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[Bodleian MS. Eng. poet. e. 1. f.31r.]
XV cent
Off al the knottes that I se
I prese the knot in Trinite
[I]
An aungell fro heu[e]n gan lyth;
A greth a maydyn that was so bryth;
A treu knot ther was knyt
Betwyn them both in Trinyte
[2]
After this that fayyrly fod,
For hus he bled his hart blod
Qwan he was don on the rod,
The knottes war knit with nales ııı
[3]
Wettnes of apostyll Johan
He rose hup and wold gon,
The knot was knyt with marbyl ston
Thorow the vertu of the Trinyte
[4]
On Scher Thursday he steyd to heu[e]n,
Hys Fader hym blyssyd with myld steu[e]n,
For to fulfyll the deddes wyll,
The knot was knit with persons ııı
[5]
God xal rysyn at domusday
Hys v knottes for to spray;
To al men he xal say,
'Lo, man, wat knot I knyt for the'*
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knots (i.e. mysteries)
praise
descend
he greeteth, bright
knot (i.e. bond)
fair baby
us
when
three nails
witness
up
Shire aka Maundy Thursday
mild voice
shall
5 wounds to display
thee
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* wat knot I knyt for the, in three senses:
1. What Mystery I have here created for you;
2. What bond I have created between us; and,
3. What wound I have healed for you (i.e. death/eternal life).
Glosses and note by Anniina Jokinen.
Song text from:
Early English Carols. Richard Leighton Greene, Ed.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1935. 198.
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