hande â—here is no healthe in my flesshe in regarde of thy wrath is ther no rest in my bones because of my synnes â—or myn iÌ„iquities are ouerpassed myn head and are layde vpon me as an heuy burden â—y woundes haue putrifyed and festred by reason of my folysshenesse â—am made wretche and croked vnto the ende all day dyd I go sorowfully â—or my loynes are fol of illusyons and there is no health in my flesshe â—am sore afflycted and brought lowe I dyd rore out for the sorowe of myne herte â—orde before the is all my desyre and my mournynge is not hydde from the â—y herte is troubled my strength hath left me the syght of myne eyes and the very same is not with me â—y freÌ„des and my neyghbours drewe togyther and stode agaynst me â—nd they that stode nexte me stode farre of they that layde wayte for my lyfe set vpon me â—nd they that sought me spake euyll to me vanites and deceytes they imagyned all daye â—ut I as one beyng deaf dyd not heare and as one that were dombe not openyng my mouth â—nd I was made as a maÌ„ not hearyng and hauynge no countercheckes in his mouthe â—or in the lorde haue I trusted thou wylte heare me my lorde god â—or I haue sayde lest any tyme myn enemyes tryumphe vpoÌ„ me and whylst my fete slyde they spake great thynges agaynst me â—or I am prepared vnto the whyppes and my dolour is alwayes in my syght â—or I shall confesse myne vngodlynesse shall take thought for my synne â—ut myne enemyes lyue are made strong ouer me and they are multiplyed whiche hated me vniustly â—hey that requyted euyll for good detracted me because I folowed goodnesse â—orsake me not o lorde my god neyther departe thou from me â—ntend toward my helpe o lorde god my helth â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the ho lye ghoste â—s it was in the begynnynge as it is now and euer shall be So be it â—iserere mei deus â—Aue mercy vpon me o god accordynge to thy great mercy â—nd accordyng to the multytude of thy compassyons wype away myn iniquite â—et wasshe me more froÌ„ myne iniquite and clense me more from my synne â—or I knowledge myne iniquite and my synne is euer before myne eyes â—gaynst the onely haue I synned and haue done euyll iÌ„ thy syght that thou mayste be iustifyed in thy wordes and mayst vaynquysshe wheÌ„ thou hast iudged â—o I was begotten in wyckednesse and my mother conceyued me in synne â—o thou haste loued trueth the vnknowen and secrete thynges of thy wysdome hast thou reueled vnto me â—pryncle me lorde with ysope and so shall I be cleane thou shalt wasshe me and then shal I be whyter then snowe â—nto my hearynge shalt thou gyue ioye gladnesse and my brosed bones shal be refresshed â—ourne thy face froÌ„ my synnes and wype away all my wyckednesse â—pure herte create in me oh god an vp ryght spyryte renewe within me â—ast me not away from thy face and thyne holy spyryte take not from me â—ake me agayn to reioyse in thy sauyng helth strenghten me with a pryncypal spyryte â—wyll enstruct the wycked iÌ„ thy wayes and the vngodly shall be conuerted vnto the. â—elyuer me from bloudes oh god the god of my health my toÌ„ge shal exalte thy ryght wysenesse â—orde open thou my lyppes my mouthe shall pronounce thy prayse â—or yt thou naddest desyred sacryfices I hadde surely gyuen it but thou delytest not in burnt offrynges â—sacryfyce to god is a lowly spirit a contrite an humble herte dispyce not o god â—eale getsy of thy fauourable benenoleÌ„ce with Syon that the walles of HierusaleÌ„ may be buylte agayne â—heÌ„ shalt thou accept the sacryfyce of ryghtwysenesse oblacyons and burnte offerynges then shall they lay calues vpon thyne altare â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the ho ly ghoste â—s it was in the begynnynge as it is now and euer shall be So be it 〈◊〉 omine eraudi orationeÌ„ meaÌ„ â—Orde heare my prayer and let my clamouâ—…re come vnto the. â—ourne not thy face from me wheÌ„ soeuer I am troubled bowe thyne eare vnto me â—n what soeuer day that I am troubled hear me quyckely â—or my dayes haue vanysshed as smoke my bones waxe drye as a fyrebrande â—am stryken and my hert wythered lyke hay by cause I forgat to eate my breade â—ith the noyse of my mournynge my boone hath clouen to the flesshe â—am made lyke vnto a pellycan of wyldernes and am made lyke the nyght rauyn in an house â—haue waked and am made lyke a sparowe solytary in the roufe of an house â—ll daye dyd myne enemyes rayle vpon me and they that praysed me conspyred agaynst me â—or I dyd eate asshes as breade and myngled my drynke with wepynge â—n regarde of thy wrathe and indygnacyon for thou takynge me vp dyddest cast me agaynst the grounde â—y dayes haue faded as a shadow and I haue wythered lyke haye â—ut thou lorde abydest for euer and thy memoryal is from one generacyon vnto another â—hou lorde arysyng shalt haue mercy of SyoÌ„ for it is tyme to haue mercy on it for the tyme ê¯meth â—or the stones therof haue pleased thy seruauÌ„tes they shall haue rueth on the grouÌ„de therof â—nd the people shall feare thy name o lorde all kynges of the earth thy glorye â—or the lorde hath buylded Syon and shall be sene in his glorye â—e hath regarded the speache of the humble hath not dispyced theyr prayer â—et these thynges be wryten in another generacyon and the people that shall be created shall prayse the lorde â—or he hathe loked downe from his hyghe holy place the lorde hathe loked downe from heuyn vnto the earthe â—or to hear the waylyng of them that be fettered for to lose the sones of them that were slayn â—hat they shulde in Syon declare the name of the lorde and his prayse in Hierusalem â—n assemblynge of people togyther and kynges for to serue the lorde â—e answered hiÌ„ in the way of his vertue shewe vnto me the shortnes of my dayes â—all me not backe in the myddes of my dayes in to the euerlastyngnes of thy yre â—roÌ„ the begynnynge thou lorde haste layde the foundacyon of the earthe the workes of thyne handes are the heuyns â—hey shal perysshe but thou abydest and shal all waxe olde as a garment And as a couerynge thou shalte chaunge them and they shal be chauÌ„ged but thou arte one and the same and thy yeres shall not fayle â—he sones of thy seruauÌ„tes shall dwel togyther and theyr seede shal be directed for euer â—e profundis clamaui 〈…〉 â—Rom the deepe places haue I called vnto the o lorde lorde heare my voyce â—et thyne eares be intentyfe to the voyce of my prayer â—f thou lorde wylte loke so straytly vpoÌ„ synners o lorde who shall abyde it But there is mercy with the and because of thy lawe haue I abyden the
