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¶Here begynneth the new Notb[ro]une Notbroune] Notborune 1535 mayd vpon the passion of cryste
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RYght and no wrong | |
It is amonge | |
Yt I of man complayne | |
Affyrmynge this | |
5 | Howe that it is |
A laboure spent in vayne | |
To loue hym well | |
For neuer a dell | |
He wyll me loue agayne | |
10 | For though that I |
Me sore applye | |
His fauer to attayne | |
Yet yf that shrewe | |
To hym pursue | |
15 | That clepyd is Sathan |
Hym to conuerte | |
Sone from his herte | |
I am a banysshed man. | |
¶Maria the mayde. |
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¶I say not naye | |
20 | Bothe nyght and daye |
Swete sonne as ye haue sayde | |
Man is vnky[n]de | |
His faythfull mynde | |
In maner is halfe decayed | |
25 | But neuer-the-lesse |
Through ryghtwysenes | |
Theyrwith be not apayed | |
Yet mercy trewe | |
Muste contynewe | |
30 | And not a_parte be layed |
Syth ye for loue | |
Came frome a_boue | |
Frome your father in trone. | |
Of louynge mynde | |
35 | Towarde mankynde |
To dye for hym alone. | |
¶Iesus. |
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¶Than ye and I | |
Mother marye | |
Let vs despute in fere. | |
40 | Ryght hertely / I you supply supply ='supplicate' |
Your reason lette me here. | |
With man vnkynde | |
Hath neuer mynde | |
Of me that bought hym dere | |
45 | If his folye |
Shulde haue mercy | |
Ayenste all ryght it were | |
I am by ryght | |
The kynge of lyght | |
50 | For man my blode out ranne |
Ye knowe a_parte a_parte ='in part, partly'?; see OED s.v. a part, advb. phr. | |
Yet from his herte | |
I am a banysshed man. | |
¶Maria. |
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Here-in your wyll | |
55 | For to fulfyll |
I wyll not sone refuse. | |
To say the truthe | |
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More is it ruthe | |
I cannot man excuse. | |
60 | To his owne shame |
He is to blame | |
His lyfe soo to measure. | |
Yet though rygoure | |
Without fauour | |
65 | Wolde hym theyrfore accuse. |
Mercy I pleate pleate: =plead | |
That is more greate | |
Than rygoure ten to one. | |
Syth of good mynde | |
70 | Towarde mankynde |
Ye dyed for hym alone. | |
¶Iesus. |
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¶The cause stode so | |
Suche dedes were do | |
Wherfore moche harme dyde growe. | |
75 | Tho man and I Tho ='Then' |
Came for to dye | |
A shamefull dethe ye knowe. | |
Upon a tree | |
To make hym free | |
80 | This loue I dyde hym showe |
Yet to my lawe | |
For loue nor awe | |
He wyll not bende nor bowe. | |
Thus my dere mother | |
85 | For man my brother |
Let me do what I canne. | |
Hym to conuerte | |
Yet from his herte | |
I am a banysshed man | |
¶Maria. |
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90 | ¶O lorde of blysse |
Remembre this | |
Howe mannes mynde is lyke the mone | |
Is varyable | |
Frayle / and vnstable | |
95 | At morowe / ny[gh]t / & noone. nyght] nyhgt 1535 |
Though he vnkynde | |
Haue not in mynde | |
What ye for hym haue doone. | |
Yet haue compassyon | |
100 | Of our saluacyon |
Forsake not man so soone. | |
A whyle hym spare | |
He shall prepare | |
Hym-selfe to you anone. | |
105 | With harte and mynde |
Louynge and kynde | |
To serue but you alone. | |
Iesus. |
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¶I can beleue | |
He shall remeue | |
110 | His synne a daye or twayne. |
But lytell space | |
That god of grace | |
Wyll i[n] his herte remayne. | |
It shall aslake | |
115 | And he wyll take |
His olde vsage a_gayne. | |
So from his thought | |
I that hym bought | |
Shall be expoulsed playne. | |
120 | Thus wyll he do |
Swete mother loo | |
Holde ye all that ye canne. | |
Upon his parte | |
Yet frome his herte | |
125 | I am a banysshed man. |
Maria. |
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¶Swete sonne syth ye | |
To make hym fre | |
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Wold dye of your good mynde. | |
Your herte souerayne | |
130 | Clouen in twayne |
By Longes the blynde. Longes: =Longinus | |
And all was done | |
That man alone | |
Shulde not be lefte behynde. | |
135 | Your goodnes euer |
Dothe styll perseuer | |
