On the mercy of Jesus — three monorhyming lines between the Latin ones
they translate
Subjects: Christ, mercy of; translations
Versification: —
three-line —
aaa
Macaronic: Latin
1.Source: Ghent, Belgium, Ghent University Library 317, f. 19
v
Transcription:
Videlicet quando plus cogaste de p[ ]
Wan tyati mournnest
me[st]
vel quando plus dolorem habet [ ]
And hym likes aldyr
lest
tunc test peties s oracio sua melior[ ]
þan hes hys
bone best
Note: Folio is verso of last leaf in MS, dirty and worn; this verse written to
the right of
5367, into gutter,
so ends of lines lost.
Editions: Logeman, Henri.
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