The Sinner’s Lament, a tag in the Fasciculus morum, Version
B
Note: Includes former 141.5; for another version in
Fasciculus morum, see
264; cf.
2027,
6216.
Subjects: sinner, lament of; sermons, verse in
Versification: —
two-line —
aa
15.Source: Lincoln, Lincoln Cathedral Library 234, f. 163
Transcription:Alas alas þat euer I was born
ffor body and soule I am for
lorn
Note: Not in the Fasciculus morum, but occurring in a treatise on the
Ten Commandments, in portion on the Fifth Commandment, telling story of a sinner
who cried this out to his confessor.
Editions: Owst, Gerald Robert.
Preaching in Medieval England.
Cambridge: UP, 1926; rev. ed. New York, 1961: 273.