Morrill, Georgiana Lea: Speculum Gy de Warewyke: an English poem : here for the first time printed and first edited from the manuscripts (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1898)

Its Pardon through Pity.

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<T Noht one he, bute alle po
pat of him com era for euere mo.
Ac for hit was purw gile don,
God ^af his pite per-vpon,
And eke for lone prat he hade
To man, pat he hwiselue made,
To sauue man, man he bicam,
And pine for hem to him he nam,
And ptf for hem his herte blod,
And deiede for he/ra on pe rod.
II Ibiried he was, ira1 toumbe he lay,
Til hit com pe pridde day;
Vp he ros pe pridde day
From dep to line wid-oute nay ;
To heuene he steih purw his mihte,
Riht in-to his faderes sihte,
And sit on his faderes riht[e] side,
pe grete dom for to abide.
pider he wole come on domesday,
Cruwel and sterne wid-oute nay,
IT He pat was woned to be
Meke as a lomb, ful of pite :
peder he wole lihten adoun
Wrapfful and sterne as a lioun.
Merci nele he she we non,

240

244

248

God’s pity
and love
saved man-
kind.

God became
man,

and shed His
heart’s blood
on the cross,
died, was
buried,

252

rose the third
day,

ascended into
heaven,

sits at His
Father’s
right hand.
On Dooms-
day

260

He will come
to earth to
judge with-
out mercy.

239 one] only A2DH2R, oonlyche Hi. alle] also al Hv 240 for euere] euer
A2DH2. 241 Ac] And A2D, But HiH2R. purw] for R. don] idon D. 242
God }af] Almy^ty god had Hi, God had R. his] hym D, om. HjR. 243 eke]
also HiH2. for] for pe A2H2. 244 man] monkynde R. he] hem D. him-
selue] om. R. 245 To sauue man] To saue hym pan Hi, Man to saue H2.
man he] he man H2. 246 pine] peyne & passion Hi, grete peyne H2, pyne
grete R. hem] man A2H2, hym R. to him] om. A^HoR. 247 And] He
H2. hem] man H2, hym R. 248 And] And pits Hi, om. R. deiede] wztA
harde deth R. for hem] om. HiR, for man H2. on] opon A2DHiH2R. 249
Ibiried] Biryed HiH2R. 250 Til hit com] Tyll it came to A2H2, Forto com D.
251 and 252 are omitted in H2. 251 reads in A2 : And rose for soth als I jow
say. 254 Riht] Ful ryjt Hx, om. H2. in-to] to D. faderes] awne fader D,
ffadyrys ryche H2. 255 And sit] pere he sittip HP 256 for] om. R. 257
pider] Hedere A2, And hedyr H2, om. R. he wole] shall H2. on] at DH2,
sithen on R. 258 wid-oute nay] for sope too saye H2. 259 pat] pat afore H2.
woned] woned merciful Hx. 260 a] om. HjHgR. 261 and 262 are omitted
in A2. 261 peder] per DHj, Hedyr H2, pere pen R. lihten] pane lyjte H2.
adoun] downe H2. 262 and] om. R. a] ony H2. 263 nele] pan wyll H2,
wil R.
] There is an erasure after in in MS.