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This tretyse is of loue and spekyth of iiij of the most specyall louys that ben in the worlde and shewyth veryly and perfitely bi gret resons and causis, how the meruelous [and] bounteuous loue that our lord Ihesu cryste had to mannys soule excedyth to ferre alle other loues ... Whiche tretyse was translatid out of frenshe into englyshe, the yere of our lord M cccc lxxxxiij, by a persone that is vnperfight insuche werke ...; Treatise of love.
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come_v of_o the_o dysese_v of_o the_o sweet_a ihu_n cry_v how_o may_v we_o gloryfye_v we_o of_o our_o riches_n that_o come_v of_o the_o poverte_a of_o ihesu_n crist_n ¶_o what_o delyte_n may_v we_o have_v of_o our_o freedom_n that_o be_v all_o come_fw-mi of_o the_o bond_n &_o emprysonement_n of_o our_o lord_n ihesu_fw-la cryst_n it_o never_o pleyse_v he_o that_o he_o shall_v suffer_v &_o bear_v on_o his_o body_n all_o the_o harm_n &_o pain_n that_o we_o have_v so_o moche_v deserve_v without_o we_o be_v partner_n with_o he_o in_o some_o manner_n of_o penance_n &_o sorrow_n for_o troth_n so_o shall_v we_o do_v if_o we_o wylle_v be_v partner_n of_o his_o joy_n for_o he_o be_v not_o wortâ—â—_n to_o be_v partner_n to_o the_o wynning_a that_o will_v not_o be_v partner_n to_o the_o loss_n whereof_o saint_n bernard_v say_v ¶_o videntes_fw-la angustias_fw-la dni_fw-la nostri_fw-la ihu_n cristi_fw-la leviter_fw-la portavimê°_n nras_fw-la ¶_o if_o we_o see_v thanguyssh_n that_o our_o lord_n ihesu_n crist_n suffer_v for_o we_o we_o shall_v bear_v we_o the_o more_o lyght_o and_o if_o we_o wylle_v not_o be_v of_o his_o lyverey_n in_o compassion_n it_o be_v no_o reason_n we_o shall_v be_v of_o his_o lyverey_n in_o consolacyon_n ¶_o see_v you_o now_o the_o four_o defawte_a that_o ihesu_n cryste_n have_v that_o be_v drink_v fayllid_v he_o to_o his_o mouth_n two_z manner_n of_o man_n have_v great_a need_n of_o drink_n a_o man_n that_o have_v moche_n traveil_v and_o a_o man_n that_o have_v moche_n bledde_v and_o both_o these_o thing_n be_v in_o our_o lord_n ihesu_n cryste_n that_o day_n for_o never_o may_n be_v so_o weary_a of_o painful_a traveylle_n &_o wooful_a seruyce_n as_o he_o be_v whereof_o himself_o say_v by_o ysaye_v the_o prophet_n ¶_o service_n i_o fecistis_fw-la in_o pectin_n nostris_fw-la et_fw-fr laborem_fw-la michi_fw-la prebuistê_n in_fw-la iniquitatibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la ¶_o you_o make_v i_o serve_v in_o your_o foul_a sin_n to_o give_v my_o labour_n in_o your_o iniquyte_v and_o after_o he_o say_v ¶_o ysaye_v laboravi_fw-la sustinens_fw-la i_o have_v traveyl_v in_o suffer_a for_o i_o have_v suffer_v all_o the_o harm_n that_o man_n will_v do_v i_o for_o the_o love_n of_o man_n soul_n and_o if_o you_o wylle_v you_o may_v find_v wreten_v that_o in_o that_o labour_n he_o traveyl_v