concepcyon as in the byrth of thy ryght entyrely beloued sonne her virgynitie saued whiche also hast multiplyed her ioyes through the resurreccyon of her sayd sone GrauÌ„t we beseche the thaâ— by her merytes prayer we may attayne to that vnspeakeable ioy Uvhere as she beyng assuÌ„pt dothe now reioyse with the in heuyn for euermore By Chryst our lorde So be it ¶ 〈…〉 〈…〉 aude flore virginali honoreque speciali Excedynge a thousande folde The pryncypalyte of aungelles eminent And the dygnite of sayntes refulgent More then can be tolde â—eioyce o spouse of god moost dere For as the lyght of the day so clere Comes of the sonne moost radiant Euyn so dost thou cause questionles The worlde to florysshe in quietnes Throughe thy grace habundaunt â—eioyce o vessell of vertue splendent At whose becke incontinent All heuynly consystorie The moost gentyll and also happyest The worthy mother of Iesu Chryste Do worshyp with moche glory â—eioyce in the knot of charyte And in the liege of dignyte Beyng coupled with god so nere That thou mayst at thy desyre Obtayne all that thou wylte desyre Of Iesu thy sone moost dere â—eioyce o mother of wretches all For the father that is eternall To them that do the reuerence In this worlde gyues good wages And a place in the heuynly stages In the kyngdome of excellence â—eioyce o mother of Iesu Chryst Uvhiche wast alone moost worthyest O virgyn immaculate To be of suche hygh dygnite That nexte to the blyssed trinyte In place thou arte now collocate â—eioyce o mother mayden pure And of this be certayne and sure That these ioyes seuen Shall neyther minysshe nor also seace But styll contynue and euer encrease Uvhyle the father is in heuyn â—moost holy and humble spouse moost beautyful mayde Mary mother of god virgyn elect conduyt vs the ryght way vnto euerlastynge ioye where is perpetuall peace and glory And euer swete Mary gyue hearyng to my prayer with a beneuolent eare â—mother of god thou arte exalted ouer all 〈…〉 Aboue the ordres of aungelles in the kyngdome celestyall ¶ 〈…〉 â—Oost swete lorde Iesu sone of the lyuyng god whiche haste rewarded the mooste â—lyssed gloryous humble benygne and beautyfull virgyn marye thy moost hooly mother beyng nowe crowned with the in heuyn with euerlastynge ioye and blysse Graunt vs of thy mercy that by her gracyous merytes and contynuall prayers we may obtayne health and prosperite of body and soule with ioy alacrite and habuÌ„dauÌ„ce of all goodes ghostly and bodily And that we maye lyue in this worlde vertuously iustly and mekely And that after our passage out of this world we maye haue the grace to come to y e ioyes euerlastyng Uvhiche lyuest and reygnest worlde without ende So be The mortall pestilence froÌ„ vs hathe banysshed Uvhiche was planted by the preuarication Of our fyrst father in euery generacyon â—et not the same sterre anywhit dysdayne The vnholsome planettes for to restrayne Uvhose great repugnaunce coÌ„tagious influeÌ„ce Hath plaged the peple with mortal pestilence â—sterre of the see moost gloryous and clere From the foule pestilence vs preserue and heare Because thy blyssed sone doth the nothyng deny But gyues the honour in heuyn eternally Saue and defende vs mercyfull lorde Iesu For whome thy mother doth vnto the sue â—Holy mother of god praye to thy sone 〈…〉 That we maye deserue his blyssed promyssyon ¶ 〈…〉 â—God mercyfull pytifull fauourable whiche hauynge remorse on the afflictioÌ„ of thy seruauntes saydest vnto the aungell when he strake thy peple It is ynough Now holde thy hande ouer vs for the loue of that gloryous sterre whose blyssed brestes thou dydest ryght swetely sucke agaynst the poyson of oure synfulnes Gyue vs thy moost gracyous helpe that we may be delyuered from al maner of pestylence and sodeyne death and that we may be preserued from all daunger of perdicyon By the Iesu Chryst sauyour of the worlde kynge of glory whiche lyuest and reygnest god worlde without ende So be it ¶ 〈…〉 e profundis â—Rom the deepe places haue I called vnto the o lorde lorde heare my voyce â—et thyne eares be intentyfe to the voyce of my prayer â—f thou lorde wylte loke so straytly vpoÌ„ synners o lorde who shall abyde it â—ut there is mercy with the and because of thy lawe haue I abyden the o lorde â—y soule hath abydeÌ„ in his word my soule hath trusted in the lorde â—rom the mornyng watche vnto nyght let Israel truste in the lorde â—or with the lorde there is mercy and his redeÌ„pcyon is plenteous â—nd he shall redeme Israel for all the iniquâ—ties of it Lorde haue mercy on vs. Chryste haue mercye oâ— vs. Lorde haue mercy on vs. Our father 〈…〉 â—And leade vs not in to temptacyon 〈…〉 â—But delyuer vs from all euyll 〈…〉 Lorde gyue theÌ„ eternall reste 〈…〉 And contynuall lyght may shyne vnto theÌ„ 〈…〉 From the gates of hell 〈…〉 Lorde delyuer theyr soules 〈…〉 I truste to se the goodes of the lord 〈…〉 In the lande of lyfe 〈…〉 Lorde god heare my prayer And gyue