Quis Dabit Meo Capiti Fontem Lacrimarum:
St. John 56 Verses
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He myght be called / eleazar the secunde ؛ •
The chamnpyoun / moost myghty and notable ؛ •
That yaff the olyfaunt / hy laste his laste mortall wounde
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Machabeorum / this story ys no fablee ؛ •
And hercules / in his conquest stable ؛ •
Bar vp the heuenys / in his humanytee ؛ •
Ffor whom ony sorowes / wer maad moost lamentable ؛ •
Whan I be hylde hym / þus nayled to atree ؛ •
Thus dethe with dethe / outrayed and brought lowe ؛ •
Mankyndys quarell / made victorious ؛ •
ffor than leuiathan / was boundon and ouer throwe
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Whan with his Tryumphes / moost singular glorious •
Conquerd the dragoun / for all his feste fell pouste ؛ •
And dreue hym hom / to his in fernall house ؛ •
Whanne fyrst my soone / was nayled to atree ؛ •
Lete euery man / in this mateer take hede ؛ •
And euery woman / in this world a lyue ؛ •
Com nere to me / see his sydes blede ؛ •
His loue / his deethe / his kindnesse to dyscryue ؛ •
To see mysteres / of his woundes fyue ؛ •
As bawme and tracle / of moost souereynte ؛ •
Clerly dystyllynge / to fynde socour blyue ؛ •
Doun fro my soone / nayled to atree ؛ •
Trust in his mercy / and I wyll goo betwene ؛ •
And humbly knele / be fore his fface ؛ •
Ffor all mankynde / be medyatryce / and mene ؛ •
Off synfull folkis / to releue the trespace ؛ •
That he with vengeaunce / schall hem nat manace •
Lyk hed her dysmerytes / to schewe ther cruelte ؛ •
But schewe to hem / his mercy and his grace ؛ •
That for ther loue / was nayled to a tree . Amen ؛
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