyue the thy gylte | |
And yf thou be of herte so stronge | |
That in no wyse forgyue thou wylte | |
455 | But venge thy-selfe with herte and tonge |
As a traytour thou shalte be spylte | |
Thou getest no man the to saue | |
That no mercy on other hace | |
How maye thou of mercy craue | |
460 | And thou wylte graunte no man thy grace |
Mercyfull man shall mercy haue | |
Fell folke I slee fro my face | |
What example that I the gaue | |
Whan deth I suffred no tent I tace | |
465 | I prayed for them that me dyseased |
Though I myght a dampned them for aye | |
And yf thou be a lytell dyspleased | |
Thou curse[st] and varyest bothe nyght and daye cursest] cursed 1534, cursist B | |
For no techynge wylte thou be pleased | |
470 | To venge the is thy wyll alwaye |
Full foule sholde th[y] foos be f[eas]ed thy] thou 1534, þi B; feased] fayled 1534, fesid B | |
If thou myghtest as I on the maye | |
Without cause ofte thou arte wrothe | |
Unto thy frendes vnkyndfully | |
475 | Whan they the teche and counseyle bothe |
To leue thy wrathe and thyn enuy | |
With wordes great and spytefull othe | |
Thou defendest thy soule foulye | |
But the to lose I am full lothe | |
480 | Man make amendes or that thou dye |
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Homo. |
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Swete Iesu thynke thou made vs all | |
And how kynde and propre it is to the | |
On synfull men that to the call | |
To haue mercy and pyte | |
485 | Thoughe I haue ben bytter as gall |
For thy great pyte haue mercy on me | |
For thy loue that I neuer fall | |
But kyndl[e] in me charyte kyndle] kyndly 1534, kindele B | |
For I coude the people ken | |
490 | And speke with aungelles tongues clere |
And thought I delte amonge poore men | |
My worldly goodes all in fere | |
And though I dyde my body brenne | |
For loue of the that bought me dere | |
495 | Yet all this profyteth me not thenne |
In charyte but yf I were | |
And I wote lorde it is more pleasynge | |
To the Iesu my souerayne dere | |
To loue the lorde ouer all-thynge | |
500 | And be in charyte and accorde here |
With all my neybours by ryghtwyse delynge | |
Than for to faste throughe-out the yere | |
And all the masses the preestes synge | |
But yf I loue I am no comforte nere | |
505 | Alas why haue I wrothfull ben[e] bene] ben 1534 |
That loue of my herte was not hende | |
I hated that neuer dyde me tene | |
I loued not hym that me good lende | |
I caste me no more to be kene | |
510 | To loue myn enemyes I wyll attende |
Shall I hym neuer curse I wene | |
Mercy Iesu I wyll amende | |
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Man yf thou wylte of bates blynne | |
And charyte kepe in euery chaunce | |
515 | My mercy sone thou mayst wynne |
So that thou do thy true penaunce | |
Loke thyn herte be contryte within | |
And be sory for thy mysgouernaunce | |
What profyteth to shryue the of thy synne | |
520 | But thou in herte haue repentaunce |
Thou shewest and penaunce doost none | |
For thy synne but thyn herte be sore | |
For worldly losse thou makest mone | |
Thou synnest and sorowest not therfore | |
525 | And yf thou were woo-begone |
What bytter medycyne geuen the wore | |
With Ioye thou woldest take it anone | |
To bodely helth the to restore | |
Thy soule with deedly synne is slayne | |
530 | And without sorowe thy synne thou telles |
To do suche penaunce thou arte not fayne | |
As thy [s]hryfte-father the counselles shryfte] thryfte 1534, schrift B | |
Ne thou wylte neuer restore agayne | |
Fals-goten goodes that thou with melles | |
535 | Man thou must alwaye suffre payne |
Here for thy synnes or somwhere elles | |
It is impossyble and may not be | |
To passe fro Ioye to Ioye on hye | |
Take the crosse and folowe me | |
540 | If thou wylte to blysse vp stye |
Sekenesse and all aduersyte | |
What and it come suffre it pacyently | |
Hate alwaye synne and fro it fle | |
And make amendes or thou dye | |
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545 | Lorde gyue me grace amendes to make |
For of myselfe me fayleth powere | |
All deedly synne now I forsake | |
And wolde do dedes that medefull were | |
In this worlde sende me wo and wrake | |
550 | For all my synnes done in fere |
Who hath no sorowe here may quake | |
Them that thou louest thou chastyse here | |