hearynge to my clamour ¶ 〈…〉 â—Orde enclyne thyne eare vnto our prayers wherin we ryght denoutly call vpoÌ„ thy mercy that thou wylte bestowe the soules of thy seruauntes bothe men women whiche thou haste coÌ„mauÌ„ded to departe froÌ„ this worlde in the couÌ„trey of peace reste further cause theÌ„ to be made parteners with thy sayntes By Chryst our lorde So be it he soules of all true beleuers beynge deade by y e mercy of god may rest iÌ„ peace So be it ¶ 〈…〉 〈…〉 ue verum corpus natum Ayle very body incarnate of a virgyn Nayled on a crosse and offered for maÌ„nes synne Uvhose syde beyng pprsed bloude ran out plenteously At the our of death let vs receyue the bodily O swete O holy O Iesu sone of Mary The .xv. Oos ¶ 〈…〉 â—Iesu endeles swetnesse to all that loue the a ioye passynge and ercedynge all gladnes an desyre The sauyoure and louer of all repentaunt synners that lykest to dwel as thou saydest thy selfe with the chyldren of men for that was the cause why thou wast incarnate and made maÌ„ in the ende of the worlde Haue mynde blyssed Iesu of all the sorowes that thou suffered in thy manhode drawynge nygh to thy blyssed passyoÌ„ the whiche moost holsome passyoÌ„ was ordeyned to be in the diuine herte by counsell of the holy Trinyte for the raunsome of all maÌ„kynve Haue mynde blessed Iesu of all the great dredes anguyshes and sorowes that thou suffered in thy teÌ„dre flesshe afore thy passyoÌ„ on the Crosse wheÌ„ thou wast betrayed of thy discyple Iudas to the Iewes whiche of synguler affeccyon that thou hadest to them shulde haue ben thy specyall people After tyme that thou haddest made thy prayer vpon the mounte of Oliue and swettest there bothe blode and water Also I haue mynde of the great anguysshe that thou waste in when thou wast taken of the fals Iewes and by fals wytnes accused And at
them â—he lorde hathe done greatly for vs we are made ioyfull â—orde conuerte our captyuyte as a ryuer in the southe â—hey that sowe with teares shall reape with gladnes â—hey goynge forth wenâ— and wepte castynge theyr sedes â—ut comynge agayne they shall come with ioye bearynge theyr handes full of corne â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the holy ghoste â—s it was in the begynnynge as it is now and euer shall be So be it â—isi dominus edificauerit 〈…〉 â—Xcepte the lorde haue buylded the house they haue labored in vayn which buylde it â—â—eles the lorde haue kepte the cyte he hathe watched in vayne that kepeth it â—t is in vayn for you to ryse before lyght aryse after your syttyng ye that eat the bred of sorow â—hen he hath gyuen slepe to his welbeloued lo the herytage of the lorde is chyldren the rewarde is the fruyte of the wombe â—s arowes iÌ„ the hande of the myghty so be the chyldren of smyters â—lessed is the man whiche fulfylled his desyre of them he shall not be confounded wheÌ„ he shall speake to his enemyes in the gate â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the holy ghoste â—s it was in the begynnynge as it is now and euer shall be So be it â—eati omnes 〈…〉 â—Lessed be all that feare the lorde whiche walketh in his wayes â—or thou shalt eate the labours of thyne haÌ„des thou shalt be blessed and wel shalt thou be â—hy wyfe as a plenteous vyne in the sydes of thyne house â—hy sones lyke the plantes of Olyue trees all aboute thy table â—o thus shal a man be blessed whiche feareth the lorde â—he lorde of Syon blysse the that thou mayst â—e the goodes of HierusaleÌ„ al the days of thy lyfe and that thou mayst se the chyldren of thy chyldren and peace vpon israel â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the holy ghoste â—s it was in the begynnynge as it is now and euer shall be So be it â—epe expugnauerunt 〈…〉 â—Ftsones haue they assayled me euyn from my youth let Israel now tell it â—ftsones haue they assayled me euyn from my youth and yet coulde they not ouercome me â—pon my backe haue synners buylded they haue prolonged theyr wyckednes â—he ryghtuous lord shall cut a soÌ„der the neckes of synners let all be confounded turned backe that hate Syon â—et them be made as the thatche of houses that dyd wyther before it was plucked vp â—herof he that shall mowe hathe not filled his haÌ„de nor he y t shall gather gleanes his bosome â—nd they that passed by sayde not the blessynge of the lorde lyght vpon you we do blesse you in the name of the lorde â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the holy ghoste â—s it was in the begynnynge as it is now and euer shall be So be it â—e profundis clamaui 〈…〉 â—Rom the deepe places haue I called vnto the o lorde lorde heare my voyce â—et thyne eares be intentyfe to the voyce of my prayer â—f thou lorde wylte loke so straytly vpoÌ„ synners o lorde who shall abyde it â—ut there is mercy with the and because of thy lawe haue I abyden the o lorde â—y soule hath abydeÌ„ iÌ„ his worde my soule hath trusted in the lorde â—rom the mornynge watche vnto nyght let Israel truste in the lorde â—or with the lorde there is mercy and hiÌ„s redeÌ„pcyon is plenteous â—nd he shal redeme Israel for all the iniquities of it â—lory be to the father to y e sone to y e holy ghost â—s it was in the begynnynge as it is now c. â—omine non est exaltatum 〈…〉 â—Orde my herte is not exalted neyther is myne eyes set a lofte â—eyther haue I walked in great thynges ne in meruayles aboue me â—f I dyd not thynke mekely but haue exalted my soule â—s a weanlynge is from his mother so let my soule be rewarded â—et Israel truste iÌ„ the lorde froÌ„ this tyme forth and euermore â—lory be to the father â—…s it was in the. c. â—emento domine Dauid 〈…〉 â—Orde haue mynde of Dauid and of all his mekenes â—s he hathe sworne to the lorde hathe made a vowe to the lorde of Iacob If I shal