so_o moche_n that_o the_o blood_n run_v fro_o his_o tender_a bodi_fw-la forto_fw-it cry_n for_o mercy_n to_o his_o fader_fw-mi for_o his_o love_n man_n soul_n that_o be_v condemn_v to_o perpetuel_a prison_n as_z he_o say_v by_o iherom_n ¶_o laboravi_fw-la rogans_fw-la i_o have_v sore_o traveyl_v in_o prayeng_v for_o your_o soul_n thyse_n be_v hard_a labour_n ¶_o the_o second_o cause_n to_o say_v he_o be_v lete_fw-la blood_n it_z be_v not_o of_o one_o vein_n nor_o of_o two_o but_o he_o bledde_v over_o all_o his_o body_n in_o so_o many_o places·_n that_o it_o be_v great_a dyfficulte_n to_o number_n the_o wound_n of_o the_o amiable_a body_n of_o ihesu_n cryste_n that_o plentevous_o bledde·_a but_o when_o we_o ben_fw-mi lete_fw-la blood_n upon_o a_o lityll_a vein_n on_o our_o arm_n we_o keep_v we_o all_o still_a &_o cloo_v in_o a_o chamber_n that_o none_o air_n come_v in_o to_o hurt_v us._n and_o have_v alle_fw-mi thing_n ordain_v to_o our_o comfort_n ¶_o a_o good_a lord_n all_o otherwise_o go_v it_o at_o your_o painful_a bleeding_n that_o be_v so_o cruel_o draw_v out_o of_o the_o town_n without_o any_o mercy_n or_o pyte_v and_z by_o the_o shameful_a tyrant_n hang_v upon_o the_o cross_n against_o that_o brenning_a son_n strain_v as_o streyte_n as·_n a_o parchemyn_v skin_n to_o dry_v and_o by_o thyse_n painful_a wound_n &_o labour_n he_o have_v great_a thurste_v which_o be_v no_o merueylle_n and_o thenne_n he_o pleyn_v he_o peteous_o &_o say_a ¶_o scicio_fw-la i_o have_v thirst_n &_o what_o thenne_n they_o gaaf_v he_o no_o ypocras_n nor_o wine_n ne_o yet_o fair_a water_n but_o they_o gaaf_v he_o eysel_n and_o gall_n meddle_v togyde_a ¶_o alas_o what_o drink_n be_v this_o to_o be_v give_v at_o so_o great_a a_o need_n ¶_o cum_fw-la gustasset_fw-la noluit_fw-la bibere_fw-la sed_fw-la dixit_fw-la consummatum_fw-la est_fw-la when_o he_o have_v taa_v he_o will_v not_o drink_v but_o say_v all_o be_v fulfyl_v thenne_fw-fr may_v he_o well_o have_v sait_fw-fr alas_o now_o be_o i_o outrageous_o seruyd_v y_fw-es t_o for_o all_o the_o company_n that_o i_o have_v have_v with_o they_o and_o for_o all_o the_o honour_n that_o i_o have_v show_v to_o theym_v they_o yield_v i_o now_o thus_o shrewed_o my_o seruyse_n that_o in_o so_o great_a disease_n as_o i_o be_o now_o in_o and_z in_o so_o great_a defawte_a they_o wylle_v not_o gyve_v i_o a_o lityl_o water_n to_o drink_v now_o be_o i_o outrageous_o seruyd_v for_o true_o this_o same_o die_v more_o harm_n than_o many_o other_o of_o the_o pain_n that_o he_o suffryd·_v and_o no_o merueyle_n for_z he_o have_v long_o labour_v for_o to_o teach_v theym_a for_o to_o save_v their_o soul_n â–ª_o and_o to_o draw_v their_o love_n toward_o he_o and_o for_o all_o this_o great_a love_n yet_o at_o the_o last_o they_o die_v he_o this_o great_a vilanye_n whereof_o he_o pleyn_v he_o by_o iherom_n the_o prophet_n say_v ¶_o recordare_fw-la