Quis Dabit Meo Capiti Fontem Lacrimarum:
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Mankyndes quarel / maad victorious •
ffor than leviathan / was bounde and ovirthrowe •
whan with his tryvmphis / moost singuler glorious •
My sone had fowten / with his blood precious •
Conqueryd the dragoun / for al his fel poste •
And dryve hym hom / to his infernal hows •
Whan first my sone / was nailed to a tre •
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Lat euery man / in this mateer tak heede •And euery woman / in this world a lyve •
Com neer to me / to seen his woundis bleede •
his love his deth / his kyndnesse to descryve •
to see the mysteryes / of his woundys fyve •
As bawme and tryacle / of moost soverynte •
Cleerly distillyng / to fynde socour blyve •
Doun from my sone / nailed to a tre •
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Trust in his mercy / and I wil go betwene •And humbly kneele / beforn his face •
ffor al mankynde / be mediatrice and mene •
of synful folk / to releve the trespace •
that he with vengaunce / shal them nat manace •
lyk ther demerytis / to shewe his cruelte •
but shewe to them / his mercy and his grace •
That for ther love was nailed to a tre •
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