entre in to the tabernacle of my hous yf I shall ascende in to the bedde where I lye If I shall gyue slepe vnto myne eyes and slomberynge vnto myne eye lyddes And rest vnto the temples of myne heade vntyll I fynde a place for the lorde a tabernacle for the god of Iacob â—owe haue herde her in Effrata we founde her in the feldes of wood We shall entre iÌ„ to his tabernacle we shall worshyp in the place where his feete stode Aryse lorde in to thy reste thou and the Arche of thy sanctifycacyon â—ette thy seruauÌ„tes do on iustyce and thy sayntes reioyse â—or thy seruauÌ„t dauides sake tourne not backe the face of thyne anoynted The lorde hath smorne trueth vnto Dauid and shall not deceyue hym of the fruyte of thy belly shall I set one vpon the seate â—f thy chyldren wyll kepe me testament my testimonyes those that I shall teache them And theyr sones worlde without ende shall syt vpon thy seate For the lorde hathe chosen Syon he hathe chosen it for his dwellynge place This is my restynge place for euermore here shal I dwel for I haue chosen it with blessyng â—â—he wydowe of it I shall blysse the pore people of it I shall fulfyll with breade â—shal compas the preestes therof with helth the sayntes therof shal triumphe with gladnes â—hyther shall I brynge the horne of Dauid I haue prepared a laÌ„terne for myne anoynted â—he enemyes of hym I shal compas with confusyon vpon hym surely shall my sanctifycacyon florysshe â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the holy ghoste â—s it was in the begynnynge as it is now and euer shall be So be it â—cce quam bonum 〈…〉 â—Eholde how good and pleasaunt it is for brethren to dwell togyther â—yke as oyntment in the head that discendeth in to the berde euyn the berde of Aaron â—hiche discendeth in to the skyrte of his garmen as the dewe of Hermon that discendeth in to the mount Syon â—or there hath the lorde promysed blessynge lyfe worlde without ende â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the holy ghoste â—s it was in the begynnynge as it is now and euer shall be So be it â—cce nunc bnÌ„dicite dnÌ„m â—Oo nowe blesse ye the lorde all the seruauÌ„tes of the lorde â—hiche stande in the house of the lorde in the cources of our goddes house â—yfte vp your handes in the nyghtes vnto the holy places and blysse the lorde â—he lorde of Syon blysse the whiche made heuyn and earth â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the holy ghoste â—s it was in the begynnynge as it is now and euer shall be So be it 〈…〉 emembre not o lorde the faultes eyther
the mynde of Isodore was receyued as a tradicyoÌ„ of the apostles Howbeit S. Ambrose affyrmeth that it was deryued of an olde custome had amoÌ„g the Hebrewes which vsed longe lameÌ„tacyon for the dead after theyr departynge as they dyd for Iacob the space of xl dayes and for Moyses xxx But we that are vnder the newe lawe are taught of god by the mouthe of saynt Paule his apostle not to mourne or be sory for them that be departed in the fayth of Chryst but to reioyse as in theÌ„ that rest in the slepe of peace for so is it dayly remembred in the Masse vntyll they shall be called vnto the last iudgemeÌ„t Neuerthelesse I thynke it very charytable and to procede of a good godly mynde in that we vse any worldely obseâ—uies about the deade or do pray for theÌ„ for sait Augustyn in his Enchiridion sayth It is not to be denyed but that the soules departed are greatly releued by prayer Uvhiche vse is very commeÌ„dable for asmoche as it hath contynued in the chrysten churche euyn froÌ„ the very infaÌ„cy therof ¶ 〈…〉 〈…〉 shall please â—…exi quoniam exaudiet â—or he hathe enclyned his eare vnto me all me lyfe I shall calle vpon hym â—he sorowes of deathe haue comâ—assed me and the perylles of hell haue entangled me â—haue frounde moche trouble and sorowe and haue called vppon the name of the lorde â—lorde delyuer my soule for the lorde is pityfull and ryghteous and our god hath mercy â—he lord pÌ„serueth the lytle ones I was brought lowâ— and he delyuered me â—urne the my soule iÌ„ to reste for the lorde hath done moche for the. â—or he hathe delyuered my soule froÌ„ death my â—yes from teares my feete from slydynge â—shal please the lorde in the countre of lyuers orde gyue theÌ„ eternall reste and let coÌ„tynuall lyght shyne vnto them 〈…〉 shall please the lorde in the regyon of lyuers 〈…〉 Uvo is me â—d dnÌ„m cum tribularer 〈…〉 â—Cryed vnto the lorde when I was in trouble and he herde me â—lorde delyuer my soule froÌ„ lyenge lyppes and a deceytfull tonge â—hat may be gyuen the or what may be layde agaynst the to a deceytfull tonge â—he sharpe arowes of the myghtye with hotte sparkelynge cooles â—…o is me for my restynge place is prolonged I haue dwelled with the inhabytantes of Cedar my soule was longe in exyle â—was peasyble with them that hated peace when I spake vnto them they assaulted me causeles â—orde gyue them eternall reste let contynuall lyght shyne vnto them 〈…〉 Uvo is me for that my banysshment is prolonged 〈…〉 orde â—euauioculos meos 〈…〉 â—Lyfted vp myne eyes in to the hylles from whense helpe shall come vnto me â—y helpe commeth from the lorde that made heuyn and earth â—e shal not suffre thy foote to slyppe neyther shall he that kepeth the fall in to a slombre â—o he shall neyther fall a slepe nor slombre whiche kepeth Israel â—he lorde kepeth the the lorde is thy defence more then thy ryght hande â—he sonne shall not burne the by day nor the moone by nyght â—he lord kepeth the from all euyll the lorde kepeth euyn thy soule â—he lorde kepeth thy goynge iÌ„ and goynge out from this tyme forth and euermore â—orde gyue theÌ„ eternall reste and let coÌ„tynuall lyght shyne vnto them 〈…〉 â—he lorde kepeth the from all euyll