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Mother of God.

[For the Latin Prayer, O Intemerata, which is the source of the last 6 stanzas of Chaucer's poem, see the Parallel-Text Print.]

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MOTHER OF GOD. PHILLIPPS MS.

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MOTHER OF GOD.

[Phillipps MS. (of Hoccleve's Minor Poems) 8151, Cheltenham, leaf 34.]

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Ad beatam virginem.

(1) (I. 1)

odir of god, and virgyne vndeffouled,
O blisful queene, of queenes Emperice,

Preye for me pat am in synne mowled
To god thy sone, punyssher of vice

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bat of his mercy thogh pat I be nyce

And negligent in keepyng of his lawe
His hy mercy my soule / vn to him drawe.

(2) (I. 2)

Modir of mercy, wey of indulgence

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[leaf 34, back]

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Syn for my gilt I fully me repente

(3) (I. 3)

Benigne confort of vs wrecches al

Be at myn endyng whan pat I shal deye

O Welle of pitee / vn to thee I call
fful of swetnesse / helpe me to weye
Ageyn the feend, þat with his handes tweye
And his might plukke wole / at the balance
To weye vs doun keepe vs from his nusance.

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