Though he haue ben vnkynde | |
What is offendyd | |
Shall be amended | |
140 | Ye shall persayue anone. |
He shall be kynde | |
Yeldynge his mynde | |
And loue to you alone. | |
Iesus. |
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¶Matter in-dede Matter in-dede ='as a matter of fact, truly'; see OED s.v. matter n1, 16c | |
145 | My sydes dyde blede |
For man ryght as ye saye. | |
Yet yonge and olde | |
He neuer wolde | |
Unto my lawes obaye. | |
150 | But to fulfyll |
His wanton wyll | |
Wrenchynge from me alway Wrenchynge] Wrenchynchynge 1535 | |
Frome his delyght | |
By day or nyght | |
155 | He wyll make no delay |
Lo mother he | |
Refuseth me | |
And tourneth hym to Sathan | |
Thus from his thought | |
160 | I that hym bought |
Am made the banysshed man. | |
Maria. |
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¶Bothe olde and yonge | |
He hathe done wronge | |
I graunt sone to the same | |
165 | Rowynge at large |
In Sathans barge | |
Empayryng his good name | |
Syth ye hym loue | |
A greate reproue | |
170 | It is to hym & shame |
I do confesse | |
By ryghtwysenes | |
He is greatly to blame | |
But I commence commence ='enter upon (an action)', in legal sense; see OED s.v. commence v, 1 | |
175 | Afore clemence |
For man myne accyon | |
Let rygour reste | |
Mercy can beste | |
Determyn this alone. | |
Iesus. |
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180 | ¶Consydre nowe |
Swete mother howe | |
Man is a wylde outlawe | |
Renneth a_boughte a_boughte: =about | |
In euery route | |
185 | Workynge ayenst my lawe |
And yf the deuyll | |
Tempte hym to euyll | |
Theyrto sone wyll he drawe | |
And all myschefe | |
190 | Ys to hym lefe |
Withouten loue or awe | |
To me or you | |
Though for his prowe | |
Ye do to all ye can | |
195 | Whan all is sought |
Quy[te] frome his thought Quyte] Quyet 1535 | |
I am a banysshed man. | |
Maria. |
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Though as ye say | |
He disobaye | |
200 | Your commaundeme[n]t and lore commaundement] commaundemet 1535 |
Yet yf loue make | |
Hym to forsake | |
His synne / & wepe therfore | |
With full contrycyon | |
205 | For his transgressyon |
His herte oppressynge sore | |
Contryte and meke | |
As Dauyd speke | |
What aske ye of hym more | |
210 | My sonne / my lorde |
Your prophytes worde | |
I pray you thynke vpon | |
And ye shall fynde | |
Man meke and kynde | |
215 | To serue but you alone. |
Iesus. |
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¶My herte & mawe mawe ='liver'?; see OED s.v. maw n1, 2c | |
To rent & drawe | |
And me with othes to bynde | |
Cheseth not he | |
220 | Grace or pytye |
In hym can I none fynde | |
The crewell Iewes | |
Were to me shrewes | |
But he is more vnkynde | |
225 | Syth for his prowe |
He knoweth well howe | |
I dyde of louynge mynde dyde: =died | |
Of me eche membre | |
He dothe remembre | |
230 | With othes all that he can |
Thus ofte I fynde | |
Me in his mynde | |
But elles a banysshed man. | |
¶Maria. |
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¶Full well knowe ye | |
235 | Ayenst thyes thre thyes: =these |
Man feble is to fyght | |
The deuyll / his flesshe / | |
The worlde all fresshe | |
Prouoke hym day and nyght | |
240 | To sue theyr trace |
Whyche in eche case | |
Is wronge and neuer ryght | |
That thyne stabylyte | |
Of his fragylyte | |
245 | Ayenst them hath no my[gh]t Ayenst] Ayensty 1535; myght] myhgt 1535 |
Though man that frayle is | |
Swere armes / and nales | |
Brane / blode / sydes / passyon | |
Swete sonne regarde | |
250 | Your paynes harde |
Ye dyde for hym alone. dyde] dyded 1535dyde: =died; cf. Ye dyed for hym alone, line 71 | |
¶Iesus. |
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¶Now for mannes nede | |
Sith I wolde blede | |
And great anguysshe sustayne | |
255 | In stony wayes |
Both nyghtes and dayes | |
Walkynge in frost / and rayne | |
In c[ol]de / and hete colde] clode 1535 | |
In drye / and wete | |
260 | My fete were bare both twayne |
Though I for loue | |
To mannes behoue | |
Endured all this payne | |
That I therfore | |
265 | Sholde spare the more |
No reson fynde ye can | |
Rather I sholde | |
More strayte hym holde | |
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And as a banysshed man | |
