Lamentation of the Virgin Mary — two stanzas rhyme royal
Subjects: Christ, lament to; crucifixion; Virgin Mary, lament of
Versification: —
seven-line —
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1.Source: Princeton, Princeton University Library Taylor Medieval 5 [olim Phillipps 8192], f. 194
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Transcription:Alas for pite I cry alas alas
With sorowfull sighes and dedly
payn fere
I must nedes cry yit oonys alas
Dismayed in my
self I can not forbere
Remembring the nayles the scowrges & the
spere
Wherwith our saveour was Ryven to the hert
Alas he giltles why
shulde he suffre smert
O cruell Iury to harde was thyne hert
To blinde
was thy Reason to frowarde was thy moode
O cais caytif (?)pouer
perneth vnkinde & over smert
O howe coulde you be so merciles
to shede þi maker bloode
Howe coulde you for pite naile him vpone the
Roode
Beholding his mekenes & moornyng of his moodre
to her you wert
an vnkind childe to her him an vnkind brothre
Note: Added to blank page at end of volume; first stanza repeated to
right.
Attributed Author: quod Henry Baradon