he kepeth euyn thy soule 〈…〉 â—f thou lorde â—e profundis 〈…〉 â—Rom the deepe places haue I called vnto the o lorde lorde heare my voyce â—et thyne eares be intentyfe to the voyce of my prayer â—f thou lorde wylte loke so straytly vpoÌ„ synners o lorde who shall abyde it â—ut there is mercy with the and because of thy lawe haue I abyden the o lorde â—y soule hath abyden in his worde my soule hath trusted in the lorde From the mornyng watche vnto nyght let Israel truste in the lorde For with the lorde there is mercy and his redeÌ„pcyon is plenteous And he shall redeme Israel for all the iniquities of it Lorde gyue them eternall reste and let contynual lyght shyne vnto them 〈…〉 â—f thou lorde imputest meÌ„s synnes vnto them lorde who shal abyde it 〈…〉 he workes â—onfitebor tibi domine 〈…〉 LOrde I shal make knowlege to the with all my herte for thou hast herde the wordes of my mouthe â—n the syght of aungels I shall synge to the I shall worshyppe the in thy holy temple and shall confesse thy name UpoÌ„ thy mercy thy trouth for aboue al thyng thou hast magnifyed thy holy name Then soeuer I shall call vpon the heare me thou shalte encrease strength in my soule Let al the kynges of the earth coÌ„fesse the o lord for they haue herde all y e wordes of thy mouthe And let them synge in the wayes of the lorde for great is the glory of the lorde For the lorde is hyghe beholdeth lowe thynges and knoweth hygh thynges a farre If I walke in the myddes of trybulacyon thou wylt reconforte me and vpon the cruelte of myn enemyes thou hast extende thy power and thy ryght hande hath made me saufe â—he lorde shall requyte for me lorde thy mercy is euerlastynge the workes of thyne handes despyce thou not â—orde gyue them eternall reste and let contynuall lyght shyne vnto them 〈…〉 â—orde despyce not the workes of thy handes 〈…〉 Fro the gates of hell 〈…〉 Lorde delyuer theyr soules 〈…〉 herde a voyce ¶ 〈…〉 â—Y soule magnifyeth the lorde â—nd my spirit hath reioysed iÌ„ god my sauyour â—or he hathe regarded the humilite of his haÌ„dmayden beholde nowe from hensforth shall all generacyons call me blessed â—or he that is myghty hathe done to me great thynges and blessed is his name â—nd his mercy is alwayes on theÌ„ that fear hym throughout all generacyons â—e hathe shewed streÌ„gth with his arme he hath scatered them that are proude in the ymagynacyon of theyr hertes â—e hath put downe the myghtye from theyr sea tes and hath exalted them of lowe degree â—e hath fylled the hungre with good thynges and hath sent away the ryche empty â—e hath remembred mercy and hathe holpeÌ„ his seruaunt Israel â—uyn as he promysed to oure fathers Abraham and to his seede for euer â—orde gyue them eternall reste let contynuall lyght shyne vnto them 〈…〉 haue herde a voyce froÌ„ heuyn sayenge Blessyd be the deade whiche dye in the lorde â—orde haue mercy on vs. â—hryste haue mercy on vs. â—orde haue mercy on vs. Our father whiche arte Hayle Mary â—auda aiÌ„a mea dnÌ„z 〈…〉 â—Rayse the lorde my soule I shall laude the lorde durynge my lyfe I shall syng to my god so longe as I lyue â—ruste ye not in prynces nor in the chyldren of men in whome there is no health â—y sou'e shall passe out and shall retourne iÌ„ to his countrey in that day shall all theyr cogytacyons perysshe â—lessed is the man whose helper is the god of Iacob whose hope is in our lorde god which made heuyn
and earth and see and all that be in theÌ„â—hich kepeth trueth euermore doth iudgemeÌ„t to them that suffre wronge and gyueth meate to the hungry â—he lorde loseth the fettered the lorde gyueth syght to the blynde â—he lorde lyfteth vp theÌ„ that be fallen the lorde loueth the ryghteous â—he lorde preserueth strauÌ„gers he shall defeÌ„de the fatherles and the wydowe and shal destroy the wayes of synners â—he lorde shall reygne euermore thy god o syoÌ„ from one generacyon to another â—orde gyue theÌ„ eternall rest and let contynuall lyght shyne vnto theÌ„ 〈…〉 From the gates of hell 〈…〉 Lorde delyuer theyr soules 〈…〉 I truste to se the goodes of the lorde 〈…〉 In the lande of lyfe 〈…〉 Lorde god heare my prayer 〈…〉 And gyue hearynge to my clamour 〈…〉 â—Od to whome it is appropried to be mercyfull euer to spare be mercyfull to the soules of thy seruauntes of eche kynde and forgyue them al theyr synnes that they beyng loosed froÌ„ the bondes of death may deserue to ascende vnto lyfe By Chryste our lorde â—God the lorde of pardon graunt vnto the soule of N. thy seruaunte the yeares mynde of whose death we haue in remembraunce a place of rest the blysfull quiete and clerenesse of thy lyght By Chryste our lorde â—God whiche haste caused thy seruauÌ„tes in pontificall dignite to be accompted amoÌ„ge the preestes apostolyke graunt we beseche the that they maye enioye in heuyn the coÌ„tynuall coÌ„pany of them whose offyce they dyd beare somtyme heare in earth By Chryste our lorde â—God the graunter of pardon and the louer of mannes saluacyon we beseche thy mercy that thou wylte suffre the congregacyons of our brothers and systers beynge departed out of this worlde through the intercession of blessed Mary the virgyn and saynt Myghell the archaÌ„ gell all holy sayntes to come to the congregacyoÌ„ of euerlastynge felicite By Chryste our lorde â—God that arte creatour and redemer of all faythful people graunt vnto the soules of al true beleuers beynge deade remyssyon of al theyr synnes that through deuout prayers they maye attayne thy gracyous pardon whiche they haue alway desyred which shalte come to iudge the quycke and the deade and the worlde by fyre So be it God haue mercy on all chrysten soules So be it ¶ 〈…〉 〈…〉 â—yrect good lorde â—erba mea auribus 〈…〉 LOrde perceyue my wordes with thyne eares vnderstande my clamour Make