Maria. |
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270 | ¶Yet my sonne dere |
I pray you here | |
What tyme poure reason is | |
Mannes soule to cure | |
Ye dyde endure | |
275 | Moche payne / I knowe well this |
To man all vayne | |
Shulde be your payne | |
If he were put to blys put to ='(already) destined for'? | |
For playne remyssyon | |
280 | Is my petycyon |
Where man hathe wrought amys | |
Ye be his leche | |
I you beseche | |
To saulue his sores echone | |
285 | That he vnkynde |
May chaunge his mynde | |
And serue but you alone. | |
Iesus. |
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¶Hyther or theder | |
He careth not whyther | |
290 | He go hym to enclyne |
To wyckydnesse | |
From all goodnesse | |
He dayly dothe declyne | |
In cardes and dyce | |
295 | He compteth no vyce |
Nor syttynge at the wyne | |
To fyght and swere | |
To rene and tere | |
Asondre me and myne | |
300 | Lo thus he dothe |
To make me wrothe | |
The worst he may or can | |
And I am twynde | |
Out of his mynde | |
305 | Ryght as a banysshed man. |
Maria. |
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¶My dere sonne dere | |
Syth ye the clere | |
Fountayne of mercy be | |
Though man be frayle | |
310 | He may not fayle |
To fynde in you pytye | |
He wyll I truste | |
Frome worldely lust | |
Turne his swete soule to me | |
315 | And in shorte space |
So stande in grace | |
That I his soule shall se | |
To blysse assende | |
That hathe none ende | |
320 | There to remayne as one |
That hathe ben kynde | |
And set his mynde | |
To serue but you alone. | |
Iesus. |
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¶Man greueth me sore | |
325 | For lasse nor more |
Wyll he wons doo for me | |
Ones in a yere | |
A good prayer | |
He sayeth not on his kne | |
330 | The poure may stande |
With empty hande | |
For almes theyr wyll none be | |
Bothe day and nyght | |
He flyeth the ryght | |
335 | But folye he wyll not fle |
His proper wyll | |
For to fulfyll | |
He doeth all that he can | |
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But from his thought | |
340 | I that hym bo[u]ght bought] bohght 1535 |
Am euer a banysshed man | |
¶Maria. |
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¶If man for you | |
Nor his owne prow | |
Wyll to no grace procede | |
345 | Mercy or grace |
A_fore your face | |
He none deserueth in-dede | |
But I your mother | |
For man your brother | |
350 | Make Instaunce in his nede |
Though he deserue | |
To brynne / and sterue brynne: =burn | |
In the Infernall glede | |
Spare hym for me | |
355 | And ye shall se |
That he shall tourne anone | |
Frome his folye | |
Incessantly | |
To serue but you alone. | |
Iesus. |
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360 | ¶Why shulde I soo |
Nay let hym go | |
My dere mother mary | |
Syth his delyght | |
Is to be lyght | |
365 | And deale so vnkyndly |
For you nor me | |
He wyll not flee | |
From vyce / nor hym applye | |
By wordes to here | |
370 | That bought hym dere |
On crosse anguy[sh]ously anguyshously] anguyously 1535anguyshously: =anguishously, 'with much suffering' | |
Bothe yonge and olde | |
[H]e hathe ben bolde He] Ie 1535 | |
To greue me that he can | |
375 | But my precept |
Was euer vnkept | |
And I a banysshed man. | |
Maria. |
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¶For ruthe & drede | |
Myne herte doth blede | |
380 | Man in no wyse wylbe |
By reason s[w]ayd swayd] sayd 1535swayd ='governed, directed'; see OED s.v. sway v, 9 | |
Nor yet apayed | |
From his offence to flee | |
For though that I | |
385 | For remedye |
Do all that lyeth in me | |
To haue hym cured | |
Yet so endured endured ='hardened' | |
With synne & vyce is he | |
390 | That to be shorte |
What I exhorte | |
Not herde is / yet anone | |
I trust he shall | |
Make well his thrall | |
395 | And serue but you alone. |
Iesus. |
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¶So rude and wylde | |
And so defyled | |
As he / paste shame & drede | |
That to what lawe | |
400 | He shulde hym drawe |
He scarsely knoweth in-dede | |
Yet better were | |
For hym to lere | |
Some vertu / & procede | |
405 | To grace than saye |
A nother daye | |
Alas my wycked dede | |
Hathe me betrayed | |
