Wednesday 17 June 2015

Saying your prayers, Middle English style

Which important prayer is this?
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Fader oure, that is in heuen,
blessid be thi name to neuen.
Come to us thi kyngdome.
In heuen & erthe thi wille be done.
Oure ilk day bred graunt vs to day.
and oure mysdedes forgyve vs ay,
als we do hom that trespas us,
right so haue meri vp-on us.
and lede vs in no foundynge,
bot shild vs fro al wicked thinge. Amen.

from The Lay Folks Mass Book; or The Manner of Hearing Mass, With Rubrics and Devotions for the People (London: N. Trübner & Co., for the Early English Text Society, 1879), Text B, l.496-505

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