paupertatis_fw-la &_o trangressionis_fw-la i_o absinthij_fw-la &_o fellis_fw-la fair_a friend_n remember_v you_o of_o the_o povertee_n that_o i_o suffer_v for_o you_o and_o remember_v of_o the_o great_a dispte_n that_o be_v do_v to_o me·_n when_o they_o gaaf_v i_o to_o drink_v so_o evyll_n a_o drink_n for_o your_o love_v whereof_o say_v saint_n bernard_v ¶_o sitivi_fw-la salutem_fw-la vestram_fw-la i_o have_v thirst_n say_v our_o lord_n and_o not_o oon_o for_o drink_v but_o oon_o for_o your_o savacyon_n o_o good_a lord_n mercy_n who_o have_v ever_o in_o he_o so_o farm_n love_v as_o he_o when_o he_o be_v in_o so_o painful_a caa_n that_o he_o feel_v the_o fever_n of_o his_o hard_a death_n prick_v so_o sore_o his_o pytevous_a soul_n yet_o say_v he_o not_o alas_o the_z hard_a cross_n destroy_v my_o seek_v body_n but_o he_o say_v i_o have_v great_a thurste_v that_o my_o love_n may_v be_v deliverde_v from_o hell_n he_o say_v not_o how_o thyse_n thorn_n raze_v my_o wooful_a heed_n nor_o alas_o how_o my_o ande_fw-mi &_o foot_n be_v break_v &_o pierce_a with_o great_a nail_n nor_o alas_o that_o i_o shall_v suffer_v so_o many_o great_a pain_n without_o desert_n but_o he_o say_v i_o have_v desire_n that_o my_o love_n be_v savyd_v â–ª_o as_o saint_n bernard_v say_v ¶_o tantum_n i_o dilexisti_fw-la o_fw-la bene_fw-la ihu_n quod_fw-la inmemor_fw-la fuisti_fw-la doloris_fw-la &_o non_fw-la inmemor_fw-la i_o salutis_fw-la dixisti_fw-la scicon_fw-la non_fw-la dixisti_fw-la doleo_fw-la so_o moche_n thou_o have_v lovyd_v i_o o_o good_a ihu_n that_o you_o u._fw-mi have_v not_o remembryd_v thy_o sorrow_n &_o yet_o thou_o have_v y_o e_z remembrance_n of_o my_o saluaconn_v when_o thou_o say_v i_o thirst_n after_o your_o saluacyon_n and_o say_v not_o i_o have_v great_a sorrow_n for_o my_o pain_n but_o all_o otherwise_o take_v it_o the_o fellow_n jew_n and_o therefore_o they_o die_v he_o such_o a_o noye_n that_o they_o most_o bitter_a eysell_n and_o gall_n gaaf_v he_o to_o drink_v ¶_o the_o five_o defaute_n that_o be_v full_o great_a be_v when_o every_o friend_n fail_v to_o his_o comfort_n so_o as_o himself_o pleyn_v he_o by_o davyd_v ¶_o singulariter_fw-la sum_fw-la ego_fw-la donec_fw-la transeam_v i_o be_o left_a allone_n wythoute_n comfort_n till_o that_o i_o be_v pass_v out_o of_o this_o mortal_a lyf_v whereof_o he_o say_v by_o ysaye_v ¶_o circumspexi_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la auxiliator_n i_o behold_v all_o about_o i_o and_o there_o be_v none_o that_o of_o any_o thing_n help_v i_o or_z will_v comfort_v i_o and_o since_o say_v he_o by_o ysaye_v ¶_o torcular_a calcavi_fw-la solus_fw-la &_o non_fw-la erat_fw-la de_fw-fr gentibus_fw-la vir_fw-la mecum_fw-la i_o have_v tread_v in_o the_o vylayn_n pressour_n all_o alone_a and_z of_o all_o the_o folk_n in_o the_o world_n i_o have_v not_o one_o man_n with_o i_o whereof_o say_v ysaye_v ¶_o quare_fw-la