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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
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Quhen )>at hes fois begud to fane and him persew,
Achitophell and absalon thow ]>an overthrew ;
And }?ow did dullfulie doun ding ^ame, did ]?hame deir :
Chryst, grantt him lang over ws to ring in }>ai trew feir. 60
Nott onlie dois J>ow [Jjame] defend frome perelis gritt,
bott als oft [als] }>ai do offend, ]?ow dois remeitt
thair sinnis ilk ane, and dois nocht lay ]?ame to \air chairg,
As in }>e scriptur fund we may the same at large.
Now sen J?at J>ow hes heirtofor1 J?ai Ikruantzr sawitt, 65
and sufferitt nane to be forlone, ]>ai mercy crawitt,
wztA petie than behald my greif, my pane, & smartt,
and for J?ai names saik releif my troublitt hairtt.
The sowme of all ]>at I wald haue is J?ai merci,
The qzzAz'lk for chrystis saik I crane of ]>e onlie, 70
Forgeifme, quhen I haue offenditt, & finalie2
bring me, quhen ]>at my lyf is enditt, to glore wz’tA J>e.
Finis.
XXXII.
[O LORD, MY GOD, SEN I AM BROCHT TO
GREITT DISTRES.]
F. 381. O lord, my god, sen I am brocht to greitt distres,
and In my bodie }>air is nocht bott hewenes,
mak haist In tyme to succur me, o richteous ludge,
sene I haue nane In eirth bott }?e for my refuge.
My onlie hoip and confidence In }je is sett, 5
assuring me >att myne offence sell be fo^itt,
And all my tormenttis sell tak end -with suddan speid,
quhen Jjow sick confortt sell me send as I haue neid.
1 MS. heir to for. 2 MS. fimalie.