For my sake .xxx. yere and moo | |
Great trauayle here in erthe thou hadde | |
555 | Thy mother and thy apostles also |
In great dysease theyr lyfe they ladde | |
In aduersyte and moche woo | |
The next two lines are wanting in 1534 and are restored from B | |
Martris and confessouris weren clad | |
In such a companye to goo | |
560 | Euery good man sholde be gladde |
Syth that derlynge that with the dyde dwell | |
Had suche aduersyte in her lyfe | |
That herte may thynke or tongue can tell | |
The payne the anguysshe and the stryfe | |
565 | That dampned haue in hell |
Than endlesse woo and sorowe be ryfe | |
I wyll forsake my synnes fell | |
And to a descrete preest me shryue | |
In true penaunce is myne entent | |
570 | From hens-forwarde my tyme to spende |
And kepe well thy commaundement | |
For elles in hell-fyre I shall be brende | |
Royall repayre ryche robes and rent | |
What may they helpe me at my ende | |
575 | But I the serue I shall be shent |
Mercy Iesu I wyll amende | |
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Man do penaunce whyle thou maye | |
Leest sodeynly I take vengeaunce | |
Bydde I the not daye by daye | |
580 | For cause I wolde thou dyde penaunce |
Man I am more redy alwaye | |
To forgyue thy misgouernaunce | |
The next two lines are wanting in 1534 and are restored from B | |
þan þou art mercy for to pray | |
For my wille were þee to enhaunce | |
585 | Whan thou of all thy frendes haste made assaye This line retains the 'a' rhyme of the previous stanza as a result of the latter's defective state; B reads: 'Whanne þu alle þi freendis hast asaied' |
Thou shalte fynde none lyke to me | |
Thou wylte amende ofte-tymes thou sayed | |
Agayne amendes no man may be | |
Do true penaunce and I am payed | |
590 | From endles payne to make the fre |
For thy loue my lyfe I layed | |
What frende sholde haue done so for the | |
With sorowfull herte thy synne thou shryue | |
And make amendes to thyn enemy | |
595 | If thou thus leue thy wycked lyue |
I wyll be therof gladde truely | |
Thynke oftentymes of lothes wy[u]e | |
And tourne not to thy synne agayne | |
Let no dyspayre downe the dryue | |
600 | Thynke on Peter and Magdalayne |
Man wype awaye thy wyckednesse | |
And kepe my byddynge by and by | |
And thou shalte haue in my palesse | |
Worshyp withouten vylany | |
605 | No pouerte but all rychenesse |
Helth / strenth / and wysdome truely | |
Thou shalte be full of all swetnesse | |
And than to lyue [a]nd neuermore dye and] dnd 1534 | |
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Graunte mercy Iesu croppe and rote | |
610 | Of al frenshyp for in none fayles |
Ayenst the I wyll not mote | |
But as ofte as me euyll ayles | |
I wyll fall downe flatte to thy fote | |
To helpe me in ghoostly batayles | |
The next two lines are wanting in 1534 and are restored from B | |
615 | AȜens al bale lord þou be my boote |
Whanne synne and sorowe me sore asailis | |
Now wote I where I shall me hyde | |
Whan I am stered to ony synne | |
In the great wounde of thy ryght syde | |
620 | And be hertely hydde therin |
As in a toure there may I abyde | |
For ought ye fynde can me ymagyn | |
For all this worlde that is so wyde | |
Therin is souerayne medecyn | |
625 | There may no wanhope make me care |
That haue [one] of [thy] aungelles so good one of thy] of they 1534, oon of þin B | |
To kepe me that I not mysfare | |
And thy mother myldest of mode | |
The next three lines are wanting in 1534 and are restored from B | |
þat schewiþ to þee hir pappis bare | |
630 | For me of which þu soukedist foode |
And to_fore þi fadir [and] mere maree | |
Lorde she[w]e vs thy woundes then Lorde shewe] Lorde shende 1534, þou schewist B | |
And than of mercy we may not mysse | |
And than to helpe crysten men | |
635 | Now Iesu lorde thou vs wyshe |
The next line is wanting in 1534 and is restored from B | |
and whilis we lyue such grace us sende | |
That we with the may byde to blysse | |
In Ioye and blysse withouten ende | |
That to thy people ordeyned is | |
640 | That leue synne and them amende |
AMEN. | |
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¶Thus endeth the communycacyon bytwene god and man. Enprynted at London in Fletestrete at the sygne of the Sonne by me Wynkyn_de_Worde | |
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