hede to the voyce of my prayer my kynge and my god For vnto the wyl I praye o lorde early shalt y u heare my voyce â—arly shall I stande by the I shall se for thou arte a god not fauourynge iniquite Nor y e malygne shal not dwel nere the neyther shal the vnryghteous abyde before thy iyes Thou haste hated all that do iÌ„iquite thou shalte destroy all that speake falshode A man that is bloudy deceytful the lorde doth abhorre but I through the plenteousnes of thy mercy Shall entre in to my house I shall praye at thy holy temple in thy feare â—eade me lorde in thy ryghteousnes bycause of myne enemyes directe my way in thy syght â—or in the mouth of them there is no trueth the herte of them is full of vanyte â—he throte of them is an open graue deceytfully haue they done with theyr tonges iudge theÌ„ o god â—et them fall froÌ„ theyr cogytacyons accordyng to the greatnes of theyr wyckednes expel them for they haue sturred the to angre lorde â—nd let all reioyse that trust in the they shall euermore be gladde thou shalte dwelle amoÌ„ge them â—nd they shall glory in the all that loue thy name for thou wylte blesse the ryghteous â—orde thou hast couered vs as it were with a shylde of thy good wyll â—orde gyue them eternall reste let coÌ„tynuall lyght shyne vnto them 〈…〉 Dyrecte good lorde my way iÌ„ thy syght 〈…〉 ourne the lorde â—omine ne in furore tuo 〈…〉 â—Orde rebuke me not in thy fury neyther chasten thou me in thyne angre â—aue mercy on me lorde for I am sycke healem lord for my bones are broused â—nd my soule is very sore troubled but how loÌ„ge lorde â—urne the lorde and delyuer my soule saue me for thy mercye â—or there is none in death that hath mynde of the and in hell who wyll acknowledge the. â—haue laboured iÌ„ my sorow I shal euery nyght wasshe my bedde with teares shall I weate the place where I lye â—yne eye is troubled with woodnes I haue waxen olde amonge al myne enemyes â—uoyde fro me al ye that worke wyckednes for the lorde hath herd the noyse or my wepynge â—he lorde hath herde my prayer the lorde hath receyued my peticyon â—et all myne enemyes be greatly ashamed and confounded let them be ashamed and confounded very quyckely â—orde gyue them eternall reste let contynuall lyght shyne vnto theÌ„ 〈…〉 Turne the lorde delyuer my soule for he is not iÌ„ death that hath mynde of the 〈…〉 est any tyme. â—nÌ„e deê° meus in te speraui 〈…〉 O Lorde my god in the haue I trusted saue me froÌ„ al that persecute me and delyuer me â—est any tyme they deuour my soule as a lyon whylst there is none y t may redeme nor saue me â—lorde god yf I haue done this thynge yf wyckednes be in myne handes â—f I haue req ited euyl to theÌ„ that dyd for me let me then worthely falle into myne enemyes haÌ„des â—et an enemye persecute my soule lette hiÌ„ take it and treade downe my lyfe in earth and brynge my glory in to duste â—ryse lorde in thy wrathe and be exalted in the countrees of myne enemyes â—nd aryse my lorde god in the precepte that thou hast commaunded and the congregacion of people shall compasse the. â—nd for the same go vp agayne on hyghe the lorde iudgeth nacyons â—udge me lorde accordynge to my iustyce and procede vpon me accordyng to myn innocency â—et the wyckednes of synners be coÌ„sumed and thou shalte ordre the iuste o god that enserchest herte and reynes â—y iust helpe is from god which preserueth the ryghteous in herte â—he lorde is a iust iudge stronge and pacyeÌ„t is he angry al tymes â—xcepte ye be tourned he hath shakeÌ„ his sworde he hathe beÌ„ded his bowe and hathe made it redy â—nd hath prepared in it vesselles of death he hath made his arowes hotte â—o he bredeth iniustyce he hathe conceyued sorowe and hath brought forth vngodlynes â—e hathe opened a lake and dygged it out and hath fallen in to the pyt that hym selfe made â—et his sorowe be tourned vpon his owne head let his wykednesse falle vpoÌ„ his owne crowne â— shall make knowledge to the lorde accordyng to his iustyce and shall syng to the name of the lorde moost hyest â—orde gyue theÌ„ eternall rest and let contynuall lyght shyne vnto them 〈…〉 â—este any tyme he may rauysshe my soule as a lyon when there is none that wyll redeme it or saue it 〈…〉 From the gates of hel The answere Lorde
the earthe also haue I spoken Sayenge thou arte my syster and thou also my brother Uvhat hope I haue then aboue all other Uvho shall rewarde my paynes y â— which I abode Surely none other but onely thou my god 〈…〉 hus dayly in me my synne encreasyng double And I not repentynge in my lyues space The feare of death full sore my hert doth trouble For why in that lowe and depe infernall place There is no redempcyon no mercy nor no grace But yet good lorde yf it may the please Haue mercy on me and heale thou my desease 〈…〉 good lord through thy holy name Saue me from peryll in euery case And by thy great myght ryd me from the same For why in that lowe and depe infernall place There is no redempcyon no mercy nor no grace But yet good lorde if it may the please Haue mercy on me and heale thou my desease ¶ 〈…〉 â—y flesshe is consumed there is but skyn and bone My lyppes they be fallen away my teeth bare appere Take pety vpon me and haue compassyon At the lest way ye that be my frendes dere For the hande of god lo hath me touched here why persecute ye me more to encrease my payr Is it my flesshe that ye wolde haue so fayne Uvho shall warrant me that my dedes shall be wrytten Or who can promyse me eyther that they shal Be regystred so that they shal not be forgeten In iyrne leade or in the stony wall But one thynge I knowe that surest is of all That my redemer shall euerlyue this I know for true And in the last day that I shall ryse a newe And w t this skynne agayne theÌ„ I shall be