The Savior’s plea as compared with those of the World and the Devil
— three couplets plus refrain ‘and come to me’
Subjects: Christ, appeal of, to man; devil, speech of a; Satan
Versification: —
two-line —
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1.Source: Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 661, p. 69
Transcription:Thinke neuer non Ill
but follow my will
and com to me
By and
Sell
be falce and fell
and come to me
Sle and kill
spare not to
spill
and com to me
Note: Introductions to each three-line stanza, ‘Jhesu our savur
saith’, ‘The world our dyssayor saithe’ and ‘The devill
our densourder saith’.