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

Author(s): William Lichfield

Title(s): Complaint of God

Subjects: dialogues, God and man

Versification: — eight-line — abababab

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Note: Missing lines 1-158 due to loss of folios 1-2.

Attributed Title: Here endyth þe compleynt of god… (f. 6)

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Attributed Title: Explicit tractatus compilatus per Magistrum Willelmum lychefelde doctorem Theologie (p. 480)

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Note: Roughly 68 stanzas, most of 8 lines, but some of 6 and some of 4 lines.

Attributed Title: The compleynt of god (Tab. of Contents, f. 1); The complaynt of god (RT); Here endith the compleynt of god (f. 13v)

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Note: 72 eight-line stanzas.

Attributed Author: Lydgate (added by later hand, then crossed through, f. 182); William lichefeld doctor of diuinitie (added by hand of the sixteenth century, f. 182); Iohn Lydgate (added by later hand, then crossed through, f. 189); quod lychefeld doctor theologie Here endith þe complaynte betuyxt god & man that was made by magister Willyam lychefeld which was person of all halows þe more in thamis strete in london on whos soule god have mercy… (added by hand of John Stow, f. 189); …he deied in anno 1449 1447 on þe xxiiij of october and made in his tyme 3083 sermons as apered by his owne hand writinge & were found when he was deade (added by later hand of the sixteenth century, f. 189)

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Attributed Title: Here sueþ þe complaynte of god of euery synful man & woman (rubricated, f. 81v)

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Note: Manuscript damaged.

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Note: Stanzas 1-6 wanting; immediately followed by 2940 as if same work.

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Note: Lines 1-138 wanting.

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Attributed Author: Made by William Lichefield doctor of divinitie parson of all hallows in Thamis strete who deceased 1447 (added by later hand, f. 1); Her endithe the complaynte of god to man and was made by magister william lichefield doctor of divinitie and was parson of allhallows the more in thamis strete in london he died in anno 1447 the 14 of october and made in his tyme 3083 sermons as apered by his owne hand writinge and were found whan he was deade (added by later hand, f. 9v)

Attributed Title: Here begynnyth the Compleynte betwene God and Man (f. 1)

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Note: Formerly listed separately as 2711.5; Camb. Univ. Lib. shelfmark Sel.5.6

Attributed Title: The remors of conscyence (f. 1); Hee begynneth certayne demonstracyons by our lorde to all synfull persones with the remors of mannes conscyence to the regarde of the bounte of our lorde (f. 1)