ergo_fw-la est_fw-la rubium_fw-la indumentum_fw-la tuum_fw-la et_fw-la vestimenta_fw-la tua_fw-la sicut_fw-la calcancium_fw-la in_o torculari_fw-la ¶_o but_o fair_o lord_n god_n wherefore_o be_v thenne_v thy_o vestyment_n so_o rede_n as_z they_o that_o have_v press_v wine_n at_o the_o pressour_n you_o for_o troth_n the_o vestyment_n that_o he_o be_v clothyd_v in_o be_v his_o clean_a skin_n that_o be_v alle_fw-mi red_a of_o his_o bless_a blood_n as_o he_o have_v pressid_v red_a wine_n all_o alone_a with_o out_o comfort_n and_o without_o help_v ¶_o but_o fair_a friend_n you_o will_v say_v peraventure_fw-fr that_o allone_n wythoute_n comfort_n be_v he_o not_o for_o he_o have_v his_o dear_a mother_n
i_o eligeret_fw-la ne_fw-la i_o perderet_fw-la in_o asmoche_n as_o the_o sweet_a jhesus_fw-la be_v more_o vile_a in_o earth_n for_o i_o in_o so_o moche_n be_v he_o to_o i_o more_o dear_a in_o sweet_a love_n for_o i_o coude_fw-fr not_o think_v that_o he_o have_v love_v i_o so_o moche_v a_z sweet_a ihun_v fro_o henceforth_o ought_v i_o not_o to_o set_v lyttyll_o be_v my_o soul_n sin_v it_o be_v so_o pleysaunte_n to_o he_o that_o he_o chaa_n rather_o to_o suffyr_n death_n thamne_v less_o it_o iten_n barnardus_n ¶_o nisi_fw-la amasset_fw-la i_o dulciter_fw-la non_fw-la i_o in_fw-la carcere_fw-la requisisset_fw-la illa_fw-la majestas_fw-la if_o y_o e_o sweet_a jhesu_fw-la have_v not_o love_v i_o the_o more_o feruenh_o he_o have_v not_o come_v from_o his_o high_a ryall_n majesty_n for_o i_o that_o be_v so_o low_o in_o hell_n in_o this_o shield_n be_v three_o thing_n y_o e_o ton_fw-fr be_v the_z wood_fw-mi y_fw-es e_fw-es other_o be_v the_o skin_n and_o the_o three_o be_v the_o colour_n this_o it_o be_v of_o the_o shield_n that_o ihun_v cryste_n have_v leave_v you_o the_o wood_fw-mi of_o the_o cross_a the_o lethir_n of_o the_o peynfull_a passion_n of_o our_o lord_n and_o colour_n of_o his_o red_a blood_n thamne_v the_o skin_n of_o his_o precyous_a body_n be_v all_o to_o rend_v and_o break_v and_o colowr_v with_o his_o precyous_a blood_n and_o the_o cross_n also_o the_o three_o reason_n of_o this_o shield_n be_v that_o aftyr_n the_o death_n of_o a_o valyaunte_n knyghte_a man_n shall_v show_v his_o shield_n in_o the_o remembrance_n of_o he_o this_o shield_n be_v the_o crucyfyxe_n that_o be_v set_v in_o y_fw-es e_fw-es chyrche_v where_o man_n may_v see_v and_o think_v of_o the_o chevalrye_n that_o our_o lord_n jhun_v cryste_n do_v on_o high_a upon_o the_o cross_a on_o the_o mount_n of_o caluarye_a before_o theym_a of_o his_o bless_a dear_a sorrowful_a mother_n this_o shield_n be_v hangyd_v uppe_o in_o every_o chyrche_n y_o it_o his_o love_n which_o be_v our_o soul_n may_v behold_v how_o dear_o he_o have_v buy_v she_o he_o let_v not_o to_o bear_v his_o shield_n &_o to_o opyn_v his_o side_n to_o show_v his_o herte_n &_o show_v all_o openli_fw-la how_o entyr_o he_o love_v