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Lo thus good mayde | |
410 | The doughter of saynte Anne. |
Man hat[h]e exylede hathe] hate 1535 | |
Frome hym your chylde | |
Ryght as a banysshed man. | |
Maria. |
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¶Whan all to all | |
415 | Shall come / he shall |
I trust from vyce abrayed | |
And fle theyrfroo | |
Whiche hathe hym so | |
Encombered & arayed | |
420 | He shall repell |
Sathans councell | |
That ofte hathe hym betrayed | |
With full compounctyon | |
To take thy iniunction | |
425 | That shalbe to hym layed |
Of harde penaunce | |
And hym auaunce | |
To seche remyssyon | |
Full reconsyled | |
430 | To you my chylde |
To serue but you alone | |
Iesus. |
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¶My commaundement | |
Neuer t'[e]ntente t'entente] tontente 1535entente ='attend to'; see OED s.v. intent v, 1b, where this example is cited | |
His hyghnes for to alowe alowe ='praise, commend'; see OED s.v. allow v, 1 | |
435 | His Irous brayde brayde ='outburst of passion'; see OED s.v. braid n, 1d |
Wyll not be layed | |
For me nor yet for you | |
Myne [h]erte to teare herte] yerte 1535 | |
He hathe no feare | |
440 | But dare it well avowe |
Pryde with hym goeth | |
In herte & cloth | |
How say ye mother nowe | |
Hy[m] thynketh great ease Hym] Hy 1535 | |
445 | Me to dysplease |
By all the meanes he ca[n] | |
But whan my wyll But whan ='unless'? | |
He shulde fulfyll | |
I am a banysshed man. | |
Maria. |
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450 | ¶Sonne though mannes blode |
Be wylde and wode | |
Frayle as a fadyng floure | |
Regardynge nought | |
How ye hym bought | |
455 | Out of the fendes powre |
With herte [&] mynde herte &] hertely 1535 | |
Euer enclyned | |
To be a transgressoure | |
Ayenst your lawe | |
460 | And though he drawe |
Hym-selfe to synne eche houre | |
Ye may not soo | |
His soule forgo | |
Syth ye syttynge in throne | |
465 | Wolde for his loue |
Come frome aboue | |
To dye for hym alone. | |
Iesus. |
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¶Mother your loue | |
I se the proue | |
470 | To man is kynde & true |
To haue his lyfe | |
Brought out of stryfe | |
Kyndely for hym ye sue | |
And yf he wold | |
475 | His vyces olde |
Forsake & take vertue | |
I wolde for ruthe | |
Seynge the truthe | |
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And loue that ye hym shewe | |
480 | Graunt hym remyssyon |
Upon condycyon | |
That he forsake Sathan | |
That I may fynde | |
Me in his mynde | |
485 | And as no banysshed man |
Maria. |
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¶Sonne your petye | |
And charytye | |
Was well perceyued & sene | |
Whan your pleasure | |
490 | Was to endure |
To lye my sydes betwene | |
Nyne monethes / and than | |
Be borne as man | |
And to brynge hym from tene | |
495 | In graue be layed |
And me your mayd | |
To make of heuen Quene | |
And condes[c]ende condescende] condestende 1535 | |
Thus at the ende | |
500 | To graunte man your pardon |
At my requeste | |
Wherfore shulde reste | |
Greate laude to you alone | |
Iesus. |
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¶The poore at nede | |
505 | To clothe and fede |
Parte of his rent & wage | |
He muste bestowe | |
Rememberynge howe | |
All came of one lynage | |
510 | Forsakynge synne |
He may me wynne | |
And to myne herytage | |
I shall hym take | |
His soule to make | |
515 | My spouse in mariage |
For to perseuer | |
With me foreuer | |
With ioye she may say than | |
That she hathe wonne | |
520 | A kynges sonne |
And not a banysshed man. | |
¶The translator. |
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¶Regarde and se | |
O man to the | |
God is moche fauorable | |
525 | Eschewe thou than |
Reprefe no man | |
Beware by dedes dampnable | |
In any wyse | |
Euer despyse | |
530 | Sathan the deceyuable |
Thy soule beware | |
Out of his snare | |
Neuer be founde vnstable | |
Perseuerauntly | |
535 | Reason applye |
Iustely let all be done | |
Endlesse solace | |
Shall he purchase | |
That serueth but god alone. | |
¶Thus endeth the boke of the newe Notbrowne mayd vpon the passyon of Cryste Imprynted at London by Iohnn_Skot dwelly[n]ge in Foster_lane within saynt_Leonardes parysshe. |