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Cambridge UK, Magdalene College Pepys 1584

William Lychefelde, ‘Complaint of God’ — sixty-eight 8-line stanzas (abababab)

A variant version of Thomas Brampton’s Seven Penitential Psalms: 124 8-line stanzas with refrain, ‘Ne reminiscaris domine’

The nine lessons of the Dirige or ‘Pety Iob’ — fifty-seven 12-line stanzas with refrain, Parce michi domine

‘Þe Prouerbis of Salamon’ — 90 eight-line stanzas (abababab)

‘Stimulus Conscientie Minor’ — in 8-line stanzas with Latin prose sub-headings of varying lengths

The Twelve Profits of suffering bodily ‘Anger’ (Affliction) — twenty-six 8-line stanzas

‘A salutacion of oure Lady’ — seven l2-line stanzas (ababababcdccd)

Keep Well Christ’s Commandments — thirteen 8-line stanzas with refrain

The VII Works of Mercy Bodily — fifteen quatrains

The Seven Works of Spiritual Mercy — eight couplets

‘The Five Bodyly Wyttys’ — six couplets

The Seven Deadly Sins — sixteen couplets

‘þe fyue wittis goostly’ — six couplets

The Wounds of Christ as Remedies against the Deadly Sins — eight quatrains