Prayer to Christ and Mary for entry to heaven — two roughly cross-rhymed
quatrains
Subjects: inscriptions; prayers, to Virgin Mary; prayers, to Christ
Versification: —
four-line —
abab
1.Source: Cawston, Norfolk, Church of St. Agnes gallery at north end, in tower
First Lines:When so come be day or be night
Þou pray to god we make gode
ende…
Last Lines:…Þat þe bliss we mouht [obteyn]
Þat for us all
dyd on Rode
Note: Mural inscription, no longer extant; signed ‘John Bridal’,
c. 1385.
Editions: Rye, Walter.
Some Early English Inscriptions in Norfolk before 1600.
London: Jarrolds, [1923]: 29-30.