clade And in my flesshe I shall playnlyse My sauyoure and my god whiche hath me wrought and made And as I am now so shall I then be I shall not beholde hym by no depute But these same eyes shal se hym manyfest This conforte sure remayneth in my brest 〈…〉 ternall rest goost lorde let theÌ„ haue And let theÌ„ be euer in contynuall lygh â—hou that raysedest from the fylth graue The dead Lazer through thy great myght So graunt them grace of the to haue the syght And gyue them rest that be from hens discended And grauÌ„te theÌ„ pardoÌ„ where they haue offended ¶ 〈…〉 â—Hy from my mothers wombe hast thou me out brought That wolde to god that I had ben clene Consumed away euyn to ryght nought So that none eye me euer myght haue sene For then shulde I be as I had neuer bene Nowe brought in to the worlde and streyght agayne out sent Oh that my lyfe dayes full soone are gone and spent wherfore good lorde spare me yet a whyle That I may bewayle my sorowe or I go From wheÌ„s is no retourne I meane that wretched yle whiche is the lande of mysery and wo Couered all with death in darknes ouerthrow where is no rule nor ordre at all But horror euerlastyng and payne contynuall 〈…〉 Uvherfore good lorde hertely I the pray To be a succour and ayde vnto me And specyally in that moost dradfull day Uvhen heuyn and earth and al that therin be Shal tremble and quake before the face of the when thou shalt come in thy most feruent yre The worlde to iudge by hotte burnyng fyre â—hat is the day full sorowful to beholde That is the day of wrathe the day of mysery That is the day to wofull to be tolde when heuyn and earth and al that therin be Shall trembled quake before the face of the when thou shalt come in thy most feruent yre The worlde to iudge by hotte burnynge fyre â—…las I wretche myserable and poore what thynge shall I do or what thynge shall I saye That dredfull iudge when I shall come before Hauynge no good dede for my selfe to lay Howe fearefull shall I staÌ„de iÌ„ that dredfull daye when that thou shalt come in thy feruent yre The worlde to iudge by hotte burnynge fyre â—…ow therfore Chryste we the beseche ychone Let thy mercy vnto vs appere Thou that descendest from thy heuynly trone To redeme them that lost and dampned were â—oÌ„dempne neuer theÌ„ whome thou haste bought so dere Uvherfore good lorde hertly I the pray To be a succour and ayde vnto me And specyally in that moost dredfull day when heuyn and earth and al that therin be Shal treÌ„ble and quake before the face of the when thou shalt come in thy most feruent yre The worlde to iudge by hotte burnynge fyre 〈…〉 Uvherfore good lorde we humbly the requyre That of thy goodnes thou woldest not forget To delyuer me from euerlastynge fyre whiche brakest vp the brasen gates great And vysyted hast the lowe infernall seate And vnto lyght them dydest restore whiche in payne of darkenesse hadde ben longe before 〈…〉 whiche vnto the thus dyd call and cry welcome to vs our blyssed sauyour swete welcome our redemer welcome hertely whiche brakest vp the brasen gates great And visited hast the lowe infernall seate And vnto lyght them dydest restore whiche in payne of darkenesse hadde ben longe before 〈…〉 Reste in peace 〈…〉 So be it â—…y broused â—isere meideus 〈…〉 â—Aue mercy vpon me o god accordynge to thy great mercy â—nd accordyng to the multitude of thy coÌ„passyons wype away myn iniquite Yet wasshe me more from myne iniquite clense me more from my synne â—or I knowledge myne iniquite and my synne is euer before myne eyes 〈◊〉 gaynst the onely haue I synned and haue done euyll in thy syght that thou mayste be instistifyed in thy wordes mayst vaynquysshe wheÌ„ thou hast iudged â—o I was begotten in wyckednesse and my mother conceyued me in synne â—o thou haste loued trueth the vnknoweÌ„ and secrete thynges of thy wysdome hast thou reueled vnto me â—pryncle me lorde with ysope and so shall I be cleane thou shalt wasshe me and then shal I be whyter then snowe â—nto my hearynge shalt thou gyue ioye gladnesse and my brosed bones shal be refresshed â—ourne thy face froÌ„ my synnes and wype away all my wyckednesse â—pure herte create in me oh god and an vp ryght spyryte renewe within me â—ast me not away from thy face and thyne holy spyryte take not from me â—ake me agayn to reioyse in thy sauynge helth and strengthen me with a pryncypal spiryte â—wyll istruct the wycked in thy wayes and the vngodly shall be conuerted vnto the. â—elyuer me from bloudes oh god the god of my health and my tonge shal exalte thy ryght wysenesse â—orde open thou my lyppes and my mouthe shall pronounce thy prayse â—oryf thou haddest desyred sacryfices I hadde surely gyuen it but thou delytest not in burnt offrynges â—sacryfyce to god is a lowly spirit a contrite an humble herte dispyce not o god â—ealy geÌ„tly of thy fauourable beneuoleÌ„ce with Syon that the walles of HierusaleÌ„ may be buylte agayne â—hen shalt thou accept the sacryfyce of ryghtwysenesse oblacyons and burnte offerynges theÌ„ shall
