DIMEV 2872
IMEV 1730
NIMEV 1730
Jesu mercy and grant mercy
A prayer tag to be used with the Psalter of Jesus — four monorhyming
lines
Subjects: prayers
Versification: —
monorhyme —
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Manuscript Witnesses:
1.Source: Cambridge UK, Trinity College O.2.53 (1157), f. 73
Transcription:Ihesu mercy and graunt mercy
Ihesu for thy mekyll mercy
As tow art
rote andwell of mercy
So mercyfull Ihesu haue mercy on me
Attributed Title: The Psalter of Jhesu is to sey on the first pater noster thies
wordys folowying [with further instructions following] (f. 73)
Editions: Person, Henry Axel.
Cambridge Middle English Lyrics.
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1953; rev. ed. 1962: 8.