she_o and_o how_o she_o ought_v often_o to_o think_v of_o the_o tokeny_n of_o love_n that_o in_o this_o shield_n be_v syngnyfy_v whereof_o seyth_v faint_a bernarde_n ¶_o o_o felix_fw-la anima_fw-la aspice_fw-la inclinacionem_fw-la capitis_fw-la ad_fw-la osculum_fw-la extencionem_fw-la brachiorun_v ad_fw-la ampbexum_fw-la o_o you_o bless_v and_o happy_a spouse_n of_o jhun_v cryste_n behold_v on_o the_o crucyfyx_n the_o shield_n of_o jhesu_fw-la cryste_n your_o spouse_n and_o see_v the_o inclinacyon_n of_o his_o head_n to_o kiss_v you_o se_fw-es the_o sprede_n of_o his_o arm_n to_o clyppe_v you_o behold_v the_o opening_a of_o his_o side_n and_o the_o crucyfyenge_a of_o his_o fair_a body_n and_o with_o greet_v affeccyoun_n of_o your_o holy_a love_n turn_v it_o and_o return_v it_o from_o side_n to_o side_n fro_o the_o heed_n to_o the_o foot_n and_o you_o shall_v find_v that_o there_o be_v never_o sorou_fw-fr nor_o peyne_v like_a to_o that_o pain_n our_o lord_n ihesu_n cryste_n enduree_v for_o your_o love_n &_o seyth_n he_o have_v gevyn_v so_o much_o for_o your_o love_n and_o yet_o may_v not_o have_v it_o it_z be_v gre_fw-mi marvel_v i_o may_v seyth_v he_o give_v now_o no_o more_o wherefore_o you_o will_v love_v i_o and_o that_o forthymk_v i_o but_o whanne_v i_o may_v no_o far_o i_o shall_v say_v such_o thing_n whereof_o you_o shall_v have_v pyte_n if_o you_o will_v at_o the_o least_o be_v charyte_n of_o great_a gyfty_n whereof_o speak_v faint_a barnarde_n ¶_o vere_n compaciendun_v est_fw-la ei_fw-la qui_fw-la dedtt_fw-mi nobis_fw-la clavos_fw-la in_o salsam_fw-la carnem_fw-la in_o cibum_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la in_o potum_fw-la aquam_fw-la ex_fw-la latere_fw-la in_o balneum_fw-la sudorem_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la in_o medicinam_fw-la &_o propriam_fw-la animam_fw-la in_o redempcionem_fw-la true_o be_v the_o sweet_a ihesu_n cryste_n a_o hertte_o lover_n and_o a_o compassyonate_a that_o have_v gnuyn_v we_o so_o many_o great_a specyaltey_n behold_v how_o he_o have_v gevyn_v we_o he_o nail_n in_o sauce_n his_o sweet_a flesh_n in_o meet_a he_o precyous_a blood_n in_o drink_n watyr_n of_o his_o precyous_a side_n in_o baynes_n his_o bloody_a sweet_a in_o medecyne_n he_o propyr_n bless_a soul_n in_o our_o redempcyon_n a_o what_o may_v we_o more_o axe_n that_o he_o shall_v give_v for_o we_o alas_o alas_o full_z hard_a be_v that_o herte_n and_o full_a unnaturell_n that_o will_v not_o love_v he_o that_o have_v gevyn_v so_o moche_n for_o their_o love-here_a be_v a_o great_a specialt_n wherefore_o we_o shall_v love_v god_n the_o secunde_a cause_n wherefore_o god_n be_v to_o be_v belove_v more_o thamne_v any_o other_o thing_n be_v for_o the_o marvellous_a great_a love_n that_o he_o have_v show_v us._n ovyr_v alle_fw-mi other_o lovy_v there_o be_v four_o 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