o lorde My soule hath abyden in his worde my soule hath trusted in the lorde From the mornyng watche vnto nyght let Israel truste in the lorde â—or with the lorde there is mercy and his redeÌ„pcyon is plenâ—eous â—nd he shall redeme Israel for all the iniquities of it â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the holy ghoste â—s it was in the begynnynge as it is now and euer shall be So be it ¶ 〈…〉 â—Orde heare my prayer wiâ—h thyne eares perceyue my desyre for thy truethes sake heare me for thy ryghteousnesse â—nd entre not in to iudgemeÌ„t with thy seruauÌ„t for euery persone lyuynge shall not be iustifyed in thy syght â—or an enemy hath pursued my soule hathe brought lowe my lyfe in earth â—e hath set me in darkenes as the deade meÌ„ of the worlde and my spyryte was vexed my herte troubled within me â—haue ben myndeful of olde dayes I haue sludyed vpoÌ„ all thy workes and in the dedes of thy handes I mused â—haue stretched forth myn handes vnto the my soule vnto the as earth without water â—astly heare me o lord my spirit hath fayled me urne not thy face froÌ„ me least I belyke to men discedyng in to a pyt â—ause thy mercy to be herde of me betymes for in the haue I trusted â—hewe me the way wherin I may walke for vn to the haue I lyft vp my mynde â—elyuer me from myn enemyes lorde vnto the haue I fled teache me to do thy wyll for y u art my god â—hy good spiryte shall conduyte me in to the laÌ„de of ryghteousnes for thy names sake lord thou shalt reuyue me thorough thyn equite â—hou shalt brynge my soule from trouble and through thy mercy destroy all myn enemyes â—nd thou shalte destroye all that molest my soule for I am thy seruaunt â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the holy ghoste â—s it was in the begynnynge as it is now and euer shall be So be it 〈…〉 â—emembre not o lorde the faultes eyther of vs or of our parentes neyther take thou vengeaunce on our synnes Spare o lorde spare thy peple whiche then hast redemed w t thy precyous bloude Be neuermore angry with vs. The .xv. Psalmes ¶ 〈…〉 â—d dnÌ„m cum tribularer 〈…〉 â—Cryed vnto the lorde when I was in trouble and he herde me â—lorde delyuer my soule froÌ„ lyenge lyppes and a deceytfull tonge â—hat may be gyuen the or what may be layde agaynst the to a deceytfull tonge â—he sharpe arowes of the myghtye with hotte sparkelynge cooles â—o is me for my restynge place is prolonged I haue dwelled with the inhabytaÌ„tes of Ledar my soule was longe in exyle â—was peasyble with theÌ„ that hated peace wheÌ„ I spake vnto them they assaulted me causeles â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the holy ghoste â—s it was in the begynnynge as it is now and euer shall be So be it â—euaui oculos meos 〈…〉 â—Lyfted vp myne eyes in to the hylles from whense helpe shall come vnto me â—y helpe commeth from the lorde that made he uyn and earth â—e shal not suffre thy foote to slyppe neyther shall he that kepeth the fall in to a slombre â—o he shall neyther fall a slepe nor slombre whiche kepeth Israel â—he lorde kepeth the the lorde is thy defeÌ„cce more then thy ryght hande â—he sonne shall not burne the by day nor the moone by nyght â—he lorde kepeth the from all euyll the lorde kepeth euyn thy soule â—he lorde kepeth thy goynge iÌ„ and goynge out from this tyme forth and euermore â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the holy ghoste â—s it was in the begynnynge as it is now and euer shall be So be it â—etatus sum â—Reioysed in those thynges that were sayde to me we shall go in to the lordes house â—ure feete were standynge in thy gates O Hierusalem â—ierusalem whiche is buylded lyke a cytie who se perticypacyon is within it selfe â—or thyther ascended the trybes euyn the trybes of the lorde the testymonye of Israel to acknowledge the lordees name â—or there sate the sytters in iudgement euyn the seate of the house of Dauid â—ray ye for the peace of Hierusalem and they shall haue plentye that loue the. â—et peace be made throughe thy vertue plenteousnes in thy houses â—or my brothers and kynredes sakes I prayed peace for the. â—or the house of our lorde god I besought good thynges for the. â—lory be to y e father to the sone to y e holy ghost â—s it was in the begynnynge as it is now and euer shall be So be it â—d te leuaui oculos 〈…〉 â—Nto the haue I lyfte vp myne eyes o god whiche inhabytest the heuyns â—uyn lyke as the eyes of seruauÌ„tes wayt at the handes of theyr maysters â—s the eyes of a handemayden be vpoÌ„ her maysters euyn so be our eyes vpon oure lorde god vntyl he haue mercy on vs. â—aue mercy on vs e lorde haue mercy on vs for we are fulfylled with moche contempte â—or our soule is fylled verye moche beynge scor ned of the ryche and dispyced of the proude â—lory be to the father â—…s it was in the. â—ist quia dnÌ„s 〈…〉 â—Xcept the lorde had ben amonge vs let Israel now speake except the lorde had ben amonge vs. â—hen men rose agaynst vs perauenture they myght haue swalowed vs vp quyeke â—hen theyr fury was great agaynst vs peraueÌ„ ture water mought haue souped vs vp â—ur soule hath passed ouer a ryuer our soule paueÌ„ture myght haue passed ouer a water itollerable â—lessed be the lorde whiche hath not suffred vs to be caught with theyr teeth â—ur soule hath beÌ„ delyuered euyn as a sparowe from the foulers snare â—he snare is worne out and we are delyuered ur helpe consysteth in the name of the lorde whiche made heuyn and earth â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the holy ghoste â—s it was in the begynnynge as it is now and euer shal be So be it â—m confidunt 〈…〉 â—Hey that truste in the lorde as a mountayne of SyoÌ„ he shall neuer be moued which inhabyteth Hierusalem â—ouÌ„taynes are in the cyrcute of it and the lorde is in the cyrcuyt of his people froÌ„ this tyme forth and euermore â—or the lorde shall not leaue the rodde of synners vpoÌ„ the lotte of the iuste leest the iuste shuld extende theyr handes vnto synne â—o wel o lorde to the good and vryght in hert â—ut those that swarue the lorde shall bryng in to bondes with them that worke wyckednesse peace be vpon Israel â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the holy ghoste â—s it was in the begynnyng as it is now and euer shall be So be it â—n conuertendo 〈…〉 UHen the lorde tourned the captyuyte of Syon we were made gladde â—hen was our mouthe fulfylled with myrth our tongue with ioyfulnesse â—hen shal they say amonge the gentylles the lorde hath done greatly for